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Direct Care Home Health Services; Washington (District of Columbia); Remote; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Paycom - ATS in Washington, DC is seeking an occupational therapist dedicated to home health services. The role involves evaluating patients in their homes, planning and delivering rehabilitative modalities, and coordinating care with physicians and family members to restore function and independence.

The therapist will complete OASIS data sets for therapy-only cases, communicate patient status with the care team, educate patients and caregivers, and ensure care adheres to standards and

Responsibilities

• Performs accurate and comprehensive assessments.
• Completes OASIS data sets for therapy-only cases.
• Obtains physician orders for certification and recertification of home occupational therapy services.
• Ensures changes in patient status are communicated to the care team and HHA staff.
• Communicates physician orders to interdisciplinary team members.
• Coordinates care planning with physicians, patients, and families.
• Educates patients, families, and staff on occupational therapy modalities.
• Delivers OT modalities appropriate to patient status and needs.
• Assesses need for durable medical equipment and adaptive equipment.
• Develops home exercise programs tailored to patient status and age.
• Assesses and manages patient pain with appropriate modalities.
• Educates on effective pain management.
• Maintains patient safety and confidentiality.
• Maintains competency through ongoing education and training.

Skills

Patient assessment

Home health care

OASIS data sets

Job description

Job Location: Washington, DC 20012, Position Summary:

Evaluates, plans and administers comprehensive occupational therapy modalities/regimens to patients in their place of residence for the purpose of developing and restoring function through rehabilitative occupational therapy as prescribed by a physician.

Essential Functions

• Performs accurate and comprehensive assessments.
• Completes OASIS data sets for "therapy only" cases.
• Obtains physician orders for certification and recertification of home occupational therapy services.
• Ensures that changes in patients’ clinical status are communicated to other interdisciplinary team members and HHA office staff verbally and in writing in a timely manner.
• Ensures that physician orders are communicated to other interdisciplinary team members and HHA staff in a timely, accurate, and thorough manner.
• Coordinates care planning and delivery with the physician, patient and family/caregivers, other interdisciplinary team members and HHA staff to facilitate optimal patient outcomes.
• Educates patients, their families/caregivers and other staff as appropriate, in appropriate occupational therapy modalities.
• Delivers occupational therapy modalities appropriate to the patient’s clinical status and needs, and in accordance with the standard of care for patient’s age.
• Provides, modifies or discontinues occupational therapy modalities based upon an ongoing assessment/reassessment of the patient’s clinical status and in accordance with physician orders.
• Assesses the patient for the need for durable medical equipment as well as other adaptive equipment needs.
• Develops appropriate home exercise programs tailored to the patient’s clinical status, needs and age.
• Able to appropriately assess and reassess a patient’s pain. Utilizes appropriate pain management modalities.
• Educates the patient and/or caregiver in effective pain management modalities.
• Provides occupational therapy modalities in an environment that optimizes patient safety and reduces the likelihood of medical/health care errors.
• Identifies risk of injuries or threats to life and health in the patient’s environment, i.e., environmental/safety/mobility risks and implements appropriate interventions to reduce those risks.
• Addresses and supports cultural practices providing such practices do not harm the patient or others, and do not interfere with the planned course of occupational therapy.
• Performs transfer and discharge planning functions in accordance with HHA policy and applicable laws, regulations and standards.
• Completes and submits necessary documentation in accordance with HHA policy and applicable regulations.
• Maintains current knowledge of community resources. Identifies and accesses appropriate external and internal resources to meet patient and/or family needs and to facilitate optimal patient outcomes while home care services are being provided, and for transfer and discharge processes.
• Adheres to practice standards, including applicable federal, state, and local regulations and standards. Practices in a manner consistent with professional and HHA code of ethics.
• Maintains patient confidentiality at all times.
• Demonstrates effective time management and organizational skills; provides patient visits as scheduled; completes patient care within the designated time.
• Attends annual review and in-services, as scheduled.
• Maintains currency of professional knowledge by participating in continuing education offerings.
• Assures continued competency by maintaining and updating professional performance, knowledge and skills.