PRN Occupational Therapist

Continuum Healthcare Inc.; Green Bay (WI); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Continuum Healthcare Inc. in Green Bay, WI is seeking an Occupational Therapist to join an interdisciplinary team and oversee patient rehabilitation.

You will evaluate needs and craft efficient treatment plans while supervising assistants and ensuring adherence to facility, state, federal, and accrediting standards. The candidate should be licensed in New Jersey as an OT (or related health field) and hold a qualifying degree.

Qualifications

• Active and current professional license in New Jersey as an Occupational Therapist or related field.
• Graduate degree in occupational therapy or physical therapy, or master in speech-language pathology with equivalent certification.

Responsibilities

• Provides and directs rehabilitation care following established plans of care while meeting facility, state, federal, and accrediting standards.
• Evaluates patient needs and creates effective, efficient treatment plans for assigned residents.
• Coordinates supervision of treatment plans with staff and other disciplines as indicated.
• Participates in patient screening according to schedules and practices.
• Delivers feedback to the Team Leader on clinical and rehabilitation issues.
• Engages in facility-directed processes and services.
• Manages treatment and related activities efficiently.
• Performs clinical documentation to meet regulatory requirements.
• Maintains accurate billing records for regulatory compliance.
• Assists with marketing efforts as directed.
• Participates in in-service training as requested.
• May travel to other facilities to provide services.
• Performs other duties as required.

Skills

Licensure NJ OT

Education

Bachelor in OT or PT, or Master in SLP / equivalent

Job description

Occupational Therapist POSITION SUMMARY:

A therapist’s overall responsibility is to manage the care of the patient/resident, managing quality of all related outcomes. The therapist participates as an integral part of the interdisciplinary team, manages resources to meet the needs of the patient/resident and related customers balancing outcomes and cost effective and efficient treatment.

Supervises clinically all assistants and aides of patients to which the therapist is directing or overseeing the delivery of services according to an established plan of care. Supervision follows all accepted state and federal guidelines for the respective discipline.

Education: Graduate of an accredited college or university with minimally a bachelors degree in physical therapy or occupational therapy, or a masters degree in speech-language pathology and/or equivalent certification accepted by the designated professional accrediting body

• Prefer-experience/knowledge managing other rehabilitation personnel.

• Prefer-experience/knowledge in long term care facilities.

• Prefer-experience/knowledge managing cost and productivity

• Prefer Outpatient experience/ knowledge.

• Knowledge in governmental and regulatory guidelines in designated healthcare settings

Actively licensed therapist in New Jersey as an Occupational Therapist or related health care profession

• 1. Provides and directs patient/resident rehabilitation care within all general accepted practice methods, meeting all facility, state, federal, and accrediting standards.

• 2. Evaluates patients/resident needs and establishes effective and efficient treatment plans for the patient/residents assigned.

• 3. Manages and coordinates the supervision of treatment plans with all staff and other disciplines as indicated.

• 4. Participates in the screening of all patients according to directed schedules and practices.

• 5. Provides feedback o the Team Leader on all clinical and rehabilitation issues.

• 6. Participates in all facility directed processes and services.

• 7. Shows effective management of treatment and non-treatment related activities.

• 8. Performs necessary clinical documentation to meet facility, state, federal, and accrediting agency requirements.

• 9. Maintains complete, accurate and timely billing records to meet facility, state, federal, and accrediting agency requirements

• 10. Assists with marketing efforts as directed.

• 11. Participates in in-service training programs as requested

• 12. May travel to other facilities to provide services

• 13. Performs other duties as required.