PRN Occupational Therapist

Serenity Spring Senior Living at Jasonville; Jasonville (IN); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Serenity Spring Senior Living at Jasonville seeks an Occupational Therapist to lead resident rehabilitation, ensuring quality outcomes and cost-effective care. The OT will supervise assistants, coordinate treatment plans, and ensure compliance with state and federal guidelines while engaging with an interdisciplinary team to support resident well-being.

Active licensure as an OT (Pennsylvania) or equivalent, supervision of rehab staff, and collaboration with facility programs are essential.

Qualifications

• Licensed Occupational Therapist, active license in PA or applicable jurisdiction.
• Experience supervising rehab staff preferred.
• Long-term care facility experience preferred.
• Knowledge of cost and productivity management preferred.
• Outpatient experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide and direct rehab care meeting facility, state, federal, and accrediting standards.
• Evaluate patient needs and establish effective treatment plans.
• Coordinate supervision of treatment plans with staff and other disciplines.
• Screen patients according to directed schedules and practices.
• Provide feedback to Team Leader on clinical issues.
• Participate in facility processes and services.
• Show effective management of treatment and non-treatment activities.
• Complete clinical documentation for regulatory compliance.
• Maintain complete and timely billing records.
• Assist with marketing efforts as directed.
• Participate in in-service training programs as requested.
• May travel to other facilities to provide services.
• Perform other duties as required.

Skills

Team leadership

Interdisciplinary teamwork

Regulatory knowledge

Outpatient experience

Education

Bachelor's or Master’s in field

Job description

Occupational Therapist

The 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 Pennsylvania 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 requirements