Part-Time Position with weekend requirement. Paid Holidays
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Duties and Responsibilities
Administrative Functions
- Assist the Occupational Therapist in the planning, development, organization, evaluation, and directing of occupational therapy activities, in accordance with current rules, regulations, and guidelines that govern the Facility.
- Facilitate Telehealth services as instructed to ensure that all required evaluations, recertifications, progress notes, and discharges are completed timely.
- Communicate with staff from related departments when planning therapy services.
- Assist in maintaining occupational therapy standards of practice.
- Maintain departmental policies and procedures, safety, environmental and infection control.
- Interpret occupational therapy procedures and recommendations to staff, residents, family members, as necessary.
- Participate in care conferences, discharge planning, and resident assessments, as necessary.
- Assist in instructing resident and family members in home programs and use of adaptive equipment.
- Assist in maintaining documentation for residents receiving occupational therapy.
- Ensure that billing for therapy services rendered are coded accurately and in accordance with current standards. All billing and daily notes must be completed on the date of service.
- Perform administrative duties such as completing medical forms, reports, evaluations, and charting, as necessary.
- Report any questions or concerns to your Director of Rehabilitation and/or supervising Occupational Therapist.
Therapy Functions
- Assist in interviewing residents to evaluate daily living skills and capacities to determine extent of abilities and limitations.
- Address all goals in the Plan of Care a minimum of once per week. If a goal cannot be targeted, clearly document the rationale and communicate with the Occupational Therapist for modifications needed.
- Assist in determining appropriate treatment, selecting activities and exercises based on medical and social history of residents.
- Assist in scheduling therapy services, as needed.
- Inform resident of procedures involved in occupational therapy and prepare necessary equipment.
- Assist in transporting resident to and from occupational therapy room or area.
- Demonstrate to residents and staff personnel the procedures involved in the treatment process, as necessary.
- Perform occupational therapy in the resident’s room, if necessary.
- Reassure resident before and during therapy session.
- Prepare resident for treatment and administer occupational therapy in accordance with established policies and procedures.
- Instruct and supervise resident during therapy.
- Assist in designing and adapting equipment in living environment.
- Promote participation in individual, group, and concurrent activities.
- Recommend modifications and changes in the resident’s therapy treatment, as indicated.
- Ensure that all notes are informative, follow guidelines, and are descriptive of the care provided and of the resident’s response to the care.
- Provide individualized occupational therapy services to residents according to the Plan of Care.
Staff Development
- Participate in programs designed for in-service education and on-the-job training.
- Attend and participate in workshops, seminars, to keep informed of current changes in the field, as well as to build skills and enhance growth and development.
- Attend and participate in Facility in-service training programs as scheduled (e.g., OSHA, TB, HIPAA, Abuse Prevention, Safety, Infection Control, etc.).
Safety and Sanitation
- Follow established safety standards for the occupational therapy department.
- Follow established departmental policies and procedures at all times, including appropriate dress code.
- Comply with the Facility’s established safety precautions at all times.
- Wear and/or use safety equipment and supplies when lifting or moving residents.
- Assist in identifying departmental procedures that involve exposure to blood or body fluids.
- Follow established infection control procedures and universal precautions when performing duties.
- Ensure that the therapy area is maintained in a clean and safe manner for resident comfort and convenience by assuring that necessary equipment and supplies are maintained to perform such services.
- Follow reporting procedures when observing any hazardous conditions or equipment.
- Wear personal protective clothing when performing services that involve potential exposure to blood or body fluids.
Equipment and Supply Functions
- Provide necessary material and equipment for resident to perform required therapy.
- Report any inventory, equipment, or supply needs to your supervisor.
- Utilize all department equipment and supplies in an efficient manner that promotes desired therapy outcomes and minimizes waste.
- Operate occupational therapy equipment in a safe manner.
Resident Rights
- Honor the resident’s refusal of treatment request. Report such action to your supervisor.
- Abide by the resident’s participation in treatment decision.
- Inform the resident of consequences of not participating in prescribed therapy and document such action in the resident’s clinical record.
- Report any resident complaints or grievances to the department supervisor.
- Allow the residents to participate in the planning and scheduling of their treatment, as requested.
- Adhere to all HIPAA requirements.
- Report medical concerns and changes in condition to the resident’s nurse and the therapy supervisor.
Working Conditions
- Works in office areas, therapy rooms, resident rooms, etc.
- Is involved with physicians, residents, personnel, visitors, government agencies or personnel, etc., under all conditions and circumstances.
- Must be constantly alert for resident safety.
- Attends and participates in continuing educational programs as may be required by current regulations.
- Is subject to lifting, carrying, and supporting residents.
- Maintains communication with the residents, their families, other departments, etc., to adequately plan for the resident’s occupational therapy needs.
