Occupational Therapy

Overview

Job Description

Occupational Therapist

Job Title:

Occupational Therapist

Department:
Rehabilitation

Reports To:

Director of Rehabilitation

Exempt Status:
Non-Exempt / Hourly

GENERAL

PURPOSE:

To provide direct patient care and support activities which build and maintain.

• Provides patient treatments which meet patient needs and uses current treatment knowledge in accordance with Care Rite Centers clinical procedures. This includes but is not limited to:
• Performing accurate, comprehensive patient evaluations.
• Developing effective plan of treatment and obtaining appropriate approvals from referring physician.
• Supervising Occupational Therapy Assistants/other Occupational Therapists and/or Aides in direct patient care and patient related activities according to facility policy as well as State and Federal requirements.
• Communicating with supervisor and interdisciplinary team members regarding patient progress, problems, and treatment plans.
• Instructing patient’s families and/or nursing staff in specified follow through programs.
• Interviewing patients and families regarding previous level of functioning, lifestyle and current and future expectations for recovery.
• Demonstrating knowledge of appropriate resources for problem-solving and clinical best practice.
• Evaluating patients within required timeframe as per facility policies.
• Assessing, training, and issuing necessary ADL adaptive equipment and durable medical equipment for patients to facilitate independence in ADLs.
• Writes accurate, complete, and clear documentation in accordance with regulatory, licensing, payor, and accrediting requirements. This includes but is not limited to:
• Recording Screens/Resident Needs Reviews, evaluations, daily treatment notes, progress notes, and discharge summaries in accordance with facility Policies and Procedures.
• Recording treatment charges accurately and ensuring that documentation is consistent with billing data.
• Writing specific, objective documentation that is outcome oriented and details the patient’s needs, potential to benefit from treatment, and progress achieved to date. Includes specific, objective measurable goals.
• Managing Medicare Medical Review and Denials process in conjunction with Director of Rehabilitation and therapy staff.
• Acquiring and documenting consents/approvals for treatment when necessary.
• Consistently demonstrates facility interdisciplinary approach to patient care. This includes but is not limited to:
• Integrating findings of other members of the interdisciplinary team in treatment assessment and recommendations.
• Integrating input from patient and family in treatment assessment and recommendations.
• Preparing for and providing meaningful contributions to the rehab team conferences, patient care conferences, utilization review meetings, family conferences, and caregiver training sessions.
• Collaborating with and informing facility staff in areas of patient progress.
• Educating members of the team in areas of expertise.
• Working with facility to teach documentation practices which assist the therapy team.
• Communicating effectively with discharge planners.
• Contributes to professional development of self and others. This includes but is not limited to:
• Utilizing continuing education to achieve targeted quality improvements.
• Interacting with peer therapist at local acute hospitals and other environments, if appropriate.
• Presenting at weekly rehab team conferences, facility in-services, and professional conferences.
• Maintaining a current body of knowledge in areas of clinical expertise through seminars, professional journals, and peers.
• Meeting continuing education requirements of regulatory agencies.
• Aids in building and maintaining facility’s reputation as an unparalleled provider of rehab to the elderly by contribution as a professional member of the staff. This includes but is not limited to:
• Consistently demonstrating facility’s core values in interaction with coworkers, patients and families, with all other persons involved with the patient’s care, and the general public.
• Consistently demonstrating professional standards as outlined in the facility’s Employee Handbook and as communicated by…