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Home Health Occupational Therapist OT Full Time

Aveanna Healthcare

West Bend, WI
4 days ago
$70k - $90k

Job Description

Join Aveanna Healthcare as an Occupational Therapist (OT) and leverage your clinical expertise to enhance patient care in a home health setting. Collaborate with a dedicated team to deliver personalized therapy interventions and optimize patient outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

  • Perform initial and ongoing assessments to evaluate mobility, coordination, strength and current level of function
  • Responsible for administration, evaluation, and interpretation of tests and measurements to determine functional goals and outcomes
  • Provide a written evaluation and plan of care defining occupational therapy needs, goals, progress and expected outcomes
  • Delivery of occupational therapy services to comply with prescribed physician orders
  • Maintains plan of care by performing timely documentation of client performance, modifying goals and treatment as needed
  • Responsible for discharge planning, including collaborating and educating the patient and his/her caretakers on home exercise plan to follow discharge
  • Participates in coordination of services with health care team, physicians, parent/guardians, nurses, etc.
  • Documents according to policy and procedure and requires minimal supervision or instruction
  • Maintains effective communication between staff, healthcare team members and family
  • Supervises other personnel (OTA, HHA) as applicable
  • Completes OASIS assessments where allowed by state professional practice and regulation

Required Qualifications

  • Degree in Occupational Therapy from an accredited university/program
  • Current, unrestricted state license as an Occupational Therapist in the state of practice
  • Demonstrated proficiency in clinical assessments, documentation and compliance with policies and procedures

Preferred Qualifications

  • Strong organization and communication skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Time management
  • Proven relationship-builder
  • Experience in Home Health Therapy and completion of OASIS documentation

Benefits & Perks