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Form of workOccupational Therapist
Who We Are
Finding your perfect work is more than a notion. The optimal position is when you can combine your passion and purpose with the right company. Senior Care Partners P.A.C.E. understands and commits to the value of taking care of business from the inside out. We are a company that:
- promotes trust and rewards employees’ efforts
- commits to your professional growth
- provides work that is challenging and an opportunity to grow and learn new skills
- encourages collaboration with amazing talent that see themselves as being part of a greater mission
- provides competitive pay and benefits
Let’s combine our efforts and become a team committed to excellence and making a difference in our community.
Primary Purpose
Assess, recommend, and provide therapeutic activities, compensatory strategies, determination of home care services, education, environmental modifications or adaptive aids to develop, improve, recover, or maintain basic ADL and IADL roles/responsibilities needed to continue living within the community.
Accountability Chart Key Roles
- Comprehensive assessments in the home and care planning.
- Provide treatment to improve/maintain ADL and IADL function.
- Provide education to participants, caregivers, and AFC/SNF
- Provide professional supervision of COTA
Duties and Responsibilities
- Conducts initial and periodic assessments in participants’ home, identifies, and develops a participant-centered plan of care for the home care and functional needs of the participant that follows the organizational mission.
- Assesses the medical necessity for adaptive and/or durable medical equipment, followed by recommendations to the Interdisciplinary Team (IDT).
- Continually assesses the need for occupational therapy and home care services/interventions during team discussions and communicates to IDT.
- Plans, develops, and implements a participant-centered plan for therapy to include I/ADL training, therapeutic exercises, DME education, caregiver education and environmental modification. Actively participates in participant centered care planning.
- Provides training to caregivers, family members, and friends related to the functional and cognitive abilities of participants that follows the participants goals and the organizational mission.
- Consults and assists with the Recreational Therapy department in provision of wellness programming groups at the center.
- Participates in the transition of participants from the hospital, assisted living, and/or skilled nursing facilities and makes recommendations to IDT.
- Assists in the training of and provides professional supervision of occupational therapy assistants (COTA) and other staff who are implementing a treatment program. Provides ongoing education to COTAs.
- Adheres to Senior Care Partners PACE policies and occupational therapy practice laws on COTA practice and supervision.
- Functions as a member of the IDT, communicates participant changes to team members, participates in IDT meetings as directed, and the development of the participant plan of care.
- Participates in Quality Improvement activities.
- Documents in the participant’s medical record as required by policy.
- Must care, support, and collaborate with everyone involved in participant's care including the participant’s family using the patient-family centered care approach.
- Initiates and/or participates in the development of new programming for the benefit of Participants and that correlates with the organization’s strategic plan, vision and values.
- Responsible for completing all assigned company education and file requirements on time.
- Keeps leader informed of problems or issues.
- May provide student oversight.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Leader Responsibilities
This position has no leader responsibilities.
Qualifications
- Doctorate or Master’s degree from an accredited program of Occupational Therapy required; unless previously grandfathered in under a Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Therapy.
- Must be a graduate of an Occupational Therapy (OT) Program accredited by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE®) or equivalent organizations.
- Must possess a current, unencumbered, active certification/license to practice as an Occupational Therapist in the State of Michigan.
- Minimum of one year of experience working with the frail, elderly, or long-term care population.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with other IDT members.
- Detail oriented with good problem solving skills.
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Well-developed ability to show discretion and maintain confidentiality.
- Excellent organizational skills.
- Must be knowledgeable with MS Office Suite, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, & Excel.
Specific Requirements
- Possess current CPR certification by AHA or willing and able to obtain as offered by Senior Care Partners PACE.
- Demonstrates our core values of compassion, integrity, teamwork, and excellence.
- Champion of Senior Care Partners PACE philosophy.
- Must provide exceptional customer service in support of all staff, external partners and participants.
- Must possess the ability to make independent decisions when circumstances warrant such action.
- Must possess the ability to plan, organize, develop, implement, and interpret Senior Care Partners P.A.C.E. goals, objectives, policies, and procedures.
- Immunizations and vaccines must be current or medical documentation must be provided from a medical provider with reason (s) to request waiver. (Hepatitis B, TB, MMR, Varicella, TDaP, Flu, COVID-19)
- Must be knowledgeable of current occupational therapy practices and procedures, as well as laws, regulations, and guidelines that pertain to long-term care.
- Must be willing to seek out new methods and principles and be willing to incorporate them into existing occupational practices.
- Must have reliable transportation and be able to travel between centers as needed; current valid Michigan driver’s license and current valid vehicle insurance required.
Work Environment
- Has a visible presence while working in the center and is subject to frequent interruptions.
- Communicates with staff, participants, caregivers, and other organizations as necessary.
- Works beyond normal working hours and on weekends and holidays when necessary.
- May be subject to exposure to TB, AIDS, and/or Hepatitis B virus.
- May work in an unpredictable home environment with variations in cleanliness, temperature, behaviors, smoke, animals, and other potential hazards.
- Subject to callback during emergency conditions (e.g., severe weather, evacuation, disaster, etc.).
- Required to drive a car in all types of weather.
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