Occupational Therapist / Ot - Prn

Intrepid USA - Our vision makes a difference:

We are a top 10 national home healthcare company with an overall 50 year history of excellence driving our future vision forward.  We are putting a dent in the homecare universe through our commitment to providing affordable, personalized, patient and family centered medical home healthcare, home hospice, private duty homecare and independent living support services delivered in a concierge style, on-demand to create an exceptional patient experience.  What makes our vision different:

• Culture driven by servant based leadership with an inverted organization chart. Our clinical teams are at the top and our CEO is at the bottom supporting our organization
• Our Care Centers are not franchises. We have a National Support Center helping our Care Center leaders manage and drive their local “family business” style of operations, clinical and patient experience
• Our teams manage their local Care Centers where they are embedded in the fabric of the communities they serve
• We are committed to caring for our patients just as if they were our family

Why working here is awesome:

• Industry leading online training system and modules for continuing education thru Intrepid University
• Clinician centric WellSky EHR to improve clinical documentation quality and patient care
• Competitive pay with healthcare, dental, vision, pharmacy, Flexible Spending Account, Dependent Care Account benefits with affordable premiums for Full-time team members
• 401K available to all team members
• Supportive time away through PTO time and company paid holidays for Full-time team members
• Mobile benefits access, 98.6 telemedicine access, health education library and health cost estimator for Full-time team members.
• Company paid Life Insurance up to $50K and AD&D insurance with the option of additional affordable voluntary life and AD&D available for Full-time team members.
• Short and long term disability insurance available at affordable rates for Full-time team members.
• Talent science that improves the quality of our talent acquisition, recruiting process and team members

Great work you’ll do here:

The Occupational Therapist (OT) will provide restorative therapy to the client while using special techniques or providing adaptive devices to assist the client in gaining independence in activities of living in accordance with the plan of care.  The OT will also oversee the Occupational Therapy Assistants to assure appropriate implementation of the plan of care.

• Performs comprehensive subjective and objective admission and ongoing assessment of client functional status and activities of daily living
• Administers functional ability tests and competency as needed
• Evaluate adaptive equipment needs and obtain equipment for client
• Formulate individualized therapy plan of care that incorporates analysis of assessment data
• Provide therapy interventions aimed at achieving realistic outcomes within a specified period of time
• Modifies and updates the therapy plan of care to reflect progress toward outcomes
• Participates in the development, review and updating of the care plan
• Consistently demonstrates competency with occupational therapy skills according to personal and legal scope of practice
• Evaluate the home environment and make appropriate recommendations
• Instruct client, family and other team members in proper use of assistive equipment, prosthetic devices and adaptation devices
• Evaluates effectiveness of teaching and modifies accordingly
• Promotes client/family autonomy
• Relays significant changes in status to physician and other members of the team in a time period consistent with client need
• Maintains client records showing systematic assessment, planning, intervention and evaluation
• Documents client charts, records and clinical notes legibly and according to documentation guidelines and standards
• Supervises certified occupational therapy assistants according to organization policy and state regulations.
• Completes other assignments and duties as requested and assigned to accomplish the goals and objectives of the Company

 What we’ll love about you:

• Passion and commitment to clinical excellence, quality and integrity
• Embracing and leading the patient care mission through providing an exceptional patient experience
• Positive attitude and ability to fit in as a collaborative team member for patient care
• Excellent interpersonal communication and patient/family engagement skills
• Commitment to clinical documentation excellence and quality along with ability to educate and inspire others
• High energy, focus, work ethic, motivation and commitment to lifelong learning and growth
• Flexibility with diverse clients, cultures, and environments allowing you to provide excellent care
• Ability to demonstrate clinical skills in both a collaborative and solo contributor capacity
• Experience with EHR systems and their implementation/optimization in complex clinical settings
• Proficiency with federal, state and governing agency regulations
• Participates in continued clinical and in-service education, as well as professional training required by law
• Knowledge and comfort level working with technology and enterprise wide support systems and tools
• Successful management of a high volume of work, changing priorities as needed
• Appropriate judgment and critical thinking in decisions that requiring consideration of regulatory compliance, customer service, patient welfare and company interests
• Outstanding presentation, writing and communication skills
• Promotes the agency through positive representation and communication of its services
• Strong ability to be the public face of the organization, and serve as an advocate for Home Healthcare, Home Hospice and other service lines
• Creative thinker who embraces thought leadership
• Capable of making challenging decisions and willing to take responsibility for them.
• Graduate of an occupational therapy curriculum accredit­ed jointly by the Committee on Allied Health Education and Accreditation of the American Medical Association and the American Occupational Therapy Association.
• Registered with the National Registration Examination of the American Occupational Therapy Association.
• Possess and maintains current CPR certification
• One (1) year experience as an Occupational Therapist
• Licensed driver with automobile that is in good working order and insured in accordance with the organization requirements.

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