Occupational Therapist OT Home Health

Company: Adventhealth Hendersonville Home Health
Location: Advance
Posted on: May 4, 2025

Job Description:

*Occupational Therapist Care Manager- AdventHealth Home Health**All the benefits and perks you need for you and your family:** Up to a $5,000 Sign On Bonus* Benefits from Day One* Paid Days Off from Day One* Career Development* Whole Person Wellbeing Resources* Mental Health Resources and Support*Our promise to you:*Joining AdventHealth is about being part of something bigger. Its about belonging to a community that believes in the wholeness of each person, and serves to uplift others in body, mind and spirit. AdventHealth is a place where you can thrive professionally, and grow spiritually, by Extending the Healing Ministry of Christ. Where you will be valued for who you are and the unique experiences you bring to our purpose-minded team. All while understanding that *together* we are even better.*Schedule:* Full Time*Shift: *Days 8am-5pm with weekend rotation*Location: *Travel within Henderson, Polk, Buncombe and Transylvania Counties*The role youll contribute:*The Home Health Occupational Therapy (OT) Care Manager is a professional therapist who coordinates and directs the home care patients services based on individual patient needs. The OT Care Manager is responsible for independent management of the Home Health patient population requiring the use of advanced assessment, teaching and decision-making skills. The OT is responsible for ensuring that appropriate referrals to other services are made, interdisciplinary conferencing takes place regularly, and appropriate documentation is completed. Relevant knowledge and experience is consistently applied to new patient populations. The OT Care Manager cares for a caseload of home health patients requiring occupational therapy as the primary service by evaluating the patient for appropriateness of home health and developing the home care plan in conjunction with the physician. S/he educates patients, families, caregivers and community providers to safely perform care. S/he provides follow up by evaluating effectiveness of the home care plan, and monitoring patient/familys response to the plan to achieve patient/family goals and top decile outcomes. The OT Care Manager also identifies performance improvement and home health standard of care initiatives and assists to design or implement programs to address needed changes.*The value youll bring to the team:** Coordinates and directs the care of a caseload of home patients requiring occupational therapy as the primary skill. Provides comprehensive assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation for that caseload as the primary Care Manager.* Performs an evaluation, assessing function using a method which objectively measures activities of daily living such as, but not limited to, eating, swallowing, bathing, dressing, toileting, walking, climbing stairs, using assistive devices and mental and cognitive factors, documenting the measurement results in the clinical record. Sets priorities of home care caseload adapting to the changing needs of the home care patients and families. Optimizes schedule daily to support productivity, efficiency and maintain best practice visit utilization.* Assesses physical, functional, psychosocial, social, spiritual, educational, developmental, cultural, cognitive status and discharge planning needs of the home care patient utilizing interview observations and physical exam techniques. Assesses the home environment for safety, infection control, and community resource needs. Reviews patient history and physical, diagnostics and laboratory data. Reviews available information obtained by other team members. Reports abnormal items and results to the physician as appropriate and reviews with patient family. Accurately and timely documents these assessments.* Utilizing assessment data, formulates a patient specific plan of care along with the patient, family and physician which is feasible within the physical, financial and emotional resources of the family. Establishes individualized, realistic, measurable patient centered goals in consultation with the patient, family and other health care providers including goals to improve or stabilize patients medical condition, functional abilities and promote independence. Considers the physical, cultural, psychosocial, spiritual, age specific and educational needs of the patient when developing the plan of care.* Implements the plan of care through direct patient care, coordination, delegation and supervision of the activities of the health care team. Provides care based on physicians orders, in compliance with policies and procedures, standards of care, and regulatory requirements. Selects, applies or modifies skilled intervention consistent with training and scope of practice using various procedures and techniques to achieve the best outcome possible for the patient. (Ex: therapeutic exercise/activity, neuromuscular re-education, fine motor training, perceptual retraining, cognitive retraining, sensorimotor activities, orthosis fabrication, etc.) Assesses patient response to interventions and performs reassessments as required.* Delegates appropriately and provides supervision in the provision of care to patients by other licensed staff and other personnel. Promotes continuity of care by accurately and completely communicating to other caregivers the status of patient for whom care is provided. Provides skilled care, preventative rehabilitative procedures, and prescribed treatments with a variety of patient populations within various potentially complex home situations. Periodically reassess the patient every 30 days: provide the ordered therapy service, functionally reassess the patient and compare the resultant measurement to prior assessment measurements. Document the measurements in the clinical record along with the therapists determination of the effectiveness or therapy or lack thereof.*The expertise and experiences youll need to succeed:**Minimum qualifications:** Minimum of one-year relevant clinical occupational therapy experience* Masters degree in Occupational Therapy* Current Occupational Therapy License in State of Practice* Valid Drivers License and current car insurance* CPR certified*Preferred qualifications:** Recent, relevant experience in a Medicare-certified home health agency as a case-manager* Home Health Case-Manager Certification* COS-CJob Type: Full-timePay: $35.65 - $53.47 per hourExpected hours: 40 per weekBenefits:* 401(k)* 401(k) matching* Dental insurance* Employee assistance program* Flexible schedule* Health insurance* Paid time off* Vision insuranceSchedule:* 8 hour shift* Day shift* Monday to Friday* Weekends as neededAbility to Relocate:* Henderson County, NC: Relocate before starting work (Required)Work Location: On the roadby Jobble

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