Occupational Therapist (OT), Home Health - West Valley

Assisted offers employees a unique employment package:

• Flexible work hours and reduced commute (work in your area)
• Affordable medical (company pays 100% of costs for the employee on PPO plan), dental and vision benefits package.
• Company matched 401K (up to 6% of your annual salary can be matched)
• A very generous referral bonus – earn up to $600* per referral.
• We’ll empower you to reach your highest levels of personal and professional development by providing tuition education reimbursement.
• Vacation, sick leave, and paid holidays package* (accrued time off benefit varies for full time and part time).
• EAP benefits include resources for mental health, legal assistance, childcare and elder care.

• Complete initial and on-going interdisciplinary assessments with emphasis on determining level of function, and patient / family response to therapy.  Includes OASIS assessments at appropriate time points.
• Evaluate the level of function and initiate a plan of treatment for Occupational Therapy to assist with relieving pain, preventing disability, developing body skills, restoring function and maintaining maximum capabilities through the use of graded functional Occupational Therapy activities.
• Initiate self-care modifications such as devising self-help eating methods, dressing and other daily living aids and instruct the patient and family in their use.
• Develop, review and evaluate the plan of care in consultation with the physician and other interdisciplinary care team members, and in partnership with the patient, representative (if any), and caregiver(s).
• Provide therapeutic treatments and evaluation of equipment needs that are ordered by the physician as indicated and reviewed by the interdisciplinary team.
• Communicate with all physicians involved in the plan of care and other health care practitioners (as appropriate) related to the current plan of care.
• Other duties as per job descriptions.

• Education and qualifications commensurate with § 484.115(f) (Condition of participation:  Personnel qualifications / Occupational Therapist) as indicated by specific educational timeframes.
• Graduate of an occupational therapy curriculum accredited jointly by the Council on Medical Education and the American Medical Assoc. and the American Occupational Therapy Association; and is licensed pursuant to ARS Title 32, Chapter 34
• Core competency per skills checklist.
• At least one year of experience in occupational therapy.
• Criminal background, DMV and fingerprint card as appropriate.
• Current CPR, TB and health clearance.
• Complete 6 hours of in-service training per year.