• Performs comprehensive patient examination and evaluation to establish a plan of care based on the assessment findings and in accordance with the physician’s approval.
• Ensures the plan of care addresses all problems identified in the assessment or documents rationale if identified problems are not addressed in the plan of care.
• Provides occupational therapy services that require the skills of an occupational therapist and are consistent with the established plan of care.
• Provides documentation of each visit according to AOTA Documentation Guidelines and accepted regulatory standards for inclusion in the patient’s clinical record.
• Participates in interdisciplinary team coordination of care.
• Provide resources for future ADL and IADL needs.
• Promotes wellness and prevention by promotion of occupational engagement.
• Identifies the patient’s need for other disciplines and services and initiates the appropriate referral.
• Acts as a consultant to other care providers as appropriate.
• Completes OASIS assessments timely, accurately and according to OASIS user’s manual definitions.  
• Supervises the Occupational Therapy Assistant as follows:
  • In accordance with applicable municipal, state, and federal rules and regulations.
  • Provides consistent patient care oversight.
  • Serves as OT of record and responsible for the care of the patient
  • Remains accessible by telecommunication, has regularly scheduled and documented conferences between the OTA and OT, and makes supervisory visits with the patient.
  • Assesses competence of OTA to perform assigned activities.
  • Remains available, upon the request of the OTA, for reexamination of the patient in instances of a noted change in the patient’s response to interventions, a noted change in the patient’s medical status, or a discharge or discontinuation of the patient from occupational therapy services.
  • Includes documentation of supervisory activities in the patient’s medical record; or maintains state required log of all supervisory activities which is available upon request.
• Participates in patient care conferences, in-services, chart audit activities, quality improvement activities, including OBQI and OBQM, and peer-review activities.
• Maintains confidentiality of information relating to the occupational therapist-client relationship.
• Demonstrates knowledge of available community resources/services.
• Supervises the Home Health Aide when Registered Nurse is not active in the case.  Communicates plan of care changes to the Aide and other appropriate staff as necessary.
• Keeps abreast of occupational therapy trends and knowledge for the service provision, documentation, and care coordination. 
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Required:

• Current, unencumbered license to practice occupational therapy specific to that state the employee is assigned to work by the Company. 
• Graduate of an occupational therapy program accredited by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE) of the American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc. (AOTA), or successor organizations of ACOTE; 
  • And, is eligible to take, or has successfully completed, the entry-level certification examination for occupational therapists developed and administered by the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy, Inc. (NBCOT).
• One (1+) year related occupational therapy experience to ensure knowledge and skills are sufficient to safely provide occupational therapy services to patients.
  • If less than one (1) year experience, then approval from regional clinical leaders required as well as appropriate mentoring and/or residency program established.
• Current CPR certification.