Occupational Therapist

Northern Light Home Care and Hospice

Department: Home Health - South Portland

Position is located: Northern Light Home Care & Hospice So Portland

Work Type: Full Time

Hours Per Week: 40.00

Work Schedule: No Hours Assigned

Summary:

The Occupational Therapist is responsible for exercising independent judgment in directing and supervising the provision of occupational therapy services to a designated group of patients in their homes, with accountability if such care is not rendered correctly or appropriately by those whom he/she directs and supervises. The Occupational Therapist assesses, plans, implements, evaluates, and exercises independent judgment in coordinating the home care course of treatment and assigning significant overall duties to subordinate personnel. The Occupational Therapist provides patient centered care and maximizes occupational performance for individuals and populations while embracing diversity in roles, habits, routines, values, beliefs, expressed needs, and preferences through engaging in a process of ongoing patient collaboration. The Occupational Therapist confers and collaborates with physicians, patients, and family as well as the multidisciplinary team, using evidence-based practice to achieve optimal results and improvement during implementation of the home care treatment plan. The Occupational Therapist responsibly directs and supervises Occupational Therapist Assistants, OT students and Home Health Aides.

The Occupational Therapist adheres to the occupational therapy practice framework domain and process as well as the Northern Light Health Standards of Care/Practice, policies, and procedures.

Responsibilities:

• Plans, prepares, or carries out individually designed programs of treatment to maintain, improve, or restore physical functioning, alleviate pain, or prevent physical dysfunction in patients.

• Performs and documents an initial exam, evaluating data to identify problems and determine a therapy diagnosis prior to intervention while identifying and documenting goals, anticipated progress and plans for reevaluation.

• Evaluates effects of treatment at various stages and adjust treatments to achieve maximum benefit.

• Performs complete, accurate and timely documentation including billing within the electronic medical record.

• Maintains and exhibits a current knowledge of profession and participates in continuing education.

• Recommend changes in patients' work or living environments, consistent with their needs and capabilities.

• Maintains a safe environment complying with Northern Light Health policies and procedures; reports and directly addresses environmental hazards and violations of patient safety policy and/or protocol when involved or observed.

• Provides clinical supervision for home health aides, students, and graduate OT/OTA.

• Attends appropriate team meetings and communicates/collaborates with other team members, individuals, family members or caregivers.

• Terminates treatment when maximal benefits have been attained as well as developing appropriate discharge plans.

• Other Duties as assigned.

Other Information:

• Current license to drive in the state of Maine, with reliable transportation and agency required auto liability insurance. Must be able to travel within assigned region as directed
• BLS for Healthcare Providers certification is required to be obtained prior to independent visits.

Competencies and Skills

• Achieves Results: Sets high standards for their own outcomes and seizes opportunities to engage others towards objectives. Consistently moves forward with direct actions in order to attain or exceed objectives. Manages their own time effectively to accomplish assigned tasks. Successfully prioritizes multiple projects and duties as needed.

• Arithmetic

• Basic Life Support

• Behaves with Integrity and Builds Trust: Acts consistently in line with the core values, commitments and rules of conduct. Leads by example and tells the truth. Does what they say they will, when and how they say they will, or communicates an alternate plan.

• Cultivates Respect: Treats others fairly, embraces and values differences, and contributes to a culture of diversity, inclusion, empowerment and cooperation.

• Demonstrates Adaptability: Learns quickly when facing a new problem or unfamiliar task; is flexible in their approach with changing priorities and ambiguity. Manages change effectively and does not give up during adversity. Capable of changing one's behavioral style and/or views in order to attain a goal. Absorbs new information readily and puts it into practice effectively.

• Demonstrates Emotional Intelligence: Exhibits a high level of self-awareness, self-management, other awareness and relationship management. Conducts themselves in an empathic, appropriate way, with a sense of humor and stimulates a collaborative work environment. Is respectful of the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others and aware of the influence of their own behavior on them. Is aware of relevant social, political, system, and professional trends and developments and uses this information for the organization's benefit.

• Effectively Communicates: Listens, speaks and writes appropriately, using clear language. Communication methods are fitting to the message(s), audience, and situation and follow-ups are regular and timely. Shows that important (non-) verbal information is absorbed and understood and asks further questions to clarify when necessary. Expresses ideas and views clearly to others and has ability to adjust use of language to the audiences' level.

• Exercises Sound Judgment & Decision Making: Understands and processes complex information, which allows for appropriate and accountable conclusions. Does not react too quickly or slowly. Balances facts, goals, and potential approaches taking the appropriate criteria into account. Makes active decisions and commits oneself by communicating confidently and respectfully.

• Fosters Accountability: Creates and participates in a work environment where people hold themselves and others accountable for processes, results and behaviors. Takes appropriate ownership not only of successes but also mistakes and works to correct them in a timely manner. Demonstrates understanding that we all work as a team and the quality and timeliness of work impacts everyone involved.

• Human Capital, Supply Chain and Financial Software.

• Ability to understand the language used to precisely describe the human body including its components, processes, conditions affecting it, and procedures performed upon it.

• Email application with the ability to manage email as well as calendars, managing tasks and contacts, note taking, journaling, and web browsing.

• Presentation software with the ability to create presentations with the ability to incorporate animation, audio, video, time delays, as well as designing themes and variants with animations and effects.

• MS Teams

• Word process application with the ability to create and edit documents, format, use tables, apply footnoting, create table of contents and mail merge techniques.

• Multi-line Phone

• Obtain Vital Signs

• Practices Compassion: Exhibits genuine care for people and is available and ready to help; displays a deep awareness of and strong willingness to relieve the suffering of others.

• Promotes Health and Safety: Promotes a healthy and safe environment for patients, employees and visitors. Advocates and models healthy physical and mental health behaviors even in challenging circumstances. Sets high quality standards and strives for continuous improvement and quality assurance by reporting and encouraging others to report near misses and safety issues.

• Provides Patient-Centered Care: Demonstrates understanding of patient care quality and service as organizational priority. Proactively supports change to improve patient experience and results. Exhibits the ability and willingness to find out what the patient wants and needs and to act accordingly, taking the organizational and outside resources into account. Cooperates, collaborates, communicates, and integrates care within and between teams to ensure that care is continuous and reliable.

• Public Speaking

• Resolves Conflict: Promptly acts to find alternatives/solutions when team members disagree. Addresses issues in a direct, honest, and appropriate manner. Handles conflicting interests diplomatically and helps to solve them. Transforms difficult situations into teachable moments using respect and accountability .

• Sterile Gloving Technique

• Wound Care

• Zoom

Credentials

• Required Occupational Therapist

Education

• Required Bachelor's Degree

Working Conditions

• Potential exposure to abusive and/or aggressive people.

• Need to drive to perform responsible duties.

• Potential exposure to hazardous materials.

• Potential exposure to noxious odors.

• Potential exposure to very hot or cold temperatures.

• Lifting, moving and loading 30 to 50 pounds.

• Prolonged periods of standing.

• Prolonged periods of walking.

• Potential exposure to diseases or infections.

• Work with computers, typing, reading or writing.

• Work beyond the regularly scheduled hours.

• Prolonged periods of kneeling.

• Extend body and limbs to reach items.

• Lifting, moving and loading less than 20 pounds.

• Lifting, moving and loading 20 to 30 pounds.