Pay Rate: $90 - $100 / per hour

This is a part time OT homecare position with a need of roughly 6 - 8 hours per week. Patients are in the North San Diego County area. Patients are located in these cities: Rancho Bernardo, Oceanside, Escondido, Vista.

The Occupational Therapist (OT) is responsible for performing client evaluations, developing and providing therapy services, and documenting services in accordance with the plan of care developed for each patient.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provides skilled occupational therapy services/interventions in accordance with physician orders
• Regularly reevaluates client for rehabilitation needs, and works in collaboration with the physician and other members of the healthcare team to modify the plan of care as appropriate
• Assesses patient needs, plans for, evaluates and modifies care to meet goals of Occupational
• Therapy Interventions
• Collaborates with all disciplines to plan and evaluate team goals for each patient
• Instructs patient/family/caregivers on patient's total occupational therapy program
• Advises, consults and instructs members of the multi-disciplinary team in specific occupational therapy modalities
• Observes and reports patient progress and/or changes in patient status to physician and appropriate multi-disciplinary team members
• Directs OT treatment and develops occupational therapy plan of care; determines priority need for OT
• Refers individual to other disciplines as deemed appropriate and as approved by the physician
• Reports adverse signs and symptoms to the physician
• Reports client’s reaction to treatment or changes in condition to physician/Director of Clinical
• Services or designee
• Teaches new skills or retrains clients in once-familiar daily activities that have become difficult or unfamiliar due to illness or injury
• Establishes equipment needs to facilitate independent living
• Instructs individual and/or family/caregiver in the use of various types of adaptive equipment to\ improve function; ensures equipment is in good working order
• Trains individual and/or family/caregiver in use of prosthetic and/or orthotic devices
• When client is planning to return to work, OT performs work capacity evaluations and may refer individual to specialized vocational training in accordance with policy and regulations
• Provides accurate and timely documentation according to the plan of care
• Participates in care conferences or other meetings as required to ensure coordination of home health services (if applicable)
• Participates in quarterly medical record reviews (if applicable)
• Prepares and submits clinical progress-summary based on the progress of goals
• Provides in-services/education programs for various disciplines as needed
• Participates in peer consultation process
• Supervises Occupational Therapy Assistants according to company policies/procedures and
• State regulations
• Supervises Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)/Certified Home Health Aide (CHHA) according to company policies/procedures and State regulations (homecare setting only)
• Completes recertification and comprehensive assessments according to company’s policy/procedures and state regulations
• Participates in discharge planning
• Complies with applicable local, state, and federal laws and regulations regarding professional standards and practice standards
• May fabricate splints and instruct individual and/or family/caregiver in the use, application and benefits
• Performs other duties as assigned/necessary

Minimum Requirements:

• Current licensure as an Occupational Therapist in the State of practice
• Must be a graduate of an accredited school or program of Occupational Therapy
• Maintains certification through the American Occupational Therapy Certification Board preferred
• One (1) year of prior professional Occupational Therapy experience preferred; home care and/or facility experience preferred
• Must possess and maintain current CPR certification in accordance with State regulation(s)
• Current record of PPD or chest x-ray results
• Ability to effectively elicit/provide information to and from appropriate individuals (including, but not limited to, supervisors, co-workers, clients) via strong communication skills; proficiency in the English language may be required
• Computer proficiency required
• Must be at least 18 years of age