Medical Services of America, Inc. (MSA), headquartered in Lexington, SC, began providing home care services in 1973 with a unique - Total Home Health Care. Every area of service is managed and staffed by qualified professionals trained and experienced in their respective fields. All 200+ offices are company owned, not franchised, to ensure the highest quality of home care services.

Today we are a comprehensive Joint Commission Accredited home healthcare provider that offers home healthcare, hospice service, home medical equipment, diabetic supply, enteral nutrition, respiratory services, non-medical home care, personal emergency response, cardio diagnostics, home pharmacy/infusion therapy and physician management.

Taking care of others - Taking care of you.

InCare Home Health & Hospice agency a division of Medical Services of America is currently seeking an Occupational Therapist for our Myrtle Beach, SC location.

Duties include but not limited to:

• Demonstrate, through documentation and practice, knowledge of normal adult physiology, pathology and diagnosis related to ICD codes, as it relates to occupational therapy.
• Evaluate the occupational therapy needs of patients in their home and prepares plan of care under the physician’s orders.
• Initiate and implement patient’s plan of treatment.
• Identifie and re-evaluate the patient’s need for modification of treatment or initiation of additional services, and prepares the recert 485 according to policy.
• Observe and report to the physician any pertinent change in the patient’s condition. Initiates diagnostic, preventive and rehabilitative procedures as appropriate to the patient’s care and safety.
• Make referrals to other disciplines as indicated.
• Design orthotics as indicated by the patient’s condition and needs.
• Treat the patient through the use of therapeutic activities designed to restore function and self-care activities for the purpose of improving function.
• Instruct and advises patient, family and other health team personnel in the program designed to increase the patient’s strength and control.
• Teach, supervise and counsel the patient and family regarding home rehabilitative procedures and other care needs as appropriate.
• Discharge patients in accordance with established goals and InCare policy and procedures.
• Maintain accurate and concise records according to InCare’s procedure and regulatory standards, and submits all paperwork within time frame identified by policy.
• Assist in staff education as requested by Staff Development and DOPS.
• Demonstrate and teach alternate techniques to complete activities of daily living, proper transfer, and positioning.
• Order and/or fabricates adaptive/assistive devices and equipment.
• Complete all documentation in a timely fashion which follows InCare’s procedures and regulatory standards, and submits paperwork within time frame identified by policy.
• Practice confidentiality and respect for patient’s rights
• Keep current with Occupational therapy practices and provides proof of ongoing clinical practice through attendance at inservices, education seminars, and review of current literature.
• Adheres to InCare’s required number of hours of inservice attendance per year.
• Supervise the COTA in the delivery of care to the patient
• Attend Team Conferences on a regular basis, and presents patients’ status, progress, goals and interventions.
• Attends staff meetings on a regular basis.
• Consistently demonstrates dependability in day to day duties, i.e., responsiveness to requests, maintaining and updating work schedule and completing assignments independently with little supervision.
• Use established lines of communication.
• Use resources cost effectively
• Promote collaborative working relationships.
• Demonstrate effective time management skills.
• Support the agency’s philosophy and goals, and presents a positive image of the agency.
• Practice confidentiality and respect for patient’s rights.
• Maintain and adheres to InCare employee attendance guidelines.
• Participate in committee activities as required.
• Perform other duties as assigned.