Building Name: HHH - Home Health & Hospice
Location Address: 1110 Prim Rd, Colchester Vermont
Regular
Department: HHH - Home Health Service- North
Full Time
Standard Hours: 37.5
Biweekly Scheduled Hours: 37.5
Shift: Variable-8Hr
Primary Shift: 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Weekend Needs: None
Salary Range: Min $36.50 Mid $45.63 Max $54.75
Recruiter: Greg Cary
Occupational Therapist
Full Time
To provide a full range of occupational therapy services in a home care setting, under moderate to minimal clinical supervision
Education:
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in occupational therapy
Experience:
• One or more years of general OT experience with Bachelor’s degree
Performance Standards:
- Provide a full range of occupational therapy services to patients in their homes, under moderate to minimal personal and procedural clinical supervision, including: ongoing assessments of current status; implementation of treatment plans, including specific therapeutic exercises/activities and instruction in using adaptive techniques and equipment in order to regain maximum independence, and the like; teaching patients about their conditions and OT treatment plans, self-treatment and care, prevention of further injury, and the like; counseling patients regarding psycho-social problems related to physical disabilities; instruct and supervise LNA’s in specific care with patients
- Admit patients and conduct comprehensive initial in-home assessments
- Manage a caseload of patients, including developing appropriate care plans and revising as circumstances change, scheduling visits, and so forth. Plan and coordinate a variety of services for patients provided by the University of Vermont Health Network Home Health & Hospice and other community health care and human services organizations.
- Confer with patients’ families, physicians, and other care providers to coordinate services, discuss patients’ status, needs and problems, and so forth
- Prepare all required clinical and administrative documentation related to assigned activities, including admissions write-ups, chart notes, documentation of conversations, care plans, and the like, adhering to all relevant legal regulations, technical requirements of government agencies, internal procedures, and professional standards