Occupational Therapist

Occupational Therapist (OT/R) - Home Health Taunton, MA, USA Home Health > Massachusetts > Clinical Operations > Rehabilitation Therapy > Occupational Therapist As an Occupational Therapist (OT/R) at Elmwood Healthcare - Home Health ( Elmwood Home Care ), you will be responsible for assessing, planning, and implementing individualized therapeutic interventions to help clients achieve their highest level of independence and improve their overall quality of life. You will work closely with clients, families, and other healthcare professionals to deliver comprehensive and effective care in a home setting. Key Responsibilities Assessment and Evaluation: Conduct thorough assessments of clients' physical, cognitive, and emotional abilities to determine their needs and develop appropriate treatment plans. Treatment Planning: Develop and implement individualized therapy plans based on assessment findings, client goals, and evidence-based practices. Adjust plans as needed based on client progress and feedback. Therapeutic Interventions: Provide direct therapy services to clients, including activities of daily living (ADL) training, fine and gross motor skill development, cognitive and perceptual training, and adaptive equipment recommendations. Client and Family Education: Educate clients and their families about the therapeutic process, home modifications, adaptive techniques, and strategies to support clients' independence and safety at home. Documentation: Maintain accurate and timely documentation of therapy services, client progress, and outcomes in compliance with company policies and regulatory requirements. Collaboration: Work collaboratively with other healthcare professionals, including physicians, nurses, and social workers, to ensure coordinated and holistic care for clients. Case Management: Monitor and evaluate client progress, adjust treatment plans as needed, and communicate regularly with the interdisciplinary team and clients' families. Compliance and Safety: Adhere to all relevant regulations, standards, and best practices in home healthcare, ensuring a safe and effective therapeutic environment for clients. Direct Patient Care / Clinical Skills Medication Management, Education and Reconciliation Development and Teaching of Individuated Home Exercise Programming (HEP) Strategic Therapies to Address Movement, Function and Strengthening Gait, Mobility and Ambulation Training Physical Reconditioning ADL/IADL Training Qualifications Education: Master’s or Doctoral degree in Occupational Therapy from an accredited program. Licensure: Current and valid Occupational Therapist license (OT/R) in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Experience: Minimum of one (1) year of experience as an Occupational Therapist, preferably in a home healthcare setting. Skills: Strong clinical assessment and therapeutic skills, excellent communication and interpersonal skills, ability to work independently and manage time effectively. Certifications: CPR Certification with Basic Life Support (BLS) or Advanced Life Support (ALS) is required. Other Requirements: Valid driver’s license, reliable transportation, and willingness to travel to patients' homes within the designated service area. Elmwood Healthcare is looking for a committed, eager, passionate and experienced professional to join the team of highly-skilled individuals within our community-based health system. Elmwood Healthcare's Home Health Division, Elmwood Home Care, is a multi-setting Medicare-Certified, dual-program Joint Commission accredited organization, providing both skilled medical home health care and non-skilled home care services to hundreds of communities by way of Agency branch locations in Rhode Island and Massachusetts. Our commitment to quality and focus on enhanced, specialized care has been defining in the organic evolution of Elmwood Home Care, and our attention to high-demand and high-acuity care in the home-based setting has allowed us to deliver our reimagined home health care services to thousands of patients already. This focus, in areas such as home-infusion therapy, advanced wound care and wound management, home-safety and falls prevention, to name a few, have been met with enormous success and positive clinical outcomes for our patients and their families. Such unique and hands‑on approaches to clinical care and home‑based community health management work to capture Elmwood Healthcare's system‑wide emphasis on the key ideals that we embody, including: Innovation; Individual patient‑centered approaches to a wide‑range of specialty, chronic and acute care; Health equity and access to promote longevity, sustainability and the provision of high‑quality care in community‑based settings, allowing our community populations to safely and effectively age in place; And, at the forefront, the highest standards in the provision of high‑quality community‑based care. Driven by a passion for community health, Elmwood Healthcare believes in the ways that community‑based healthcare positively impacts our communities. Through the delivery of unmatched care, a culture of safety and respect, and endless opportunity for personal, professional and career development, we are committed to igniting change within the healthcare industry. Our focus and goal is to bring care back to the patient, and bring healthcare professionals back to doing what they love- caring for others. Elmwood Healthcare, at large, supports and cares for communities by providing compassionate, innovative and personalized care. Through a comprehensive, community‑based systems approach, we are committed to the delivery of the highest‑quality of patient‑centered care. Through this model, we maximize patient success and reduce hospital re‑admissions to promote higher‑rates of successful outcomes. For our patients, this is all possible when care is delivered in the comfort of their own home. The dedication to each patient Elmwood Healthcare cares for goes well beyond the scope of intermittent services, with primary focus on communication, continuity and growth. Holding ourselves, our teams and our partners in the community accountable to the highest standards of care and operational integrity, Elmwood Healthcare champions the promotion of health‑equity, access to viable and necessary community resources and enhanced equal opportunities for each patient and each member of our team alike. Through these core ideals, Elmwood Healthcare places emphasis on personal and professional growth, skill acquisition through continuous hands‑on training, and long‑term career development within the organization to promote the development of our professionals, thereby supporting and enhancing integrated access to high quality care for our patients and their families. Our standards are modeled to mirror those of federally‑supported accrediting bodies and lead us to our commitment to ongoing and absolute compliance with local, state and federal regulations, allowing Elmwood Healthcare to further promote large scale positive impacts on our communities. The execution of our philosophies and missions solidify Elmwood Healthcare as a pioneer community‑based healthcare innovation. Pillared by models that emphasize patient‑centered approaches, our goals focus on upholding quality, safety, access and equity in healthcare. Elmwood Healthcare emboldens an evolving and limitless vision of opportunity that seeks to continually empower our patients and families, our team‑members and our partners in the communities that we serve. #J-18808-Ljbffr