Lead Therapist (PT/OT/SLP) - Home Health

Overview

Supports high-quality, compliant, and evidence-based care delivery through mentorship, practice standardization, interdisciplinary collaboration, and quality improvement activities. The Therapy Lead provides discipline-specific clinical support for therapy services (PT/OT/ST) in home health, working with clinical leaders to ensure care is safe, compliant, effective, and aligned with agency standards.

The pay grade listed in the posting is based on the Physical Therapist (PT) position. If the selected candidate is an Occupational Therapist (OT) or Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP), the appropriate pay grade will be reviewed and discussed during the interview process.

Responsibilities

Evaluate the patient's level of function within regulatory requirements by applying diagnostic and prognostic procedures as directed by the physician or podiatrist. Completes comprehensive OASIS assessment and assessment of patient's eligibility for home health care.

Reviews plan of care and orders with primary physician, written and evidenced as read-back, completed immediately and transmitted within time frame established by policy. Updates plan of care as needed to meet patient need. Guides the patient in the use of therapeutic, creative and self-care activities for the purpose of improving function.

Observe, record and report to the physician or podiatrist the patient's reaction to treatments and any changes in the patient's condition.

Educates and documents discharge planning prior to discharge, including communication with physician, insurance source, outpatient visits and community resources are planned and arranged if applicable.

Collaboratively communicates and initiates case conferencing as necessary and documents interactions (other disciplines, MD, care coordinator, insurers, etc.).

Plans and administers prescribed therapy treatment programs for patients to restore function, relieve pain and prevent disability, injury or loss of body part.

Performs patient assessment test, measurements and evaluations, such as: range of motion and manual muscle tests, gait and functional analyses, and body part measurements. Records and evaluates findings to aid in establishing or revising specifics of treatment programs.

Demonstrates comprehension and adherence to regulatory requirements and home care policies regarding practice, and documentation content and timeliness. Completes functional assessments and documentation per regulations.

Therapy Lead Responsibilities:

Provides discipline-specific clinical guidance to therapy staff (PT/OT/SLP) to support safe, effective home health care. Serves as a clinical resource for complex cases, assessment accuracy, care planning, and discharge decision-making

Promotes consistent therapy practice standards across assigned teams or regions. Provides clinical insight to leadership regarding therapy practice trends or development needs.

Promotes compliance with CMS Conditions of Participation, ACHC standards, and Carle Health policies related to therapy services

Assists with review of therapy documentation for clinical appropriateness, regulatory alignment, and quality indicators

Identifies and escalates clinical risk trends that may impact outcomes, safety, or compliance

Assists with aligning therapy practices across sites in collaboration with home health leadership

Qualifications

Education Level

Field of Study

Master's Degree

Physical Therapy

Or

Master's Degree

Occupational Therapy

Or

Master's Degree

Speech Language Pathology

Licenses/Certifications

Licensed Physical Therapist (PT) - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR)

Or

Licensed Occupational Therapist (OT) - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR)

Or

Licensed Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR)

Demonstrated clinical expertise with ability to provide professional guidance to peers

Point of Care Testing

Yes

Tests Performed: Performs only those CLIA tests that are authorized by the laboratory director and require a degree of skill commensurate with the individual's education, training or experience, and technical abilities.

Lab Procedures: Follow the laboratory's procedures for specimen handling and processing, test analysis, reporting and maintaining records of patient test results.

Record Maintenance: Maintains records that demonstrate that proficiency testing samples are tested in the same manner as patient samples.

Quality Control: Adhere to the laboratory's quality control policies, document all quality control activities, instrument and procedural calibrations and maintenance performed.

Corrective Action Policies: Follow the laboratory's established corrective action policies and procedures whenever test systems are not within the laboratory's established acceptable levels of performance.

Corrective Action Documentation: Document all corrective actions taken when test systems deviate from the laboratory's established performance specifications

Problem Identification: Be capable of identifying problems that may adversely affect test performance or reporting of test results and either must correct the problems or immediately notify the technical consultant, clinical consultant or director

Experience Requirement

Work Experience

Length of Experience

Home health

3+ years

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Salary Range

The compensation range for this position is $39.29per hour - $67.58per hour. This represents a good faith minimum and maximum range for the role at the time of posting by Carle Health. The actual compensation offered a candidate will be dependent on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, the candidate's experience, qualifications, location, training, licenses, shifts worked and compensation model.

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