Therapy Team Lead-Mercer & Crawford County

Are you seeking a fulfilling career that allows you to deliver personalized, one-on-one patient care and contribute to a leadership role within your team?

We are hiring a skilled and compassionate Therapy Team Lead to join our home health interdisciplinary team! You'll work in a home setting with a diverse patient population throughout these surrounding communities. You will also have the opportunity to coordinate therapy services, be a clinical resource for your peers, and mentor newly hired employees.

Responsibilities:

• Attend compliance training and adheres to the organization standards of conduct, policies, and procedures.
• Focus on customer service and continually strives to perform the duties of their job in a manner that will result in optimal patient satisfaction.
• Identify, develop, and participate in process improvement opportunities within the home health agency that will enhance the quality of services we provide.
• Perform duties and job responsibilities in a fashion which coincides with the service management philosophy towards patients, visitors, staff, peers, physicians, and other departments within the organization.
• Direct, advise and facilitate patient care according to COP and policies and procedures of the home health organization. Coordinate all therapy secondary referrals in a timely manner (within agency timeframes) assuring productivity standards are met before work-plus is charged or referrals are given to contractors. Assure timeliness of referrals to contractors.
• Schedules patients to achieve and maintain a level of productivity which meets or exceeds the expected standard established for the facility by the organization while ensuring delivery of quality patient care.
• Communicates patient's status to the referring physician and other health care team members.
• Provides verbal and/or written home instructions to patient and/or family members when applicable.
• Maintains written documentation for all physical therapy services rendered including documentation of initial assessment, follow-up visits, and discharge summary consistent with department standards.
• Performs physical therapy assessment, reassessment, and treatment, and supervises physical therapist assistants in the treatment of pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients referred by a physician to the clinic. Develops plan of care including goals and treatment plan in accordance with physician referral, nature of injury/illness, and results of physical therapy assessment. Modifies or adjusts plan of care based on patient's response to treatment and/or changes in patient's status. Works PTAs to adjust patient programs as patient status changes.

Licensed Physical Therapist (PT) in state of PA. Graduate of an accredited Physical Therapy Program, B.S. Degree in Physical Therapy required. Member of the American Physical Therapy Association preferred, OR Licensed Occupational Therapist in PA and in Ohio where applicable required. Graduate of an accredited Occupational Therapy program, B.S. Degree in occupational therapy required. Certification by National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy (NBCOT) required. Member of American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) preferred, OR Current Speech Language Pathologist license in PA and/or in Ohio where applicable required. Master’s Degree Speech Language Pathology required. Certificate of Clinical Competence required. Member of American Speech and Hearing Association preferred.

Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances: CPR required based on AHA standards that include both a didactic and skills demonstration component within 30 days of hire

• Automotive Insurance
• Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
• Driver's License
• Occupational Therapist (OT) OR Physical Therapist (PT) OR Speech Pathologist
• Act 33
• Act 34
• OAPSA

UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran