Job Description
Job Description
Home Health Occupational Therapist Needed in West Allis, WI – Direct Hire
Our client, a comprehensive, home-based healthcare service, has a need for a Home Health Occupational Therapist in West Allis, WI. The Occupational Therapist assists the physician in evaluating level of function and helps develop the plan of treatment for medically complicated patients after advising and consulting with the patient's family in a home-health setting.
Hours: Monday – Friday 8:00am – 5:00pm
Job Duties & Responsibilities:
- Visit geriatric, developmentally disabled, frail, and/or elderly patients in their home environment (private home, group home, assisted living facility, etc...)
- Assist the physician in evaluating level-of-function
- Evaluate and establish goals based on the patient’s current level and potential for improvement
- Guide and instruct the patient in prescribed therapeutic, self-care, and creative activities that are directed toward improving independence, and physical and mental functioning
- Advise, consult, and instruct patients and their families in the use of prosthetic, orthotic, assistive devices and adaptive equipment
- Participate in Performance Improvement Activities and discharge planning
- Be responsible to ensure the use of the 4Ms (what Matters to the patient, Medications, Mentation, and Mobility) and provide Age-Friendly Care
Qualifications:
- Graduate of an occupational therapy curriculum accredited jointly by the Committee on Allied Health Education and Accreditation of the Council on Education of the American Medical Association and the American Occupational Therapy Association
- Is currently licensed as an Occupational Therapist by the State of Wisconsin
- Active CPR Certification
- Must maintain a valid Driver’s License and good driving record
- Have and maintain an automobile to be used for work
- Has two (2) years of appropriate experience as an O.T. and has achieved a satisfactory grade on a proficiency examination conducted, approved or sponsored by the U.S. Public Health Service
If you or anyone you know is qualified and immediately available, please send your updated resume to us for immediate consideration.
Company Description
We are employment specialists who have worked in heath care and managed care industry for over a total of 25 years. We staff temp, temp to hire, and direct hire placements
Company Description
We are employment specialists who have worked in heath care and managed care industry for over a total of 25 years. We staff temp, temp to hire, and direct hire placements
