PRN Occupational Therapist
Ingleside Manor is located in beautiful Mount Horeb, WI just south of Madison, and has a reputation for providing quality care to seniors in the Madison and surrounding communities for more than 45 years. We are searching for an Occupational Therapist to work on a PRN basis! This position will help fill in when needed during vacations, holidays or times when the caseload would require it. They will provide skilled therapy services for our growing Inpatient, Outpatient and Home Health Programs, and will be supported by our team of Occupational, Physical and Speech Therapists. Find us online at: http://www.inglesidecommunities.org.
With the ever-changing Medicare and Commercial Insurance systems, we are in need of consistent coverage to meet the needs and expectations of our customers. At Ingleside Manor our team provides therapy seven days a week and we continue to strive to grow our presence in the community. Come join our team and provide your excellent services to those that have chosen Ingleside for their therapy and nursing services. Best of all, our program is an in-house therapy program, so you don't have to worry about jumping company to company or crazy productivity levels. We want you to provide great therapy to your patients! We have a wonderful therapy gym with updated equipment, private treatment areas, staff offices and laptops for all to use! Our Therapy team utilizes Optima Health Solutions for our EMR, so you are able to: document, bill and E-sign all in one easy to use location. If you're interested in working with an interdisciplinary team of professionals where you are a valued team member, this opportunity is for you! Come find what you've been searching for at Ingleside Manor!
In addition to our warm and welcoming work environment, we offer a Competitive Wage and a Comprehensive Benefit Package to Eligible Employees that Includes:
- Flexible schedules
- 401k (with company 6% match!)
- Free on-site fitness center
Essential Functions of the Job:
- As necessary or applicable, supervision of Occupational Therapy Assistants, temporary licensees, students and support personnel in accordance with state licensure requirements and professional standards.
- Meets patient care hours (PCH) requirement for your rehab gym, or as directed by Program Manager.
- Attends and contributes to patient care, staffing conferences and other related meetings.
- Makes referrals to other disciplines, agencies in order to address the comprehensive needs of the patient.
- Consults with other members of the rehabilitation team to select the most appropriate therapeutic regimen consistent with the needs and capabilities of each patient.
- Adapts program and/or plan of care according to the needs of individual patient.
- Promotes a safe environment and enforces the elimination of fire and safety hazards.
- Orders supplies and equipment as necessary upon approval by the Program Manager.
- Cleans, maintains, identifies, and reports the need for repair of equipment as necessary.
- Puts patient service first: ensures that patients and families receive the highest quality of service in a caring and compassionate atmosphere which recognizes the individuals' needs and rights.
- Screens, examines and evaluates patients, including history, systems review, and application of appropriate tests and measures, synthesis information and interprets examination findings in order to establish a diagnosis, identify impairments, determine the predicted level of improvement and the time required to achieve it, identify precautions/contraindications and design and plan of care.
- Develops appropriate treatment goals and methods in collaboration with the patient and caregivers, implements the occupational therapy treatment plan, and completes all related documentation and record keeping regarding these services.
- Services include but are not limited to application of therapeutic techniques in areas such as: cognitive skills, muscle strength, coordination, endurance, mobility, perceptual abilities, sensory awareness, sitting and standing tolerance, balance, activities of daily living, joint protection, work simplification, orientation, physical agent modalities.
- Designs, fabricates, fits and/or applies adaptive devices, and trains patients in the use of adaptive devices included orthotics and prosthetics.
- Selects appropriate activities suited to the individual's physical and mental capacity, intelligence level and interest.
- Instructs patient in the skills and techniques required for participation in functional activities and evaluates patient progress, attitudes, and behavior as related to rehabilitative potential.
- Performs routine reexamination as needed/required to modify/progress plan of treatment.
Qualification and Experience Requirements:
- Must be a graduate of an occupational therapy curriculum accredited by AOTA & ACOTE standards.
- He / She must have initial registration from the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy.
- He / She must be able to practice occupational therapy per state of Wisconsin guidelines.
- The Occupational Therapist must be licensed and/or eligible for licensure as required in the state Wisconsin.
- Excellent communication skills required.
- Excellent organizational and time management skills
