PACE - Occupational Therapist (OT) PRN

2 months ago

Jacksonville, United States The PACE Place Full time

Jacksonville, FL 32205

Reporting to the PACE Center Manager, the Occupational Therapist (OT) PRN evaluates PACE participant's level of function to establish treatment programs to improve the level of function or prevent disability by helping participants to maintain and/or restore physical potential by means of such modalities as training, exercise, orthotics, and assistive devices. Plans and provides educational services for other PACE Partners health care personnel. Conducts initial assessments and periodic reassessments and documents and reports changes in a participant's condition consistent with the organization's documentation policies.

Duties and Responsibilities:

  • When instructed, conduct an in-person initial comprehensive occupational therapy assessment on all PACE Partners participants upon enrollment and periodically as required by CMS PACE Partners regulations and PACE Partners protocols
  • Recommend a treatment plan to and coordinate with supervisor, and when instructed, with the interdisciplinary team in the development of the plan of care for each participant
  • When instructed, participate as a member of the interdisciplinary team, maintaining regular attendance at all the interdisciplinary team meetings
  • Communicate participant changes; collaborate on care planning decisions and coordination of 24-hour care
  • Actively participates in the Intake and Assessment care plan meetings
  • Evaluate participants' needs
  • Follow-up with participants during treatment
  • When instructed, discuss condition and treatment plans, and recommend solutions to participant care problems with the Interdisciplinary Team (IDT)
  • Plan individual and group activities and implement treatment according to plan
  • Assemble appropriate equipment and data to structure an environment that will enhance participants' responses to treatment
  • Assess the home environment for safety and need for equipment and adaptations
  • Assists with the implementation and coordination of a home modification program, including installation of equipment and other changes to support independence and safety
  • Re-evaluate participant's level of function to objectively determine participant's response to treatment
  • Alter treatment plan and activities accordingly
  • Educate and instruct participants and family members in proper care and use of various supports and exercise programs and in use of durable medical equipment in the home
  • Document progress notes for each day of treatment including notations of the participant's status regardless of whether significant changes have occurred
  • Document participant/family education
  • Exhibit communication skills necessary to interpret age-specific responses to treatment
  • Know and adhere to the philosophy and goals of PACE Partners
  • Keep current and accurate records of evaluations, treatment data, and participant's response to treatment, verbal and written
  • Participate in educational programs and attend all mandatory educational programs.
  • Maintain functional operating level of equipment
  • Inform supervisor of needs for equipment and materials
  • Perform assigned duties as instructed for all emergency drills or situations
  • Orient, trains and demonstrates techniques for staff and volunteers individually and in groups as directed
  • Act only within the scope of authority to practice
  • Other duties as assigned
Qualifications and Requirements:

Education/Training/Certifications:
  • Current Florida Occupational Therapy license
  • Certification with the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy (NBCOT)
  • CPR with First Aid or BLS certification required
  • Current Florida driver's license with proof of active auto insurance
Experience:
  • Minimum of 2-years working as an Occupational Therapist
  • Minimum of 1-year working with a frail or elderly population
Skills and Knowledge:
  • Ability to evaluate, plan and implement a program of purposeful activities to develop or maintain functional skills necessary to achieve the maximal physical or mental functioning, or both, of the individual in his daily occupational performance and the promotion of wellness
  • Demonstrates clinical skills reflecting knowledge of resources and basic treatment skills in the following areas activities of daily evaluation, adaptive equipment, orthotics design, and application, upper motor neuron disease, rheumatology, sensory-motor integration disorders, and the adaptation of physical environments for the handicapped
  • Ability to interpret age-specific data and provide age specific treatment
  • Supervisory, leadership, and management skills
  • Good judgment, problem-solving and cognitive skills.
  • Knowledge of gerontology and enthusiasm for treating the geriatric population
  • Patience and strong interpersonal skills
  • Knowledge of common safety hazards in the home and improvements to establish a safer environment


We are an equal opportunity employer.
We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, disability, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.

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