Supervisor of Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant

Angels of Care Pediatric Home Health•Thornton, CO

11d•$85,000 - $110,000

About The Position

Plans, supports, and implements specific treatment programs for individual clients according to the principles and practices of occupational therapy and according to the orders coordinated with a licensed physician. Supports and manages a strong therapy assistant team.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) in Occupational Therapy from an accredited school of Occupational Therapy.
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, professional journals, and legal documents.
Ability to read and interpret physicians’ orders and notes from other caregivers as well as respond to them verbally and in writing.
Ability to effectively present information to clients and employees and community.
Ability to respond effectively to the most sensitive inquiries or complaints.
Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as area, circumference, and volume.
Ability to gauge distances.
Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
Ability to deal with several abstract and concrete variables. Ability to improvise in a home setting.
Ability to send/receive emails and use the internet for research and informational purposes.
Ability to use MS Excel to create a spreadsheet with minimal instruction.
Ability to use MS Word for communication and documentation purposes.
Ability to use independent judgment to manage and impart confidential information.
Skill to attend to multiple tasks at once which are time sensitive.
Knowledge of principles and scope of occupational therapy.
Thorough knowledge of occupational therapy theory and practice, home health care practice, communication skills, case management, and psychomotor skills.
Basic knowledge of Windows operating system and ability to advance computer skills as required.
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with fellow employees, the public, and supervisors.
Active state Occupational Therapist license
Current CPR certification
Current TB screening upon hire and annually thereafter, if applicable
Possession of a valid state Driver's License with reliable transportation and applicable car insurance.
Ability to regularly sit, stand, stoop, bend, kneel, walk, balance, crouch, crawl, push, pull, reach with hands and arms, and talk and hear.
Ability to frequently use hands to finger, handle, or feel.
Ability to occasionally climb and use sense of smell.
Ability to frequently lift and/or move up to 15 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move 100 pounds.
Ability to perform the anticipated level of physical assist required to provide safe client care. If the anticipated level of assist is greater than that which the employee can safely provide, the supervisor is to be notified immediately.
Ability to use close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception.
Ability to adjust focus.

Nice To Haves

Pediatric and Home health experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Appropriately evaluates (initially and periodically throughout care) client in areas of range of motion/flexibility; postural alignment, muscle strength and endurance; sensation, reflexes, neurovascular status; soft tissue, bony palpation, passive joint mobilization; body mechanics and work efficiency; wound care; cardiopulmonary function; sitting and standing balance; mobility and gait training; and safety.
Develops and implements appropriate treatment programs to address problems identified; develops realistic personal goals with client; re-evaluates, sets new goals, and adjusts treatment program accordingly.
Treats clients to develop or restore function and maintain maximum performance using physical means such as: therapeutic exercise, range of motion, coordination exercise, balance exercise, gait and transfer training with various weight bearing, prosthetic training, modalities, and others.
Advises, consults, and instructs appropriate treatment procedures, therapeutic exercise and supportive activities to clients, family members and other home health team members.
Assesses need for adaptive and durable medical equipment. Instructs clients, family members and other home health team members in the care and use of the equipment. Develops needed plans for modifying equipment/appliances and physical surroundings in the home to enhance safety.
Observes, records and reports to physician and/or supervisor, client’s reaction to treatment, client’s progress, and any changes in client’s condition.
Assists client and family with community resources needed to adjust to physical, mental, and social limitations.
Coordinates other service team members, both in formal and informal care conferences, to assure sufficient flow of information to support care of client.
Informs client, family, and physician verbally and in writing as needed regarding plan of care, progress, or changes and pending discharge.
Provides accurate and timely documentation of care in accordance with agency policy and pay source requirements.
Meets regulatory agency and/or pay source requirements regarding patient care.
Effectively manages a caseload as established by agency.
Participates, as requested, in orientation of new staff, in-service education, continuing education, utilization review and QI/QA programs.
Uses agency approved software to enter evaluations and visit documentation.
Supervision of 4 full-time assistants
Each assistant completing 25 visits per week
Supervisor to accept all clients accepted by assistant in designated territory
Directly observing each assistant 1x per month
Maintaining between 5-10 personal client visits per week
Completion of additional weekly visits when the supervisor does not have 4 full time assistants
Coverage when family requests another clinician
Coverage for clinicians on PTO
Building caseload for upcoming assistants and new hires
Multiple evening openings a week and some weekend availability
Meeting with assistants
Bi-weekly for first 60 days
Monthly after 60 days
Assistants paid meeting rate for these meetings
Completion of all documentation within 48 hours
Cosigning notes
Completion of LMNs, HEPs, Equipment evaluations within 7-10 days
Monthly one on one with TCM
Training of new clinicians
Competency visits
First eval with new clinician
Additional duties as assigned when low caseload/workload
CEU presentation
Special projects (event coordination, handouts, crafts, etc)
Wings
OT/PT discipline specific meetings