Occupational Therapist - Home Healthcare - ABQ
Company: Presbyterian Healthcare Services
Location: Albuquerque
Posted on: May 24, 2025
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Job Description:
Overview:
Presbyterian Home Healthcare is seeking a skilled Occupational
Therapist (OT) to join their team! In this role you will evaluate
and establish treatment program and provide occupational therapy
and instruct care givers, Presbyterian Home Health staff, and
patient in treatment program and safe Activities of Daily Livings
in patients home.
This includes promoting client/caregiver ability for
self-determination and care, optimizing their participation in this
process and optimizing outside resource utilization to achieve
self-management. The Occupational Therapist is responsible for
coordinating and communicating with various disciplines or services
involved in client care and coordinating their efforts toward
discharge goals established at onset and during course of care. Is
a patient advocate.
Type of Opportunity: Full Time FTE: 1.0/ 40 hours per week
Work Schedule: Days
Sign-on bonus & relocation available for qualified candidates .
How you grow, learn and thrive matters here.
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Responsibilities: Evaluates patients, develops plans and goals, and
implements treatment programs for improvement of physical or
developmental dysfunction and independence in activities of daily
living. Continuously reassess treatment plans and goals.
Evaluates, observes and Instructs patient/family/care givers in
follow through with Occupational Therapy program, leaving written
instructions in the home.
Order and adapt equipment for safety and patient independence at
home, instruct in care and use of adaptive equipment.
Initiates documentation in the home and completely records all care
delivery as required by the profession and the department by the
end of each day; this includes admissions.
Communicates with patient, family, physician/Advanced Practice
Clinician (APC), and other healthcare providers regarding patient
care.
Maintains established departmental policies and procedures,
objectives, quality assurance program, safety, environmental and
infection control standards.
Participate in weekly team conferences, educational programs,
in-services and other meetings as required. Participates on special
project teams,
Participates in agency continuous quality improvement activities as
required
Maintains a department defined productivity standard for visits and
caseload management.
Precepts newly hired therapists and students and serves as a
resource person and professional role model as needed
Supervise Certified Occupational Therapy Assistants,
supervise/instruct Home Health Aides/Certified Nursing Assistants
in therapy program follow through.
Responsible for holiday and weekend coverage for agency admission
and patients home visits as required on a rotating basis.
Performs other functions as required.
Qualifications: Bachelors degree in Occupational Therapy
NM Licensure as an Occupational Therapist
One-year experience in supervised clinical practice in acute care
or rehab setting preferred.
Basic typing competency preferred.
Need to have current drivers license, Basic Life Support
Certification, as well as auto insurance.
BLS REQUIRED AT TIME OF HIRE
Benefits:
We're all about well-being, starting with yours.
Presbyterian employees have access to a fun, engaging and unique
wellness program, including free on-site and community-based gyms,
nutrition coaching and classes, mindfulness and meditation
resources, wellness challenges and more.
Learn more about our employee benefits.
About Presbyterian Healthcare Services
Presbyterian exists to improve the health of patients, members and
the communities we serve. We are a locally owned, not-for-profit
healthcare system comprised of nine hospitals, a statewide health
plan and a growing multi-specialty medical group. Founded in New
Mexico in 1908, we are the state's largest private employer with
nearly 13,000 employees - including more than 1,200 providers and
nearly 3,500 nurses.
Our health plan serves more than 640,000 members statewide and
offers Medicare Advantage, Medicaid (Centennial Care) and
Commercial health plans.
AA/EOE/VET/DISABLED. PHS is a drug-free and tobacco-free employer
with smoke free campuses.
Maximum Offer for this position is up to: USD $51.41/Hr.
Compensation Disclaimer: The compensation range for this role takes
into account a wide range of factors, including but not limited to
experience and training, internal equity, and other business and
organizational needs.
Keywords: Presbyterian Healthcare Services, Albuquerque , Occupational Therapist - Home Healthcare - ABQ, Healthcare , Albuquerque, New Mexico
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