What are the responsibilities and job description for the CHHA FFS Occupational Therapist - Manhattan - $70.00 / 85.00 per visit position at The New Jewish Home Career Center?
The mission of The New Jewish Home is to empower older adults to enhance purpose and well-being through a portfolio of innovative health care services. We do this through a vision whereby we would create a new reality in which ageism is no longer, and society embraces its older adult members. Our values define our approach to care, our culture, and our working relationships, and include:
- Extending Welcome
- Embracing Diversity
- Affirming Dignity
- Respecting One Another
- Embodying Compassion
- Increasing Knowledge and
- Pursuing Justice
The Care Management Department is currently seeking a CHHA Fee For Service Physical Therapist for Manhattan to join their team!
Job Summary: Responsible for providing and coordinating multidisciplinary health services for patients in the community. Works with the physician and other team members in implementation of plan of care.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with physicians, patients and their families, nurses, therapists, social workers and other members of the patient care team to develop and implement a patient specific care and treatment plan.
- Utilizes varied solutions to educate and promote the health and independence of the patient.
- Assess, monitor, document and report progress of patients’ health and condition using required documents, reports and established timelines. Provides supervision and evaluation of aides and physical therapy assistants.
- Observes signs and symptoms and reports to the physician and/or other appropriate staff as often as needed or as change in the patients’ condition require.
- Completes OASIS assessments timely, accurately and according to OASIS users’ manual definitions. Completes all documentation, patient health status reports as required and forwards appropriately.
- Supervises physical therapy assistants according to state regulations and agency policy.
- Assists with coordination of the total plan of care and maintains continuity of patient care by liaising with other appropriate staff assigned to the same patients. Participates in team/case conferences. Initiates team/care conferences for complex and/or multi
- disciplinary patients when required to ensure coordination of care.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Salary : $70 - $85