Occupational Therapist - VHS Home Health Care, Peninsula

Occupational Therapist - VHS Home Health Care, Peninsula

Join us at Virginia Health Services, where your passion for compassionate care can transform lives. We commit to prioritizing quality of life and want to help you live your best life too!

Recognizing you have many options; Virginia Health Services is committed to investing in its team members and offers the following benefits:

• Competitive pay and a comprehensive benefits package to ensure our team members are valued and rewarded for their hard work.
• Holiday pay is available for 11 worked holidays, paid at DOUBLE time.
• Paid time off and sick time available as you accrue it (no waiting period).
• Early wage access to some of your paycheck before payday with Netspend Earned Wage Access.
• Group health insurance that includes medical, dental, vision and an employee assistance program.
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match.
• Referral program with the ability to earn as much as $1,500 for each new hire you refer.
• Training and development opportunities offered in-house at our state-of-the-art Employment, Enrichment and Education (EEE) Center.

We are dedicated to fostering a supportive environment that values innovation and collaboration, ensuring every team member plays a vital role in enhancing the quality of life for those we serve. Together, let’s make a difference!

Locally owned and headquartered in Newport News, Virginia since 1963, Virginia Health Services believes that compassionate care is the foundation of a healthier future. Our commitment extends beyond traditional healthcare; we strive to create lasting relationships that empower individuals and families on their journey to wellness with dignity and respect.

Essential Duties and Qualifications

Virginia Health Services is hiring Occupational Therapists for VHS Home Health Care, in the following areas of the Peninsula:

• Williamsburg/York County
• Kilmarnock
• Gloucester
• Newport News/Hampton

The Occupational Therapist has the following responsibilities:

• Assists the physician in evaluating the patient's level of function. Assess patient's home environment for safety hazards and architectural barriers, identifies equipment
• Identifies functional problems and establishes goals and a plan of care designed to improve the patient's functional status (revising as necessary).
• Performs and complete re certifications, resumption-of-care, and discharge Comprehensive OASIS assessments and associated paperwork in accordance to agency
• Instructs patient and family members, as well as other health team members, to perform or assist in performance of selective treatment procedures and functional activities.
• Periodically re-evaluates and upgrades the patient's program to maximize functional
• Confers with the family, referring physician, and other agency professional staff to obtain info1mation to promote coordinated, efficient, and quality patient
• Performs and submits required documentation of patient's evaluations, plan of care, clinical notes, and progress reports, summaries along with changes in orders. All patient visit notes must be turned in the next scheduled workday, not to exceed forty-eight (48)
• Maintains necessary statistical and billing
• Orients, instructs, and supervises the home health aide every two weeks in carrying out specific occupational therapy
• Keeps abreast of changes in occupational therapy theories and practices, contributes to the ongoing development of programs and professionals within the service of sharing expertise, contributing resources and giving in-services.
• Keeps his/her immediate supervisor informed of problem areas and makes suggestions for
• Attends and contributes to in-services, clinical records reviews, meetings required to ensure coordinated and comprehensive plans of care for the patients of the agency.
• Performs occupational therapy assistant on-site supervision every 4-6 visits in Illinois, and at least once every 30 days in The supervisory visits may be made either when the occupational therapy assistant is present so that the supervisor may observe and assist, or when the occupational therapy assistant is absent so that the supervisor may assess relationships and determine whether goals are being met. The supervisory visit will include a complete on-site functional assessment, an on site review of activities with appropriate revision of treatment plan, and an assessment of the utilization of outside resources.
• The Occupational Therapist will be accessible by phone to the occupational therapy assistants at all times while the occupational therapy assistant is treating
• Complies with Homecare Agency Compliance, Infection Control Policies, and HIPAA Policies.
• Guides the patient in the use of therapeutic, creative, and self-care activities for the purpose of improving function. Implements skills concerning the following:
  • Cursory sensory evaluation, tactile sensation, proprioception, stereognosis.
  • Gross and fine muscle strength and coordination
  • Active and passive range of motion of upper extremities
  • Evaluation for functional or dynamic splits
  • Evaluation for adaptive equipment to increase independence in ADL's.
  • Activities to increase functional level of performance

Qualifications and Requirements:

• Must be a graduate of an occupational therapy curriculum accredited jointly by the Council on Medical Education of the American Medical Association and the American Occupational Therapy Association.
• Must hold a current license in the state of Virginia.
• Must possess and maintain proof of current CPR training.

Learn more about us at: http://www.vahs.com

Virginia Health Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability or veteran status. We are a drug free workplace.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions and responsibilities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.