What are the responsibilities and job description for the Occupational Therapist position at VISITING NURSE SERVICE AND HOSPICE OF SUFFOLK?
Visiting Nurse Service and Hospice of Suffolk (VNSHS) is an independent not-for-profit healthcare agency that serves patients and their families throughout Suffolk County Long Island with visiting nurse home and hospice services, inpatient Hospice House, rehabilitative therapy, medical social work, home health aide care, nutritional education and diabetic counseling, community programs, and more.
Our mission is:
- To provide health services of the highest quality
- To enable people to function as independently as possible in their homes and communities
- To promote individual, family, and community health
- To maintain a tradition of charitable and compassionate care
- To provide hospice care that supports quality of life for the terminally ill throughout the dying and bereavement period
At VNSHS, we embrace diverse voices and value the seen and unseen qualities that make each person unique. We are committed to the creation of a community based upon full inclusion and equity. Our commitment to Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion learning facilitates opportunities and growth for our employees so that the patients we care for may thrive.
Our work environment includes:
- Quality 1:1 time with patients
- Supportive professional environment
- 1:1 training and orientation period at your pace
- Input on your daily schedule with patients
- Provides skilled occupational therapy services to VNSHS patients
- Provides initial and ongoing occupational therapy assessment and intervention in accordance with currently approved methods and standards of practice
- Provides case-management oversight and case coordination as necessary when other disciplines have discontinued their plan of care
- Demonstrates OASIS proficiency
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Flexible spending account
- Life insurance
- Voluntary life insurance
- Short-term Disability
- Company paid long-term Disability
- Employee discounts
- Generous paid time off
- Generous paid sick time
- Tuition reimbursement
- 403(b) with up to 5% employer match
- Cell phone reimbursement
