Occupational Therapist- Part Time-Tucson

Stellar Home Health - Immediate Occupational Therapist Part Time

Are you passionate about providing therapy services for children with developmental challenges in a fun and positive environment?

Since 2019 Stellar Home Health has been a leading pediatric home health agency in Arizona, is looking for a highly skilled and dedicated Pediatric Occupational Therapist (OTR or COTA) to join our loving team.

If you embody values such as integrity, customer satisfaction, and excellence, this opportunity is for you!

• Choose your own hours and work close to your preferred area
• Support individuals with challenges like Autism, Cerebral Palsy, and Down Syndrome

Our Values : Integrity, Excellence, Customer Satisfaction

Stellar Therapists are dedicated to the highest quality of family centered care through their ability to enhance the lives of the patients they serve.

Purpose of our Clinical Division : Patients who demonstrate optimal functioning in their daily lives and with excellent customer service resulting in the referral of our services to others.

Supervisor : Clinic Manager

Bonus : Based on weekly production and paid weekly

Occupational Therapy services are delivered in the patient’s natural environment including :

• their home,
• school (preschool, ABA provider, elementary school, etc )
• community setting (playground, store, public areas)

Skills, Duties, Responsibilities :

• Occupational Therapy Skills
• Detailed knowledge of the scope of occupational therapy
• Current knowledge of treatment practices per discipline and drive to continually learn and grow in the profession
• Provides therapy screenings as needed to support inter-referrals and referrals out
• Case management skills
• High quality case management
• Coordinating case load schedule with the member and their family to support access to care per the treatment plan / plan of care.
• Appropriate utilization and communication with the scheduling administrators to assist in customer care and schedule / case management
• Evaluation planning, conducting, and report writing
• Address client’s aspects of performance to support engagement in occupations that affect health, well-being and life quality
• Assess client’s home and other environments and advice on alterations consistent with their needs and capabilities
• Ability to utilize a variety of assessments and clinical reasoning skills to justify medical necessity
• Affectively use clinical observations to complete evaluation details
• Appropriately design long and short-term goals that reflect the unique needs of the patient
• Treatment planning and implementation :
• Select and adapt the appropriate intervention for each member per the occupational therapy treatment model, method and approach to direct the therapeutic process
• Apply interventions to maximize safety and performance in activities of daily living (ADL) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADL)
• Teach clients new ways of approaching tasks and educate them on how to break down activities into achievable components
• Recommend adaptive equipment and train in its use
• Documentation
• Ability to produce quality documentation that provides medical necessity for services and continued services
• Timeliness of documentation -within Stellar Home Health policy deadline
• Observe, note, and report on progress of long- and short-term treatment goals
• Customer Satisfaction
• Ability to provide comprehensive and effective parent / caregiver education
• Provide consultations with families and other providers as needed
• Write letters of medical necessity and Home Exercise Programs (HEP) as needed
• Guide and educate family members and caregivers
• Supervision Duties
• Supervise Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant
• Demonstrates proficiency in complying with the Stellar Home Health Therapy Supervisor Standard of Practice
• Scheduling monthly face to face or zoom meetings to discuss their case load
• Giving quality coaching / instruction to the COTA to assure that patients on the COTA’s case load are progressing appropriately and that plans of care are updated and adjusted accordingly
• Timeliness of reading and cosigning all of the COTA’s documentation
• Assuring quality of COTA’s documentation by providing feedback and coaching on documentation
• Completing any needed one on one therapy visits to support the COTA with the therapeutic intervention
• Supervise an Occupational Therapy Student (OTS) or Occupational Therapy Assistant Student (OTAS)
• Proficient utilization and implementation of the Stellar Student program
• Completing all supervision meetings on time
• Providing hands on learning environment for the student.
• Communication with the University / School site placement coordinator regarding the student as needed
• General skills
• General knowledge of physical therapy scope of practice as it applies to Stellar Home Health
• General knowledge of speech therapy scope of practice as it applies to Stellar Home Health
• Responsible for own transportation / vehicle
• Responsible for meeting and treating the patient in their natural environment to achieve the purpose of the home health setting
• Problem solving skills
• Organization skills
• Productive
• Able to collaborate with team and Clinical Manager
• Exhibits excellent customer care
• Professionalism Skills
• Exhibits effective and respectful communication between team members, operations, and management team
• Attends required meetings
• Monitoring email and communicating with families and the rest of the team as needed.
• See others team members reschedules as needed if within available time

Ideal Scene : Fulfilled and appreciated Therapists who provide excellent patient care.

Location : On the road

Join us in making a difference in the lives of children with developmental challenges. Apply now to be part of our enthusiastic team at Stellar Home Health!

Benefits

• Flexible schedule to support work-life balance
• Laptop and iPhone provided
• Referral program for additional benefits
• Bonus pay opportunities

Location : Tucson, AZ

Since 2019 Stellar Home Health has been dedicated to providing exceptional home health care services that enhance the quality of life for our clients.

We pride ourselves on our compassionate and skilled team of professionals who are committed to making a positive difference in the lives of those we serve.

Our team currently consists of over 45 therapists and 60 caregivers who focus on providing comprehensive home care services for individuals with developmental disabilities throughout Arizona.

Our Values : Integrity, Excellence and Customer Satisfaction are the driving force behind everything we do, and those qualities are paramount in our workforce.