Occupational Therapy Assistant
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Job Location:
Oak Brook, IL - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 26 - 39
Posted on:
10 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Department:
Status:
Benefits Eligible:
Hours Per Week:
Schedule Details/Additional Information:
MON-FRI 8-5
One winter and one summer holiday required
Territory:
CHICAGO HEIGHTS
CRETE
FLOSSMOOR
FORD HEIGHTS/SAUK VILLAGE
HAZEL CREST
HOMEWOOD
MARKHAM
MATTESON
OLYMPIA FIELDS
PARK FOREST
RICHTON PARK
STEGER
UNIVERSITY PARK
COUNTRY CLUB HILLS
OUTLIERS: BEECHERMONEE
Pay Range
$26.55 - $39.85Essential Functions
- Responsible for the daily management of an assigned patient caseload ensuring timely care and documentation to meet the patent needs/services as prescribed in the established plan of care and per MD orders
- Collects data pertinent to the healthcare consumers health or the situation from patient assessments in the home setting telephonic contacts and/or related EMR information available.
- Implements patient care programs including necessary modalities procedures exercise programs and patient education as established by the OT.
- Documents and implements a plan of care to meet patient and family needs to include discharge planning and utilization of available resources.
- Demonstrates clinical reasoning coupled with clinical skills to conduct accurate clinical assessments and perform patient care activities; evaluates effectiveness of therapy interventions identifies and prioritizes patient/family strength needs and priorities.
- Provides and documents patient and family education in regard to deficits progress toward goals and therapeutic techniques with individualized instruction for a home program including equipment use.
- Maintains communication with multidisciplinary team providing updates and changes in schedules patient data or needs and physician orders.
- Incorporates short and long-term goals established in the plan of care into therapy as evidenced by documentation in visit notes.
- Supports effective communication and collaboration with the physician oversight and branch PT/ leaderships supervision to ensure timely feedback regarding patients condition and/or need for changes in the plan of care.
- Remains and performs ordered treatments therapies and/or procedures in accordance with State Physical Therapy Practice Act and Home Health Conditions of Participation TJC Medicare Guidelines OASIS and agency policy and procedures
- Promotes shared governance and decision making activities developing and nurturing research to positively affect clinical outcomes and promotion.
Work requires walking standing sitting lifting reaching stooping bending pushing and pulling. Must be able to lift and support the weight of 50 pounds in handling patients medical equipment and supplies. Ability to travel extensively during all seasons to assigned patients place of residence. Works in a variety of home environments and conditions. Must speak English in good understandable terms. Intact sense of sight hearing smell touch. Finger dexterity. Critical thinking and ability to concentrate. Must be able to respond quickly to changes in patient and/or unit conditions. Ability to work flexible schedule to meet patients needs. Personal Protective Equipment such as gloves goggles gowns and masks are sometimes required due to possible exposure to hazardous chemicals or blood and body
Physical Requirements
Our CommitmenttoYou:
Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs competitive compensation generous retirement offerings programs that invest in your career development and so much more so you can live fully at and away from work including:
Compensation
- Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications skills relevant experience and/or training
- Premium pay such as shift on call and more based on a teammates job
- Incentive pay for select positions
- Opportunity for annual increases based on performance
Benefits and more
- Paid Time Off programs
- Health and welfare benefits such as medical dental vision life andShort- and Long-Term Disability
- Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
- Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
- Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
- Educational Assistance Program
About Advocate Health
Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit integrated health system in the United States created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation health outcomes consumer experience and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte North Carolina Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology neurosciences oncology pediatrics and rehabilitation as well as organ transplants burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1000 care locations and offers one of the nations largest graduate medical education programs with over 2000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to providing equitable care for all Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.
Required Experience:
Junior IC
Key Skills
- Employee Evaluation
- HIPAA
- Data Collection
- HTTPS
- Physiology Knowledge
- Physio therapy
- Computer Literacy
- Patient Assessment
- Pediatrics Experience
- Home Care
- Critical Care Experience
- Patient Service Experience
About Company
Proudly serving Wisconsin with 18 hospitals, over 150 clinics and 70 pharmacies across 30 communities. Choose Aurora Health Care for you and your family.
