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Therapist / Occupational Therapy / Missouri / Occupational Therapist / OTR Job
As an Occupational Therapist, your goal is to restore, enhance, and increase functionality. Our goal is to give you the support you need to make a positive impact on every patient in your care, providing you with adaptive tools and technologies that help patients regain the ability to perform all types of activities whether you work in a skilled nursing environment, assisted living, providing outpatient therapy, home healthcare, or in a blend of all rehabilitation settings. Aegis is as committed to making a difference as you are across the full continuum of care, from post-acute and sub-acute through home care. Putting patients first, it's what building a career with Aegis Therapies is all about.
Essential Job Functions
- Meets the patient's goals and needs and provides quality care by assessing and interpreting evaluations and test results; determining treatment plans in consultation with physicians, and by prescription.
- Helps patients accomplish treatment plans and secures necessary supplies and adaptive equipment for patients to facilitate independence.
- Administers therapy treatments according to a treatment plan approved by the attending physician.
- Directs treatments given by aides and assistants.
- Complies with company protocol for patient rounding.
- Evaluates effects of therapy treatments by observing, noting, and evaluating patient's progress; providing medically necessary treatment plans and modifications.
- Completes discharge planning by consulting with physicians, nurses, social workers, and other health care workers.
- Participates in the Q & A process for rehab-related issues.
- Manages the appropriate therapy minutes per RUGS category for patients.
- Assures continuation of therapeutic plan following discharge by designing patient-specific maintenance programs; instructing patients, families, and/or caregivers in follow-up maintenance programs; recommending and/or providing assistive equipment; recommending outpatient or home health follow-up programs.
- Accuracy in completion of MDS or OASIS items per workflow model.
- Documents patient care services by charting in patient and department records according to accepted regulatory, corporate, and professional guidelines.
- Records daily treatment charges per corporate procedures.
- Maintains patient confidence and protects nursing home operations by keeping information confidential.
- Protects patients and employees by adhering to facility infection control policies and protocols.
- Maintains a safe and clean working environment by complying with facility and department procedures, rules, and regulations.
- Complies with company protocol for denial management.
- Ensures appropriate daily billing of services.
- Ensures operation of equipment by completing preventive maintenance requirements; following manufacturer's instructions; troubleshooting malfunctions; calling for repairs.
- Secures equipment, adaptive devices, and supplies in accordance with company policy.
- Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; and establishing personal networks.
- Complies with federal, state, and local legal and professional requirements by studying existing and new legislation; enforcing adherence to requirements; advising management on needed actions.
- Complies with the Company's Code of Conduct, policies, and procedures.
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