Occupational Therapist (OT)

About the role

Excellent Home Care provides top-quality home health care services in the New York City Area. We are committed to being a leader in the community by upholding the organization’s core values of the provision of care and respect for all. Our goal is to enhance the lives of our adult and pediatric populations in the comfort of their homes and individual communities by providing professional and compassionate care. We are currently looking for an Occupational Therapist (OT) to join our team!

Responsibilities

• Evaluating the Patient’s level of physical functioning in the home, and for working with the Patient, Family, and/or others to provide training and/or assistive devices to eliminate or reduce areas of deficit usually associated with fine motor disorders or deficits.
• Works with other professional staff to establish rehabilitation and maintenance goals and activities.
• Provides Occupational Therapy Services for Patients, as ordered by the Patient’s Authorized Medical Practitioner, after evaluating the Patient’s sensory, motor functions, developmental delays, performance of activities of daily living (ADL), etc.
• Evaluates, instructs and monitors specific functional exercise programs to increase strength, range of motion and coordination of upper extremities.
• Makes provisions for assistive and or adaptive equipment to assist with ADL needs.
• Teaches use of assistive/adaptive equipment to Patient, Family and other appropriate health team personnel to achieve maximum independence.
• Evaluates and treats cognitive perceptual defects.
• Maintain records for each Patient treated by documenting general information, special precautions, description of and number of treatments rendered, reaction to treatment, progress or lack of progress made and Discharge Summary.
• Charts all visit contacts and findings on