Home Health: Occupational Therapist (OT) - South Central

Lifespark is a complete senior health company headquartered in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. Since 2004, we’ve been helping seniors stay healthy, navigate their health care options with confidence, and live fuller, more independent lives as they age. That’s where our people come in – from accounting and health technology to front-line nurses, advanced practice professionals, caregivers and everything in between, we are all invested entrepreneurs focused on helping people age magnificently.

Our Lifespark culture has created not only an award-winning workplace — earning Star Tribune Top Workplace 11 times, Minneapolis Business Journal Best Places to Work three times, and Top USA #1 in Healthcare — but a place where you have the room to be creative, make a difference, and have a purposeful, direct impact on how people age. Lifespark’s full continuum of services offers a breadth of roles with the support to grow your career. To see the experience we are creating, watch our award-winning video Going South – this is the experience you will help create at Lifespark! Changing the age-old story starts with you – let’s get you hired.   

 

Salary: $70,800-$76,900 annually, depending on experience

Schedule Monday – Friday 8:00am - 5:00pm

Service Area: South Central (coverage area: St. Louis Park, Richfield, Bloomington, Burnsville, Lakeville & surrounding). Plus, mileage reimbursement of .70 cents per mile.

Schedule: Full Time 1.0 FTE, Monday through Friday 8am-5pm - (no weekends, on-call, holiday rotations)

 

Lifespark Benefits Include:    

• Annual Reviews/Raises {Shift differentials if applicable} 
• Paid Time Off – Vacation Time 
• Mileage reimbursement
• Medical, Dental, Vision benefits for Full Time Hires 
• Short-Term Disability & Long-Term Disability Insurance 
• Life Insurances 
• 401k + Company Match for full-time and part-time employees 
• Referral bonuses 
• Career path to other positions within our growing company! 

 

The Occupational Therapist is primarily responsible for the implementation of standards of care for occupational therapy services and for adherence to all conditions outlined in the Service Agreement. Any direct client care provided will be performed as defined by the state Occupational Therapy Practice Act.    

 

Position Functions & Responsibilities:

• Evaluates client’s functional status (muscle function, endurance, visual coordination, written and verbal communication skills, self-care ability, work capacity, etc.). Evaluates home environment for hazards or barriers to more independent living.  Identifies equipment needs.  Participates in the development of the total plan of care.
• For clients who plan to return to work, the occupational therapist may perform work capacity evaluation and may refer to specialized vocational training in accordance with organization policy.
• Develops treatment program and establishes goals for improved function. Communicates plan of care to referring physician and other organization professionals.
• May teach new skills or retrain client in once familiar daily activities that have been lost due to illness or injury, in accordance with organization policy.
• May fabricate splints and instruct client in the use of various types of adaptive equipment to improve function.
• May train client in the use of prosthetic and/or orthotic devices.
• Maintains appropriate clinical records, clinical notes, and reports to the physician any changes in the client’s condition. Submits these records in accordance with organization policy.
• Maintains contact/communication with other personnel involved in the client’s care to promote coordinated, efficient care.
• Attends and contributes to inservices, case conferences, and other meetings as required by organization policy to ensure coordinated and comprehensive plans of care for the clients of the organization.
• Identifies client and family/caregiver needs for other home health services and refers as appropriate.
• Instructs client’s family/caregiver and other organization health care personnel in client’s treatment regime when indicated and appropriate.
• Supervises certified occupational therapy assistants according to organization policy and state regulations.
• When therapy is the only skilled service, instructs, supervises and evaluates home health aide care every two (2) weeks.
• Participates in discharge planning for