Overview

Our highly skilled team of clinicians with Sentara Home Health Services partners with individual physicians to coordinate the multiple therapies and services each patient may require – from skilled nursing care and infusion therapy to respiratory care and medical equipment. Sentara Home Health Services is accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Health Care and belongs to a number of local, state and national organizations. Sentara Home Health Services has been ranked in the Top 10 Home Care Agencies in America by Home Care Magazine over the past several years, and has won the Best-Practice Award for Asthma Management (American Association of Health Plans). We are Medicare-Medicaid Certified for home health and Medicare-Medicaid & Tricare hospice certified..

Education

• Bachelors
• Masters in Occupational Therapy (Preferred)

• Bachelors Degree + 2 years relevant experience may be accepted in lieu of degree

Certification/Licensure

• Occupational Therapist (Required)

Experience

• Assess, plan, organize, and participate in rehabilitative programs that improve functional mobility, relieve pain, improve or correct disabling conditions resulting from disease or injury and help build or restore vocational/ daily living skills as well as general independence
•  Provides age-appropriate education for clients and caregivers.
• Supervise and assume responsibility for care provided by identified team members.
• Performs modalities/therapeutic interventions in accordance with accepted standards of care and department policies and procedures.
• Provides effective instruction to the patient and family through standardized educational programs and/or individualized training. Initiate, develop, and maintain collaborative interactions with internal and external team members, patients, and family members to improve patient outcomes.
• Productive and efficient in daily operations.
• Selects and performs the appropriate assessment procedures.
• Establishes and updates formal plan of care to address individual patient needs.

• For PACE and Resource Pool, incumbents must have at least one year of experience working with the frail or elderly population.
• Must possess State License and NBCOT Certification.
• Valid NBCOT Certified Occupational Therapist – Certifications – National Board Certification In Occupational Therapy (NBCOT) and license required in state of practice.