Occupational Therapist -Part time or Full Time - Chesapeake Branch

About Us

The mission of Commonwealth Home Care is to provide compassionate, high quality, evidence-based care to clients in their homes in order to assist them in achieving the highest level of function, safety, and independence possible.

We aim to provide evidence-based high quality in home care from caring and compassionate clinicians. Our patients benefit from innovative programs designed by clinicians with decades of real life experience. Our team is focused on assisting our patients to manage their condition while they recover in the comfort of wherever they call home.

One key item that makes us different is we are owned and operated by clinicians who have over 50 years experience in healthcare. This unique perspective guides our operations and enables us to constantly strive toward our primary goal of providing “The Standard of Care from People Who Care”.

Benefits

Here at Commonwealth Home Care we offer a package that helps support our staff’s emotional, medical needs, and retirement planning needs as well. This package includes:

Full Time and Part Time Benefits-

• Comprehensive medical coverage including prescription drug and emotional health coverage as well as teladoc services
• Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, supplemental health protection plans (accident, disability, voluntary life insurance, and critical illness insurance)
• Paid time off that is able to roll over
• We offer a Bring Your Own Device Program - staff will be allowed to bring their personal device into the field and will also be allowed pre approved reimbursement, up to $300. Our staff will be able to reapply for this benefit every two years for tablets, and three years for laptops.
• Monthly internet/MIFI allowance
• Monthly cell phone allowance

All Staff Benefits-

• IRA Plan with a 100% match on 3%, for any employee that works over $5,000 of income with our company
• A competitive employee referral program
• Toll reimbursement
• Mileage reimbursement at .50 a mile
• Employee recognition program
• Unlimited potential for growth
• An extensive and tailored employee orientation led by clinicians

Job Summary

As an Occupational Therapist (OT), you are key to helping us provide superior patient care. You will work to provide skilled Occupational Therapy services in accordance with the client’s plan of care to provide skilled occupational therapy service on an intermittent basis to clients in their homes in accordance with the physician's orders.

We are looking for a team player who is eager to learn, passionate about providing quality care, and has a proven track record of compassionate care.

What you will do in this role

• Obtain a medical history, particularly as it relates to the present condition.
• Evaluate the client, the client’s significant other(s) and the home situation to determine what instruction will be required, what assistance will be available from the family in caring for the client, and what other agency and community services will be required.
• Assure that the physician’s orders are appropriate and discuss necessary changes.
• Supervise the Occupational Therapy Assistant (COTA), as needed.
• Participate in agency activities, in‐services, and meetings, when appropriate.
• Confirm, on a weekly basis, the scheduling of visits with the Director of Nursing, case manager, and scheduler.
• Makes arrangements for outpatient services when procedures are required that cannot be given in the home.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of occupational therapy intervention and update the client care plan as needed.
• Prepare clinical/progress notes on the day of the visit which are incorporated into the chart within 72 hours.
• Instruct clients in care and use of wheelchairs, braces, splints, and prosthetic and orthotic devices.
• Teach, supervise and counsel the family and client in the total Occupational Therapy program and other related problems of the client at home.
• Establish goals based on the client's current level of functioning and potential for improvement and perform re‐evaluations as indicated.

Qualifications

• Must be a graduate of an Occupational Therapy school approved by the Council of Medical Education of the A.M.A. in collaboration with the American Occupational Therapy Association
• Preferably should be a member of the American Occupational Therapy Association
• Must be licensed/registered in Virginia
• Must have current CPR certification, or be able to obtain one before beginning
• You must be able to provide two references
• Must have at least one year of institutional/home health experience
• You must be able to pass OIG checks, Virginia State Police background check, and national background checks, and able to verify employment eligibility with necessary documentation
• Reliable transportation, proof of valid car insurance, and a valid driver’s license

Commonwealth Home Care

“The Standard of Care from People Who Care”

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, PRN

Benefits

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Disability insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Mileage reimbursement
• Opportunities for advancement
• Paid time off
• Referral program
• Vision insurance

Medical specialties

• Geriatrics
• Home Health

Role characteristics

• On the road

Schedule

• Choose your own hours

License/Certification

• Occupational Therapy License (Required)

Willingness to travel

• 75% (Preferred)

Work Location: On the road