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Are you seeking a fulfilling career that allows you to deliver personalized, one-on-one patient care and contribute to a leadership role within your team? We are hiring a skilled and compassionate Therapy Team Lead to join our home health interdisciplinary team! You'll work in a home setting with a diverse patient population throughout these surrounding communities. You will also have the opportunity to coordinate therapy services, be a clinical resource for your peers, and mentor newly hired employees.

Purpose:

Assists the Home Health Clinical Manager and Therapy Coordinator of Rehab Services as appropriate. Coordinate referrals for staff PTs, PTAs, OT's, COTAs, and SLPs, as well as therapy equipment/supplies. Assists with orientation for all new PTs, PTAs, OT's, COTAs, and SLPs in coordination with the staff education department, functions as a clinical resource for all staff/management, and provides skill sign-offs and supervisory visits for therapy staff as needed. Ensures documentation compliance through chart review and coordinates/facilitates documentation changes as necessary. Provides quality therapy services to patients in a professional manner with a high degree of professional autonomy, with appropriate consultative requests. Competently performs the following: examination, evaluation, differential diagnosis, prognosis, and interventions. Develops an individualized plan of care tailored to each patient's needs. Educates patients and their family members regarding diagnosis and plan of care throughout the course of care. Has developed a specialty area of practice with continued high-level self-learning. Provides regular, direct clinical supervision to PTAs and COTAs, entry-level interns, and/or mentorship to residents or newly hired employees within the region. Assists with the development of clinical standards/guidelines.

Attend compliance training and adhere to the organization's standards of conduct, policies, and procedures.

Focus on customer service and continually strive to perform the duties of their job in a manner that will result in optimal patient satisfaction.

Identify, develop, and participate in process improvement opportunities within the home health agency that will enhance the quality of services we provide.

Perform duties and job responsibilities in a fashion that coincides with the service management philosophy towards patients, visitors, staff, peers, physicians, and other departments within the organization.

Direct, advise, and facilitate patient care according to COP and policies and procedures of the home health organization. Coordinate all therapy secondary referrals promptly (within agency timeframes), assuring productivity standards are met before work-plus is charged or referrals are given to contractors. Assure the timeliness of referrals to contractors.

Schedules patients to achieve and maintain a level of productivity which meets or exceeds the expected standard established for the facility by the organization while ensuring delivery of quality patient care.

Communicates patient's status to the referring physician and other health care team members.

Provides verbal and/or written home instructions to the patient and/or family members when applicable.

Maintains written documentation for all physical therapy services rendered, including documentation of initial assessment, follow-up visits, and discharge summary consistent with department standards.

Performs physical therapy assessment, reassessment, and treatment, and supervises physical therapist assistants in the treatment of pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients referred by a physician to the clinic. Develops plan of care including goals and treatment plan in accordance with physician referral, nature of injury/illness, and results of physical therapy assessment. Modifies or adjusts plan of care based on patient's response to treatment and/or changes in patient's status. Works with PTAs to adjust patient programs as patient status changes.

Licensed Physical Therapist (PT) in the state of PA. Graduate of an accredited Physical Therapy Program, B.S. Degree in Physical Therapy required. Member of the American Physical Therapy Association preferred, OR Licensed Occupational Therapist in PA and in Ohio, where applicable. Graduate of an accredited Occupational Therapy program, B.S. Degree in needed occupational therapy. Certification by the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy (NBCOT) required. Member of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) preferred, OR Current Speech Language Pathologist license in PA and/or in Ohio where applicable. Master's Degree in Speech Language Pathology required. Certificate of Clinical Competence required. Member of the American Speech and Hearing Association preferred.

Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:

CPR required based on AHA standards that include both a didactic and skills demonstration component within 30 days of hire

+ Automotive Insurance

+ Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)

+ Driver's License

+ Occupational Therapist (OT) OR Physical Therapist (PT) OR Speech Pathologist

+ Act 33

+ Act 34

+ OAPSA

UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran