Occupational Therapy Assistant

Overview

Fallon Health is a company that cares. We prioritize our members--always-making sure they get the care they need and deserve. Founded in 1977 in Worcester, Massachusetts, we deliver equitable, high-quality coordinated care and are continually rated among the nation's top health plans for member experience, service, and clinical quality.

Fallon Health's Summit ElderCare is a Program of All-Inclusive Care for the ElderlyPACE for short. PACE, an alternative to nursing home care, is a program that helps people 55 and older continue living safely at home. At Fallon Health, we believe our individual differences, life experiences, knowledge, self-expression and unique capabilities allow us to better serve our members. We embrace and encourage differences in age, race, ethnicity, gender identity and expression, physical and mental ability, sexual orientation, socio-economic status and other characteristics that make people unique.

Today, guided by our mission of improving health and inspiring hope, we strive to be the leading provider of government-sponsored health insurance programsincluding Medicare, Medicaid, and PACEin the region.

Brief summary of purpose: Under general supervision of the Rehab Manager and Lead Therapist provides and documents the full range of Occupational Therapy assistant treatments and tests to all categories of patients, supervises supportive personnel and participates in educational services. Acts as a clinical instructor and is responsible for teaching inter-department continuing education/in-services.

Responsibilities

Primary job responsibilities:

Under the supervision of Occupational Therapist performs processes involved in the delivery of age-appropriate patient care. Provides care appropriate to the patient population served. Completes all required competency assessments.

Identifies reports and documents the need for modification of treatment techniques. Determines reports and documents possible cause(s) of change in patient's physical/mental status, tolerance to treatment, unanticipated rate of progress. Determines appropriate modifications.

Identifies, reports and documents acute changes in patient physiological status. Communicates acute changes in patient status to Occupational Therapist. Modifies treatment as appropriate within plan of care.

Implements appropriate treatment techniques as specified in therapist plan of care. Implements all treatment procedures as necessary for specific patient population under direction of Occupational Therapist.

Able to utilize all appropriate equipment per department protocols and standards.

Communicates effectively with patients and caregivers. Provides and documents specific training related to patient's dysfunction. Provides patients educational materials appropriate to patient and family needs.

Provides clinical instructions to affiliating occupational therapy assistant students. Accepts assigned students for designated clinical affiliation experiences. Actively cooperates with other personnel to achieve clinical education program objectives.

Provides clinical education/instruction of staff. Actively participates in department's clinical education program serving as an instructor for staff continuing education in-services.

Meets department standards for scheduling and productivity.

Qualifications

Education: Associate degree from an accredited Occupational Therapy Assistant Program.

License: Licensure in Massachusetts or licensure pending via examination or reciprocity. Valid Driver's License: Access to reliable transportation to perform work throughout the PACE center's service area (30-mile radius) when needed. Willingness to occasionally assist other SE PACE centers either in person or remotely, as appropriate, when there is an opening or a gap in coverage.

Certification: CPR

Experience: Minimum of 1 year experience with elderly population.

Competencies: Demonstrates commitment to the Fallon Community Health Plan Mission, Values and Vision. Specific competencies essential to this position: CPR, Fire/Safety/Evacuation, Infection Control, SE/PACE, Documentation, Alzheimer's Care, Physical Therapy Services

Fallon Health provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.