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Occupational Therapist - Gentiva Home Health

I believe that better care begins at home.
Compassionate care, uncompromising service and clinical excellence - that's what Gentiva® patients have come to expect from our occupational therapists for nearly 40 years. Gentiva, America's homecare leader, has set the clinical standard for today's fastest-growing segment of healthcare - homecare. By creating innovative solutions that lead to high-quality patient outcomes, Gentiva's patient-centered approach improves quality of life and independence. With Gentiva, great healthcare has come home.


I believe I can make a difference.
Gentiva occupational therapists make a real difference in people's lives every single day by delivering comprehensive patient-focused services such as nursing, therapy and rehab to more than 500,000 patients a year through an interdisciplinary team approach to care.


I believe in working for a company that cares as much as I do.
Gentiva offers our occupational therapists a unique employment package that includes:
*Innovative specialties with cutting-edge training and development. *Flexible full-time, benefited pay per visit and part-time positions. *Greater control of your weekly schedule. *Comprehensive benefits which include competitive pay with direct deposit, medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability, life insurance, a generous PTO package, paid holidays, 401(k), tuition reimbursement and much more.

I believe my work is my calling.

As an Occupational Therapist, you will:
*Assess and screen patients' daily living and working skills. Develop a therapeutic retraining program with measurable objectives. *Administer and interpret diagnostic and prognostic tests of function to patients in their homes to assist the physician in evaluating the patient's level of function. *Confer with the patients' physicians and clinical team members. Participate in development and revision of the Plan of Care Treatment. *Provide therapeutic treatment and instruction to patients in accordance with physician orders to improve and restore strength, coordination, range of motion and function.
In addition, a Gentiva Occupational Therapist:
*Has the autonomy to make individualized patient-centered decisions for optimal clinical care. *Works with other highly skilled clinicians through a multi- or interdisciplinary team approach. *Benefits from the award-winning Gentiva University for clinical and professional development courses for advanced training and free continuing education credits. *Has access to the latest tools, research and techniques through the Gentiva Health Education Center.

Qualifications
*Degree from an accredited Occupational Therapy Program *A minimum of six months occupational therapy experience preferred *Home Health experience a plus *Current and unrestricted OT licensure *Current CPR certification *Good organizational and communication skills ... To view the rest of this job posting or to apply for this position please click the APPLY NOW button

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