Occupational Therapist (OT) - Home Health Services - Per Diem

Company Description

KVH is an integrated healthcare delivery system that includes 24-hour emergency care, inpatient, and outpatient hospital services through KVH Hospital. Clinics and services provided include family medicine, internal medicine, a geriatric nurse practitioner program, home health and hospice, physical therapy, orthopedics, general surgery, pediatrics, women’s health, and urgent care.

Kittitas Valley Healthcare expects all employees to uphold our Vision & Mission. The KVH Vision, Mission & Guiding Principles can be found at http://www.kvhealthcare.org/mission-and-vision.

KVH puts ‘employee care’ high on the priority list, with health benefits like low cost medical, dental, and vision insurance and a robust employee wellness program. KVH offers company contribution toward your choice of medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage, including coverage available for spouses/ domestic partners, and dependent children. KVH believes that continuing education is critical to our mission and vision.  We have implemented many educational programs such as the Medical Assistant Apprenticeship program and certification pay to encourage continuing education.  We want our employees to know they are valued. One of the ways we show this is by quickly vesting employees, making them pension eligible after just one year of part-time status. To view more details about the comprehensive benefits package we offer to eligible employees visit our website -

Benefits - KV Healthcare

www.kvhealthcare.org

Job Description

The Occupational Therapist is responsible for developing an occupational therapy plan of care based on a complete assessment and the direction of the patient's physician, integrating the Occupational Therapy into the Home Health plan of care and coordinating services with the other team members involved in the plan of care.  The Occupational Therapist may be requested to evaluate Medicare Hospice patients for palliation of symptoms/problems affecting performance of activities of daily living, structural environmental or equipment needs.

Qualifications

What is required...

• Graduate of an accredited occupational therapy program & currently licensed in the State of Washington;
• Current CPR card (maintenance required)
• Two years’ experience in a health care setting;
• Valid WA State Driver’s License;
• Access to reliable transportation and valid Automobile Insurance

What is preferred...

• Experience with geriatrics, Medicare and home health.

Additional Information

Wage:  Wage range currently starts at $42.95/hour and goes up to $65.09/hour. Actual wage will be based on years' of applicable experience. This position may also be eligible to receive an additional 15% premium in lieu of benefits.  

FTE:  Per Diem

Benefits:  This position is not benefits eligible