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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?

UPMC Home Health is hiring a skilled and compassionate Therapy Team Lead to join our home health interdisciplinary team supporting Squirrel Hill and surrounding areas! 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. Candidates must be willing to work occasional weekend shifts as assigned.

Responsibilities:

• Attend compliance training and adheres to the organization standards of conduct, policies, and procedures.
• Focus on customer service and continually strives 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 which 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 in a timely manner (within agency timeframes) assuring productivity standards are met before work-plus is charged or referrals are given to contractors. Assure 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 patient and/or family members when applicable.
• Maintains written documentation for all therapy services rendered including documentation of initial assessment, follow-up visits, and discharge summary consistent with department standards.
• Performs therapy assessment, reassessment and treatment and supervises 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 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 and COTAs to adjust patient programs as patient status changes.

Basic Qualifications:

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

Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:

• 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