Description

American Traveler is hiring a COTA for a home health position in the West Portland, OR area, requiring 1 year of skilled home health experience and an active OR license.

Details

• Home health setting serving West Portland, OR and surrounding areas
• Day shift schedule, 8 hours per day, 5 days per week (8:00–16:30); 4x10 and 3x12 schedules cannot be accommodated
• No weekend requirement
• No on-call requirement
• 1:1 patient ratio with up to 6 patient visits per day; standard productivity expectation is 30 points per day
• Charting via Epic Remote Client for Home Health (laptop) and Rover phone app; OASIS documentation also required
• Epic EMR experience required
• Travel is required throughout the service area; the system groups clients to minimize drive time, with occasional maximum radius of roughly 60 miles (60–90 minutes total drive time) per day

Requirements

• Active Oregon COTA license required if applicable
• NBCOT certification required
• Current BLS certification required
• Minimum 1 year of skilled home health experience required
• OASIS documentation experience required
• Reliable personal transportation required
• Full SSN and DOB required for consideration
• Minimum of 2 supervisory references covering 1 year of employment within the last 3 years in a comparable specialty/setting required for consideration

Additional Information

• Services include ADLs, adaptive equipment, home assessments, community re-entry, pre-discharge planning, wheelchair evaluation and positioning, and patient/family education
• Patient populations may include orthopedic, neurological, and other adult diagnoses such as CVA, TBI, Parkinson's, dementia, amputee, spinal cord injury, and more
• Business casual attire required; scrubs are allowed but not required and no specific color is mandated — jeans are not permitted
• First-time travelers are welcome to apply
• Local candidates are accepted; candidates residing within 50–75 miles of the facility are considered local and may be accepted at the same rate
• Travelers are expected to float between all facilities within the state; refusal to float may result in termination of assignment
• Former permanent staff must wait at least 3 months before returning as a traveler, and must not reside within 50 miles of the submitting facility
• RTO is subject to hiring manager approval; minimal RTO is strongly preferred
• Primary COVID vaccination series plus one booster required
• Candidates who have previously worked at a Providence facility in any capacity must disclose the location and dates of prior employment