Lymphedema Specialist

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Position Overview Are you an Occupational Therapist or Physical Therapist with a passion for helping patients regain comfort, confidence, and mobility? United Health Services (UHS) is seeking a Lymphedema Specialist to join our outpatient therapy team, where your expertise and compassion can make a meaningful difference every day. In this hands-on outpatient role, you'll work one-on-one with patients managing lymphedema and related conditions, creating personalized treatment plans that support long-term health and independence. Your care will include techniques such as manual lymphatic drainage, compression therapy, and patient education, empowering patients to actively participate in their healing journey. At UHS, Every Connection Matters. The trust and relationships you build with your patients are central to their progress-and to your professional fulfillment. If you're a certified OT or PT who values personalized care, collaboration, and the opportunity to see the impact of your work firsthand, we'd love to welcome you to our team. Primary Department, Division, or Unit: Inpatient Occupational Therapy, UHS Binghamton General Hospital Primary Work Shift: Day Regular Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40 Compensation Range: $40.70 - $61.05 per hour, depending on experience ----- Sign-On Incentives: Up to a $10,000 sign-on bonus for candidates who meet eligibility criteria. Talk with your recruiter to learn more. Job Responsibilities: Comprehends and interprets medical prescriptions and medical history for physical or occupational therapy, with a specialized focus on lymphedema diagnoses. Applies accepted principles, methods, and procedures of measurement, prediction, and evaluation tests and measures, to assess patient's strengths and limitations and assists patient to achieve objective short and long term goals. Administers tests, measures, objective, and functional assessment requiring certified lymphedema skilled competencies. Applies and demonstrates knowledge of side effects, and complications related to lymphedema diagnoses and other related co-morbidities. Create plan of care according to evaluation results. Administers patient specific occupational or physical therapy treatment, including but not limited to Complete Decongestive Therapy including multilayer bandaging, manual lymph drainage, and compression garment section and application. Modifies treatment plans as needed based on complex problem solving, patient specific need, and use of existing evidence based information. Maintains accurate records of each patient's treatment, assessment findings, and progress according to defined service delivery standards. Maintains all necessary records required to meet criteria established by reimbursement and regulatory agencies. Provide patient and/or caregiver education and training for home management program, with skillful reassessment and adjustments as needed for chronic condition management. Provide appropriate home exercise plans and recommendations for modifications for functional abilities. Advocacy and care coordination for patients to facilitate accessibility to services and resources and promote health equity of the lymphedema population. Must professionally communicate complex information to internal and external stakeholders, providers and leadership to serve advice or guidance on application of knowledge Serves as a UHS subject expert with advanced knowledge of lymphedema and complete decongestive therapy and is able to serve as an educator and advocate for the population. Establishes and maintains effective working relationships with patients, families/caregivers, providers, staff, and others involved in multi-disciplinary care of patients to ensure effective long term management of lymphedema related issues. Collaborative efforts with vendors to achieve compression garment coverage or financial funding resources Professional participation and collaboration in internal lymphedema clinic assignments and projects; including program quality improvement and performance improvement. Integration of broad theoretical knowledge of rehabilitation and the specialized field of lymphedema and the interrelationships within the domain of health care delivery Formulation and execution of individualized patient care and public health efforts Professional participation and collaboration in multi-disciplinary assignments and projects throughout the UHS system related to swelling, compression, and preventative care for at-risk populations. Innovative problem solving with consideration to multi-stakeholder perspectives and future implications on UHS system and community. Position Qualifications: Minimum Required: Graduate of an accredited school of occupational or physical therapy, receiving applicable degree or certificate in occupational or physical therapy course of study, with Bachelor's or Master's degree or equivalent Possession of a NYS license or eligibility to be licensed as an occupational o