Home Health Occupational Therapist

Overview

As a Home Health Occupational Therapist, you’ll help clients build or regain the skills they need for daily life in the comfort of their homes. You’ll assess each client’s abilities, develop practical care plans, and coordinate services with clients, families, and other care professionals.

Your impact

By tailoring therapy to each client’s goals and home environment, you help clients participate more safely and independently in everyday activities.

Responsibilities

• Conduct occupational therapy assessments and develop, implement, and update treatment plans and care plans.
• Provide patient care, including assistance with activities of daily living (ADLs), physical rehabilitation, and occupational therapy programs.
• Support discharge planning and case management, coordinating with clients, caregivers, and interprofessional care teams.
• Maintain accurate medical documentation and electronic health records (EHR), using clinical documentation standards and medical terminology.
• Communicate clearly with clients and collaborate with speech therapy and other providers to support coordinated care.

Skills

• Required: Occupational therapy knowledge; anatomy and physiology knowledge; evidence-based practice; client communication; and clinical interprofessional collaboration.
• Preferred: Home health, outpatient, clinic, inpatient, acute care, intensive care unit (ICU), skilled nursing facility, and post-acute care experience; occupational health; geriatrics; pediatrics; early intervention; and school experience.
• Helpful experience includes pediatric occupational therapy, working with students with disabilities or special education needs, and supporting individuals with autism spectrum disorders, neurodevelopmental disorders, or other disabilities.
• Familiarity with treatment plan development, discharge planning, case management, medical documentation, EHR management, and implementing occupational therapy programs is valuable.

Pay: $43.74 - $52.67 per hour

Work Location: In person