What are the responsibilities and job description for the Home Health Occupational Therapist position at BAYADA Home Health Care?
Job Description
BAYADA Home Health Care seeks a compassionate Home Health Occupational Therapist for a role in Highland Park, New Jersey.
- Specialty: Occupational Therapist
- Discipline: Therapy
- Duration: Ongoing
- Employment Type: Staff
We are committed to providing patients the highest-quality care, enabling them to live at home with comfort, independence, and dignity.
Your Role
As a Jefferson Health at Home by BAYADA Occupational Therapist, you'll use your clinical skills and compassionate heart to treat patients where they want to be the most – in the comfort of their own home.
- You will see a client through their care needs – from hospital discharge to living a safe home life with comfort, independence, and dignity.
- Make home visits to clients in designated geographic territories.
- Perform thorough evaluations of patients' functional status, including muscle function, endurance, visual coordination, written and verbal communication skills, and ADL and IADL performance.
- Assess cognitive, psychological and motor aspects of performance and develop individualized intervention plans to achieve favorable outcomes.
- Evaluate home environment for hazards or barriers to more independent living.
- Identify equipment needs and environmental adaptations resulting in enhanced outcomes for clients.
- Continually assess and revise the occupational therapy care plan, and participate with nursing in the multidisciplinary care plan, as appropriate.
- Educate and instruct patients, family members, or other patient representatives, in rehabilitative care and activities necessary to promote the client's health, safety and independent living.
Your Qualifications
To succeed in this role, you should have:
- An active and current license to practice as a professional Occupational Therapist (OT) in the state of NJ.
- A minimum of one year of recent work experience as an Occupational Therapist.
- Previous home healthcare experience welcomed, but not required. We will train you.
- Ability to travel to cases as assigned.
- A calm and reassuring presence, active listening skills, excellent assessment skills and strong written and verbal communication.
- The ability to deliver patient care as you would want those you love to be treated, with compassion, excellence, and reliability.
About Us
We believe our employees are our greatest asset. At Jefferson Health at Home by BAYADA, we offer:
- Flexible schedules for work/life balance: full-time, part-time, and per-diem. Scheduling is primarily during the daytime hours.
- 1:1 hands on training supplemented with virtual learning.
- Ability to perform 1:1 direct client care and advocate for clients' needs.
- 24/7 clinical support as part of a larger care team with the highest safety standards.
- PTO and benefits offerings based on commitment level.
- Continued education and training; tuition reimbursement.
