What are the responsibilities and job description for the Occupational Therapist position at Interim HealthCare Home Health and Hospice?
**Home Health Occupational Therapist (OT)**
Embark on a new career path where therapy is tailored to a patient's unique needs and outcomes are optimized. As a Home Health OT, you'll help patients regain their independence and learn to perform everyday activities in the comfort and familiarity of their own home.
Our company, with its rich history as the nation's first home care company, understands the importance of personalized therapy to patients in need of creative strategies to make daily activities easier. As a Home Health OT, you'll help people get back to the things they love in the place where life is lived.
Our Home Health Occupational Therapists enjoy a range of benefits:
- **Competitive Pay**: $75,000-$95,000 per year, plus mileage reimbursement
- **Weekly Bonus Opportunities**
- **Comprehensive Benefits Package**: health, dental, vision, life, and short-term and long-term disability insurance, 401(k)/Roth, and pet insurance
- **Flexible Assignments and Work-Life Balance**: flexible assignments, autonomy, and work-life balance
- **Paid Vacation Time and Weekly Pay**
As a Home Health Occupational Therapist, your responsibilities will include:
- Providing occupational therapy to patients unable to perform daily tasks due to an illness or injury
- Working as part of a multidisciplinary home health team focused on the patient's plan of care and personal goals
- Assessing patient deficits, establishing therapy goals, and documenting progress
- Assisting patients with exercises to improve fine motor skills and coordination
- Suggesting adaptive equipment to offer added support
- Assessing fall risks and introducing strategies to improve home safety
- Educating patients and families on plan of care, exercises, goals, and self-care
To be successful as a Home Health Occupational Therapist, you should possess the following qualifications:
- A graduate degree from an accredited Occupational Therapy Program and active OT license in Michigan
- Minimum of [X] year of occupational therapy experience, ideally in home healthcare
- CPR certification
- Knowledge of state and federal home health regulations
- Good clinical judgment, strong interpersonal skills, resourcefulness, and compassion
Salary : $75,000 - $95,000
