Occupational Therapist Homecare

Licensed Occupational Therapist Needed for our Home Health Team!

In Hutchinson, KS

Call 316-265-4295 for More Info!

Join the Team where our Mission is to "Improve People's Lives!"

Experience a therapy career that comes with work-life balance! As a Home Health OT for Interim HealthCare®, you can set your own schedule and enjoy the freedom that comes with it.

For more than 55 years, Interim HealthCare has been an employer of choice to Occupational Therapists seeking a more flexible career. As a Home Health OT, you’ll have the ability to customize therapy to each patient’s needs and implement strategies that make their home an easier place to navigate. If you’re ready to experience the rewards that home health therapy brings, you are made for this!

General Purpose:

Occupational therapy is provided for the purpose of treating physical impairments, functional limitations, disabilities and/or changes in physical function associated with a patient’s health status.  The treatment and intervention provided is in accordance with the patient’s plan of care, accepted professional standards of occupational therapy practice, applicable law and regulation, as well as Interim HealthCare policies, procedures and clinical pathways.

Essential Functions:

• Assist the physician or other licensed practitioner in evaluating the level of patient function and performance and equipment needs, as well as in developing the resulting plan of care/treatment including appropriate long term treatment goals, selection of interventions, and the intensity, frequency and duration of services to meet the needs of an individual patient.
• Completes initial and ongoing comprehensive assessments at appropriate time points as assigned.
• Provide interventions and therapeutic treatment in accordance with the physician certified plan of care and occupational therapy professional standards of practice.
• Select and teach task-oriented therapeutic activities designed to restore physical function, and sensory-integrative function.
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Minimum Education & Experience Requirements:

• Current licensure or certification as an Occupational Therapist in the State of Kansas
• Current CPR certification

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required:

• Meets applicable state and federal health screening requirements.
• Pass federal and state required criminal and abuse background checks where required.
• Verification of employment eligibility (I-9) in accordance with local, state, and federal law and regulations.

Working Conditions & Physical Effort:  

• Work is normally performed in a residence, aggregate living facility, school or occupational setting.
• Work environment involves exposure to potentially dangerous materials and situations that require following extensive safety precautions and may include the use of protective equipment.
• Able to effectively communicate with all levels of the workforce, both clinical and non-clinical.
• Ability to visually and auditorialy observe and assess the patient.
• Ability to work flexible schedule and/or evening hours, as needed.
• Heavy physical activity that may require lifting, carrying, pushing or pulling over 50 lbs., and physically stretching, bending, and stooping.