Home Health Occupational Therapist

BAYADA Home Health Care; Dartmouth (MA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid holidays

Vacation and sick leave

Vision insurance

Dental and medical health plans

Life insurance

401k with company match

Direct deposit

Employee assistance program

Job summary

BAYADA Home Health Care in Dartmouth, MA is seeking a qualified Occupational Therapist for part-time or full-time home health visits to adult and geriatric patients in Dartmouth and surrounding towns. You will evaluate, plan, and deliver rehabilitative services in patients' homes, coordinating with a multidisciplinary team to support independence and safe living at home.

Applicants must hold a Massachusetts OT license and have at least one year of OT experience.

Qualifications

• A current Massachusetts Occupational Therapist license.
• A minimum of one year of recent work experience as an Occupational Therapist.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Accurately document observations, interventions, and evaluations pertaining to patient care management and services provided, utilizing a touch pad tablet.

Education

Massachusetts OT license

Job description

Part-Time or Full-Time Home Health Occupational Therapist

Flexible Schedule and Work/Life Balance!!

BAYADA Home Health Care is currently seeking an experienced Occupational Therapist, for a part-time or full-time opportunity performing home health visits for patients in their homes. As a Home Health Occupational Therapist, you will provide rehabilitative therapy to adult and geriatric patients in their homes in Dartmouth, Westport, Fall River, Swansea, Seekonk and surrounding towns. Prior home health experience is not required.

As a home health Occupational Therapist, you will be an integral member of a multi-disciplinary health care team that provides rehabilitative care and skilled nursing to clients, affording them the opportunity to receive the medical care required to remain at home.

Occupational Therapist Responsibilities:

• 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.
• Accurately document observations, interventions, and evaluations pertaining to patient care management and services provided, utilizing a touch pad tablet.

Occupational Therapist, OT Qualifications:

• A current Massachusetts Occupational Therapist license.
• A minimum of one year of recent work experience as an Occupational Therapist.

Why Choose BAYADA?

• BAYADA offers a comprehensive benefits plan that includes the following: Paid holidays, vacation and sick leave, vision, dental and medical health plans, employer paid life insurance, 401k with company match, direct deposit and employee assistance program
• To learn more about BAYADA Benefits, click here.
• Base Pay: $62.00 - $67.00 per point depending on qualifications

As an accredited, regulated, certified, and licensed home health care provider, BAYADA complies with all state/local mandates.

BAYADA is celebrating 50 years of compassion, excellence, and reliability. Learn more about our 50th anniversary celebration and how you can join in here.

BAYADA Home Health Care, Inc., and its associated entities and joint venture partners, are Equal Opportunity Employers. All employment decisions are made on a non-discriminatory basis without regard to sex, race, color, age, disability, pregnancy or maternity, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, military status, or any other similarly protected status in accordance with federal, state, and local laws. Hence, we strongly encourage applications from people with these identities or who are members of other marginalized communities.