Home Health Occupational Therapist — Flexible Schedule

BAYADA Home Health Care, Inc.; Gainesville (VA); Hybrid; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PPE supplies and infection prevention

Training and scholarship opportunities

Weekly pay and direct deposit

401(k) with company match

Career tracks

Job summary

BAYADA Home Health Care is seeking a Home Health Occupational Therapist (OT) for Gainesville, Virginia. This per diem, part time, or full time role involves performing home health visits for adult and geriatric patients in senior living communities across Gainesville, VA and surrounding areas.

You will join a multidisciplinary team delivering rehabilitative care and skilled nursing to enable clients to remain at home, with duties including evaluations, care planning, and patient education.

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 state-of-the-art touch pad tablet.

Job description

BAYADA Home Health Care is seeking a Home Health Occupational Therapist (OT) for Gainesville, Virginia. This per diem, part time, or full time role involves performing home health visits for adult and geriatric patients in senior living communities across Gainesville, VA and surrounding areas.

You will join a multidisciplinary team delivering rehabilitative care and skilled nursing to enable clients to remain at home, with duties including evaluations, care planning, and patient education.