Home Health Occupational Therapist - Rehab & Independence

Link Jobs; Buford (GA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

LinkJobs is seeking an Occupational Therapist to provide skilled rehabilitation services to patients in their homes across Georgia. The OT evaluates, plans and administers therapy per physician orders to develop and restore function.

Responsibilities include assessing daily living skills, designing retraining programs, interpreting functional tests, and reporting progress to physicians, managers, and families to support coordinated care.

Qualifications

• Must hold a Master’s Degree in Occupational Therapy.
• Current OT licensure in Georgia with no sanctions or restrictions.
• At least one year of home health OT experience.
• Bi-lingual abilities preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assess patient's daily living skills and develop therapeutic retraining programs with measurable objectives.
• Administer and interpret diagnostic and prognostic tests of function to patients in their homes or other settings to assist the physician in evaluating the patient’s level of function.
• Provide therapeutic treatment and instruction to patients in accordance with physician orders to improve/restore strength, coordination, range-of-motion and function or teach compensation measures.
• Review the retraining programs in a manner consistent with the behavioral goals of each patient and within the guidelines of the rehabilitation program as a whole.
• Report patient status and progress to the physician, rehabilitation staff, Clinical Manager, patient and family members.
• Participate in care coordination and discharge planning activities and act as a resource to other health care personnel in meeting patient’s needs.

Skills

Home health experience

Bi-lingual preferred

Georgia OT licensure

Education

Master's Degree in Occupational Therapy

Job description

LinkJobs is seeking an Occupational Therapist to provide skilled rehabilitation services to patients in their homes across Georgia. The OT evaluates, plans and administers therapy per physician orders to develop and restore function.

Responsibilities include assessing daily living skills, designing retraining programs, interpreting functional tests, and reporting progress to physicians, managers, and families to support coordinated care.