Occupational Therapist with Sign-on Bonus (59250)

Interim HealthCare; Rockford (IL); On-site; USD 52,000 - 63,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

Mileage reimbursement

Health insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

Paid time off

401(k) with employer match

Tuition discount

Job summary

Interim HealthCare Great Lakes Health Partners is seeking a Home Health Occupational Therapist to evaluate patients in Rockford, IL and surrounding areas. You will collaborate with a local team, develop patient-centered care plans, and deliver meaningful, task-focused therapies in the home setting.

Requirements include a graduate OT program and an active Illinois license, CPR certification, and reliable transportation.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an Occupational therapy program with a current Illinois OT license.
• Home health experience preferred, but not required.
• Current CPR certification.
• Valid driver's license, auto insurance, and reliable transportation.
• Strong clinical judgment, creativity, communication, organization, and documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate functional status and home safety to inform care.
• Develop plans of care with patient-centered goals.
• Teach task-oriented activities to restore function.
• Teach compensatory techniques to improve independence.
• Recommend, fabricate, and fit adaptive devices as appropriate.
• Reassess at visits, adjust interventions, and obtain revised orders.

Skills

IL OT license

Home health experience

CPR certification

Driver's license

Clinical judgment

Communication

Documentation

Organization

Education

Occupational Therapy degree

Job description

Job Details: Job Location: IL ROCKFORD - ROCKFORD, IL 61108, Position Type: Full Time, Salary Range: $38.46 - $45.67 Salary, Job Shift: Day, Occupational Therapist (OT) - Home Health

Serving patients across Rockford and the surrounding areas.

Full - Time

Help Patients Get Back to Their Lives

Occupational therapy is about the moments that make up a life: getting dressed independently, cooking a favorite meal, returning to the routines and roles that matter. In home health, you work in the exact environment where those goals happen, so your interventions are practical from day one.

And here's our promise to you: when you come to work with us, we go to work with you. As a Home Health Occupational Therapist, you'll never feel alone in this. You'll have a team behind you, a local owner who knows your name, and a system built to support you, so therapy can feel like therapy again. This is what real support looks like: an office that answers the phone, has your back, and celebrates the difference you make every single day.

Why Interim HealthCare

At Interim HealthCare Great Lakes Health Partners, we create an environment where therapists can do their best work. Our model prioritizes clinician support, flexibility, professional judgment, and personalized patient care.

What That Means for You

• Competitive pay: $80,000 - $95,000/year
• $5,000 Sign-on Bonus
• Potential to bonus EACH pay period!
• A local team that knows you by name and recognizes your work
• Work-life balance with scheduling flexibility
• Deeper patient relationships from admission through discharge
• Training and growth with mentorship, online training, continuing education opportunities, and tuition discount programs
• Health, Vision, Dental, mileage reimbursement and paid time off
• 401(k) up to 4% with immediate vestment to you

What You'll Do

• Evaluate functional status, daily living performance, home safety, and equipment needs
• Help develop the plan of care with meaningful, patient-centered goals
• Select and teach task-oriented therapeutic activities that restore physical and sensory-integrative function
• Teach compensatory techniques that improve safety and independence in daily activities
• Recommend, fabricate, and fit adaptive devices as appropriate
• Reassess at each visit, adjust interventions, and obtain revised orders when indicated
• Educate patients and caregivers, supervise occupational therapy assistants as assigned, and document on time

What You Bring

• Graduate of an Occupational therapy program with a current Illinois OT license
• Home health experience preferred, but not required
• Current CPR certification
• Valid driver's license, auto insurance, and reliable transportation
• Strong clinical judgment, creativity, communication, organization, and documentation skills

Why Work for Interim HealthCare Great Lakes Health Partners?

We are a locally owned business backed by the strength of Interim HealthCare, the nation's first home care company, founded in 1966. As a Home Health Occupational Therapist, you will have the autonomy to make therapy practical, the support to do it well, and a team that recognizes the difference you make.

If you want to make therapy meaningful in a patient's everyday life as an Occupational Therapist, with a team behind you, we would love to connect.

Interim HealthCare is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment based on any characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.