Local Contract Occupational Therapist - $55 per hour
About the role
Occupational Therapist providing outpatient rehabilitation services in an in-home setting for older adults in Lebanon, New Hampshire. The role involves evaluating and treating patients in private residences or independent living facilities, directing patient participation in therapeutic tasks, adapting plans of care, ordering supplies, maintaining equipment, and ensuring high-quality, compassionate service.
TalentBurst Health & Life Sciences is a Joint Commission Certified Agency with over 15 years of experience providing healthcare workforce solutions across the United States, committed to quality, integrity, and exceptional service. The position is a local contract with a start date of October 5, 2026, for approximately 16–17 weeks, 40 hours per week (8‑hour shifts, e.g., 8:00 AM–4:30 PM), with a minimum guarantee of 40 hours.
Responsibilities
- Supervise Occupational Therapy Assistants, temporary licensees, students, and support personnel per state licensure and professional standards.
- Adhere to department and patient treatment schedules, including clinical and billing documentation and work‑related meetings.
- Attend and contribute to patient care, staffing conferences, and related meetings.
- Make referrals to other disciplines and agencies to address comprehensive patient needs.
- Consult with rehabilitation team members, including community physicians, to select appropriate therapeutic regimens.
- Adapt programs and/or plans of care according to individual patient needs.
- Promote a safe environment and enforce elimination of fire and safety hazards.
- Order supplies and equipment as needed; clean, maintain, identify, and report repair needs.
- Prioritize patient service, ensuring highest quality of care in a caring, compassionate atmosphere.
- Screen, examine, and evaluate patients (history, systems review, tests/measures); synthesize information to establish diagnosis, identify impairments, predict improvement level and time needed, identify precautions/contraindications, and design a plan of care.
- Develop treatment goals and methods with patients and caregivers; implement OT treatment plan and complete documentation.
- Apply therapeutic techniques in areas such as cognitive skills, muscle strength, coordination, endurance, mobility, perceptual abilities, sensory awareness, sitting/standing tolerance, balance, ADLs, joint protection, work simplification, orientation, physical agent modalities, low vision, falls risk, medication management, health and wellness, community integration/reintegration, and case management in home/community settings.
- Design, fabricate, fit, and/or apply adaptive devices (including orthotics and prosthetics) and train patients in their use.
- Select activities suited to individual physical/mental capacity, intelligence level, and interest.
- Instruct patients in skills/techniques for functional activities and evaluate progress, attitudes, and behavior related to rehabilitative potential.