Travel Home Health Occupational Therapist - $2,434 per week
American Traveler · New Lenox, IL · 1 wk ago
On-siteHealthcareFull-time
Description
American Traveler is hiring an Occupational Therapist with 1+ year of Home Health experience for a 13-week travel contract in New Lenox, IL.
Details
- Home Health setting serving patients in the New Lenox, IL area
- Day shift, 8 hours per day
- No on-call or weekend requirements, though Saturday and Sunday rotation may apply as applicable
- Caseload includes patients requiring ADL independence intervention and start of care evaluations
Documentation completed in an electronic medical record (EMR)
Requirements
- Minimum 1 year of Home Health OT experience required
- Valid driver's license and current auto insurance required
- Active Illinois OT license required (license required if applicable)
- Current BLS certification (AHA) required
- Covid vaccination required — declinations will not be approved
- OASIS and start of care experience strongly preferred
- Ability to transfer and position patients required
- 2 supervisory references required for consideration
- Skills checklist (completed within the past year) required for consideration
Skills
- Assess, plan, treat, and implement individualized Plans of Care (POC) for all assigned patients
- Collaborate with physicians and provide supervisory support to OTAs and OT/OTA students
- Apply evidence-based interventions in accordance with AOTA standards of care and code of ethics
- Maintain timely and accurate documentation of all patient care activities in the EMR
About the Role
Local candidates will be reviewed; candidates located outside the service territory may not be considered
No more than 5 days of RTO may be requested during the contract
Pay
Pay package is based on 8 hour shifts and 40 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined