Travel Occupational Therapist - $2,600 per week

About the role

Travel Occupational Therapist position in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Start date: November 23, 2026. Duration: 13 weeks. Schedule: 40 hours per week, shift 08:00 AM – 04:30 PM (8‑hour day). Employment type: Travel. Minimum guarantee: 40 hours. Location: Pittsfield, MA. The role provides outpatient rehabilitation services in an in‑home setting for the older adult population, working in patients’ private residences or independent living facilities. TalentBurst Health & Life Sciences is a Joint Commission Certified Agency with over 15 years of experience providing healthcare workforce solutions across the United States.

Responsibilities

• Supervise Occupational Therapy Assistants, temporary licensees, students, and support personnel as required by 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 to individual patient needs.
• Promote a safe environment and enforce elimination of fire and safety hazards.
• Order supplies and equipment as necessary.
• Clean, maintain, identify, and report need for repair of equipment.
• Prioritize patient service, ensuring highest quality of care in a caring and compassionate atmosphere.
• Screen, examine, and evaluate patients (history, systems review, appropriate tests and measures); synthesize information, interpret findings to establish diagnosis, identify impairments, predict improvement level and time to achieve it, identify precautions/contraindications, and design a plan of care.
• Develop treatment goals and methods with patient and caregivers; implement occupational therapy treatment plan and complete all related documentation.
• Apply therapeutic techniques in areas such as cognitive skills, muscle strength, coordination, endurance, mobility, perceptual abilities, sensory awareness, sitting and standing tolerance, balance, activities of daily living, joint protection, work simplification, orientation, physical agent modalities, low vision, falls risk management, medication management, health and wellness, community integration and reintegration, case management in home and community.
• Design, fabricate, fit, and/or apply adaptive devices (orthotics, prosthetics) and train patients in their use.
• Select activities suited to individual’s physical and mental capacity, intelligence level, and interest.
• Instruct patients in skills and techniques for functional activities; evaluate patient progress, attitudes, and behavior related to rehabilitative potential.

Requirements

• Valid Occupational Therapy license in the state(s) of practice, or proof of license eligibility.
• Valid driver’s license or reliable, independent transportation to and from patients’ residences.
• Comply with applicable legal requirements, standards, policies and procedures (including Compliance and Ethics Program, Standard/Code of Conduct, Federal False Claims Act, HIPAA).