As a clinician owned and operated company, we create the opportunity and environment for each employee to realize their highest potential while maintaining a personalized focus on our Patients and Families every day. We are the Midwest's premier provider of Physician Services, Home Health, and Hospice Care. Our integrated care delivery model incorporates technology, innovation and best practices. We produce value based outcomes by managing chronic disease process, rehabilitation and end of life care.
We live a simple Mission: Serve Together, Provide Value, and Deliver Exceptional Quality Care.
What does this mean for you? At Optimal Care, you have our resolute commitment to being an exceptional place to work. Your expertise, passion and commitment to exceptional quality care will continue to thrive. With you we can build a remarkable place to work.
Exceptional Benefits:
Help people rediscover their ability to do the things that matter most. As a Home Health Occupational Therapist, you'll work one-on-one with patients in their homes - teaching new skills, retraining lost abilities, and creating innovative solutions that enable them to regain independence in their daily activities. This role is perfect for a licensed OT who loves the creativity and problem-solving inherent in occupational therapy and wants the time to truly make a difference. You'll assess each patient's unique home environment, adapt treatments to their specific needs, and watch as they regain the ability to dress themselves, cook meals, and participate in the activities that give their lives meaning.
Restore Meaningful Function
Assess and Create Individualized Plans
Provide Adaptive Solutions
Educate and Empower
Collaborate with the Care Team
Maintain Clinical Excellence
Required Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
Essential Skills
You're a creative problem-solver who sees possibilities where others see limitations. When a patient can't grip a fork, you don't just prescribe an adaptive utensil - you assess their hand function, consider their specific needs and preferences, and develop a comprehensive approach that might include strengthening exercises, modified techniques, and the right assistive device.
You're passionate about meaningful occupation - understanding that being able to button a shirt or cook a simple meal isn't just about physical function, it's about dignity, independence, and quality of life. You find deep satisfaction in the small victories that mean everything to your patients.
You excel at teaching and can break down complex tasks into manageable steps. You're patient and encouraging, celebrating progress while continuing to challenge patients toward greater independence. You understand that your success is measured not by how many visits you make, but by how well patients can function after you're gone.
You're comfortable with the autonomy of home health practice - managing your schedule, making clinical decisions independently, and adapting your approach to each unique home environment. You're resourceful, able to create effective treatments with whatever is available in the patient's home.
Home health occupational therapy offers unparalleled opportunities for meaningful, creative practice. You'll have the time to truly understand each patient's goals, the freedom to design innovative treatment approaches, and the privilege of seeing remarkable functional gains that transform lives.
We provide comprehensive orientation, ongoing clinical support from experienced managers, and opportunities for professional development. You'll work with a collaborative team that values your expertise in helping patients regain independence in the activities that matter most to them.
Professional Growth:
This position requires daily travel to patient homes and residential facilities within your service area, with occasional office meetings. You'll work independently during home visits while staying connected to your care team through regular communication and care conferences.
Schedule flexibility is important as you'll adapt to patient needs, new admissions, and changing conditions. Most visits occur during standard business hours, though some flexibility for patient availability may be needed. Physical demands include standing, bending, demonstrating activities, and occasionally assisting with patient mobility.
If you're a licensed occupational therapist who wants the creativity and autonomy of home health practice and the satisfaction of helping patients reclaim their ability to perform meaningful daily activities, we'd love to hear from you.
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Pay Range $83,000—$94,000 USDBackground Screening
Optimal Care conducts a background screening upon acceptance of a contingent job offer. Background screening is completed by a third-party administrator, the Michigan Long-Term Care Partnership, and is performed in compliance with the Fair Credit Report Act.
Reasonable Accommodations
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Optimal Care is an equal-opportunity employer.
