Occupational Therapist Part-time/Per-Diem

Occupational TherapistPart-Time

Listed compensation

$55.00–$65.00 /hr

The week · per this posting

Schedule not stated in this posting — no days, weekends, call or nights given.

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Posted 5mo ago

Job Description

Home & Health Care Management is the oldest home health care agency in Northern California. Our agency specializes in delivering comprehensive in-home care and case management for older adults, children, and those living with disabilities across many counties. We use a matrix of Medi-Cal, Medicare and targeted health programs to find solutions that work for our clients.

Who You Are

You are a motivated Occupational Therapist who shares our vision of delivering in-home care. You treat patients in a caring and compassionate manner and help them achieve their goals of staying in their own home whilst receiving treatment.

Travel: This role comprises 100% travel within our service region. You will be traveling to patients’ homes.

Service Region: We have several counties that we service across Northern California specifically Butte County, Shasta County and Yuba Sutter counties and surrounding communities.

Schedule

This is a part-time/Per-Diem role of between 10-20 hours per week, with the possibility of expanded hours in the future.

Duties and Responsibilities

To perform this job successfully, you must be able to perform the following duties successfully:

Evaluate Patients Upon Physician Diagnosis

  • Assess patient and identify deficits impacting self-care, functional mobility, behavior, cognition and patient’s ability to function in their life’s role
  • Deliver occupational therapy to patients in their own homes
  • Help patients improve their motor skills, coordination, and balance through therapeutic exercises and activities
  • Assist patients in developing or regaining daily living skills, such as dressing, bathing, and eating
  • Teach patients how to use adaptive equipment and assistive devices to enhance their independence
  • Collaborate with other healthcare professionals, such as physicians, nurses, social workers, physical therapists and speech therapists, to coordinate patient care
  • Monitor and document patients' progress during therapy sessions

Essential Requirements

  • One year experience as a home health care provider
  • Current California State license as an Occupational Therapist and stays updated through independent study and continuing education
  • Current CPR certification
  • Valid California Driver’s License
  • Eligible to be insured under our liability policy with a clean DMV report
  • Your own vehicle and proof of current auto insurance
  • COVID vaccinated or have an exemption. PPE is provided to all employees

Required Skills and Abilities

  • Demonstrated technical competence and accountable for work output.
  • Demonstrates proficiency in performing occupational therapy procedures and modalities and in assessing the effects of these
  • Demonstrates sensitivity with patient, family, and their medical team
  • Ability to work with others, at all levels within the organization, and collaborate effectively.
  • Above-average interpersonal, problem-solving, and written and oral communication skills.
  • Professional behavior when on duty
  • Ability to maintain patient records and able to organize daily schedule

Physical Requirements: Conditional upon job offer is successfully passing a medical exam. Physical requirement for this role specifically include

  • Sits, stands, bends, lifts, walks, and moves intermittently during working hours.
  • Able to lift to 50 pounds without assistance.
  • Able to drive intermittently on a daily basis

Compensation

Pay range is $55.00 to $65.00 per hour. Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location.

Benefits

  • You will be reimbursed for the mileage you travel in your own vehicle from the office to participant’s homes.
  • Access to company owned vehicles to client visits.
  • You will receive a monthly phone stipend.
  • On the first of the month following 2 months of employment you will be eligible for health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, life insurance, long term disability insurance as well as Flexible Spending Account (FSA).
  • We offer 401(k) matching up to 4% after 1 year of employment and 1,000 hours worked.

Leave accrues starting on your first day of employment, and you can take paid vacation, bereavement, sick and holiday leave after 90 days.

If you have an interest in joining our amazing team, we would like to hear from you! Please reach out if you have any questions about this role or the compensation.

Click here to apply online.

Key Responsibilities

Evaluate patients and deliver occupational therapy services within their homes to improve motor skills and daily living independence. Collaborate with a multidisciplinary healthcare team to coordinate care and document patient progress.

Requirements

Requires a current California State license as an Occupational Therapist, CPR certification, and at least one year of home health care experience. Must possess a valid driver's license, a personal vehicle with insurance, and be COVID vaccinated or exempt.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Patient EvaluationFunctional Mobility AssessmentAdaptive Equipment TrainingInterdisciplinary CollaborationPatient DocumentationMotor Skills ImprovementCognitive AssessmentInterpersonal CommunicationTime Management

Occupational Therapist Career Context

In California, the Occupational Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$117k (932 salary observations; 2,030 listings), vs ~$97k nationally (6,625 salary observations; 25,396 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

The cost-of-living index for California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Of the 50 active Occupational Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 8% are remote, 38% have no call, 56% require no weekends.

Occupational Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.5% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Occupational Therapist Part-time/Per-Diem at Home & Health Care Management a 7.2 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 10% in Occupational Therapy — ranked against 9,297 active Occupational Therapy listings on WeekdayDoc.

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Work-life snapshot

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Among the best 10% of Occupational Therapy listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 9,297 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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Living in Chico

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$451k
Typical market rent
$1,544/mo
Residents’ average commute
18 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
101.2
State income tax
Up to 13.3%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Chico, CA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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About Home & Health Care Management

Hospitals and Health Care
Chico, CA
51-200 employees

Benefits & Perks

Mileage reimbursement
Company vehicles for client visits
Monthly phone stipend
Health insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Life insurance
Long-term disability insurance