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Innovive Health
Worcester, Massachusetts

Per Diem Occupational Therapist

Occupational TherapistNo weekendsPer Diem

Listed compensation

$75/visit

The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday

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Job Description

Join Innovive Health – Where Innovation Meets Compassion

We specialize in supporting complex and behavioral health populations, delivering high-quality care where it matters most - where they reside.

We are seeking passionate, experienced professionals who want to make a meaningful impact while enjoying the flexibility and autonomy that traditional healthcare roles often lack.

Why Innovive Health?

At Innovive, we believe that when our clinicians thrive, our patients receive the best care. That’s why we offer:

  • No Weekend Mandates – Monday through Friday schedules available.
  • Autonomy in Your Role – Practice independently while being supported by a collaborative team
  • Patient-Centered Care Model – Spend meaningful time with patients and truly make a difference
  • Work-Life Balance - A supportive structure designed to reduce burnout and promote well-being
  • Competitive Compensation and Benefits - Rewarding your expertise and commitment
  • Join a team that is not only transforming healthcare but also prioritizing the people who make it possible

Position Summary

We are seeking a compassionate and skilled Occupational Therapist (OT) to join our Home Health team. In this role, you will provide skilled occupational therapy services to patients in their homes, helping them improve independence, safety, and quality of life.

Working collaboratively with physicians, nurses, rehabilitation professionals, and caregivers, you will evaluate patient needs, develop individualized treatment plans, and deliver evidence-based interventions that support successful outcomes.

This position requires strong clinical judgment, excellent communication skills, and a commitment to providing high-quality, patient-centered care in a home health setting.

$75 per visit

Key Responsibilities

Conduct home-based occupational therapy evaluations, follow-up visits, 30-day reassessments, recertifications, and discharge visits.

Assess patients' functional abilities, rehabilitation potential, and occupational therapy needs.

Develop, implement, and modify individualized treatment plans in collaboration with the interdisciplinary care team.

Establish therapy goals and communicate treatment recommendations, visit frequency, and progress updates to physicians and other healthcare providers.

Provide Therapeutic Interventions, Including

  • Activities of daily living (ADL) training
  • Transfer and mobility training
  • Neuromuscular re-education
  • Therapeutic exercise
  • Coordination and balance training

Home Safety and Fall Prevention Education

Educate patients, families, and caregivers on treatment plans, home exercise programs, adaptive techniques, and equipment use.

Assess and monitor patient vital signs as appropriate and report significant findings to the Rehabilitation Manager and primary care provider.

Recommend, educate, and coordinate durable medical equipment (DME) needs, including walkers, wheelchairs, grab bars, shower chairs, canes, crutches, and prosthetic devices.

Maintain timely, accurate, and compliant clinical documentation within the electronic medical record (EMR) system.

Collaborate with physicians, nurses, social workers, PTs, PTAs, SLPs, COTAs, and other healthcare professionals to support patient care and discharge planning.

Promote continuity of care through patient and caregiver education, discharge planning, and referral recommendations.

Adhere to all agency policies, infection control procedures, regulatory requirements, and professional standards.

  • Participate in ongoing professional development and continuing education activities.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Required

  • Graduate degree in Occupational Therapy from an accredited program.
  • Current and unrestricted Massachusetts Occupational Therapist license.
  • Current CPR certification.
  • Minimum of 1 year of experience in home health, skilled nursing, acute care, or inpatient rehabilitation.
  • Valid driver's license, reliable transportation, and active automobile insurance.
  • Ability to travel throughout assigned service area to conduct patient visits.
  • Preferred
  • Previous home health experience.
  • Experience with electronic medical records (EMR) systems.

Skills & Competencies

  • Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
  • Strong clinical assessment and problem-solving abilities.
  • Effective time management and organizational skills.
  • Ability to work independently while collaborating within an interdisciplinary team.
  • Customer-focused approach to patient care.
  • Professional demeanor with the ability to remain calm under pressure.
  • Proficiency in electronic documentation and technology systems.
  • Commitment to patient confidentiality and ethical practice.

Physical Requirements

  • Frequent standing, walking, sitting, bending, stooping, kneeling, and reaching.
  • Regular use of hands and fingers for documentation and patient care activities.
  • Ability to lift, push, transfer, or assist patients and equipment as needed.
  • Ability to lift and carry up to 25 pounds regularly, and more than 25 pounds occasionally.
  • Frequent exposure to healthcare environments and infectious materials.

Travel Requirements

  • Daily local travel required to patient homes, meetings, and educational activities.
  • Occasional travel to corporate offices or locations outside the assigned service area.

Why Join Us?

  • Opportunity to make a meaningful impact in patients' lives.
  • Collaborative and supportive interdisciplinary team.
  • Flexibility and autonomy in a home health setting.
  • Ongoing professional growth and continuing education opportunities.
  • Commitment to delivering high-quality, patient-centered care.
  • Apply today to join a team dedicated to helping patients live safely and independently in their homes.

Innovive Health provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Home health carePatient evaluationTreatment planningHome safety assessmentEMR proficiencyInterdisciplinary collaborationPatient educationDME coordination

Occupational Therapist Career Context

In Massachusetts, the Occupational Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$90k (246 salary observations; 533 listings), vs ~$96k nationally (6,528 salary observations; 25,016 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 Massachusetts is 105.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 63.2% of Massachusetts clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Of the 40 active Occupational Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 13% are remote, 40% have no call, 68% 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 Per Diem Occupational Therapist at Innovive Health a 6.3 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Occupational Therapy — ranked against 9,226 active Occupational Therapy listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks31 jobs · 28 employers

401k / retirement match
90%
CME allowance
65% this job
Sign-on bonus
23%
Loan repayment
16%
Relocation assistance
6%

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Work-life snapshot

median 4.8this job 6.3
Better work-life than 70% of Occupational Therapy listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 9,226 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends

Living in Worcester

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$449k
Typical market rent
$2,130/mo
Residents’ average commute
24 min
State income tax
Up to 5%
Sources & methodology

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

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

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About Innovive Health

Hospitals and Health Care
Medford, Massachusetts
201-500 employees

Benefits & Perks

No Weekend Mandates
Autonomy in Your Role
Work-Life Balance
Competitive Compensation