Occupational Therapist | OT

BrightSpring Health Services • Kittery, ME

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About The Position

Rehab Without Walls is hiring an Occupational Therapist for its home and community neurorehabilitation program. The role provides care in patients’ homes and communities, supporting recovery of functional independence in daily routines, cognition, safety, and participation in life. Treatment focuses on activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living, cognitive rehabilitation in real environments, home safety, and neurological recovery following stroke, traumatic brain injury, and other conditions.

The position offers flexible scheduling, clinical autonomy, dedicated one-to-one patient care, hourly pay with paid documentation time, mileage reimbursement, drive-time pay, a local coverage area, and consistent clinician-patient relationships. The program emphasizes meaningful real-life outcomes without productivity pressure.

Rehab Without Walls is an affiliate of BrightSpring Health Services. Its neurorehabilitation program provides a continuum of care in natural environments—including the home, community, workplace, or school—to help people with brain injury, spinal cord injury, or stroke regain functional capabilities and independence.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Therapy from a college or university with an accredited Occupational Therapy program.
• Current, unrestricted Occupational Therapist license in the state of practice.
• Current CPR certification.
• At least one year of work experience as an Occupational Therapist.
• Effective and professional verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to lift 50 pounds.
• Ability to move, lift, or transfer patients, which may involve lifting up to 100 pounds while following safety procedures.
• Ability to perform duties requiring fine motor skills, visual acuity, and extended periods of walking or standing.
• Ability to push, pull, bend, stoop, reach, kneel, and position frequently.
• A health screen or examination may be required before assignment and periodically thereafter, depending on location policy and local and state regulations, to verify physical ability to perform assigned duties with or without reasonable accommodations.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of rehabilitation techniques related to complex neurological diagnoses.

Responsibilities

• Perform evaluations and develop treatment plans.
• Regularly reassess the effectiveness of treatment plans.
• Attend staffing meetings and family conferences.
• Perform discharge evaluations and make appropriate recommendations for home and community safety.
• Provide referral and education resources.
• Communicate patients’ needs and progress to the treatment team, physicians, people receiving services, and family members.
• Communicate with other disciplines to support collaboration, coordination of care, and patient outcomes.
• Provide occupational therapy in patients’ homes and communities, focusing on daily activities, cognition, safety, and functional independence.

Benefits

• Flexible scheduling.
• High clinical autonomy in treatment approach.
• Dedicated one-to-one patient care.
• Hourly pay and paid documentation time.
• Mileage reimbursement.
• Drive-time pay.
• Local coverage area.
• Consistent clinician-patient relationships.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time