- Location
- Valparaiso - IN (SHH), United States of America · Merrillville, IN - General Area · Wheatfield - IN · Portage - IN
- Type
- Part-time
- Department
- Healthcare
- Experience
- 1+ years
- Visa
- Not sponsored
- Source
- Workday
Description
At Elara Caring, we have a unique opportunity to play a huge role in the growth of an entire home care industry. Here, each employee has the chance to make a real difference by carrying out our mission every day. Join our elite team of healthcare professionals, providing the Right Care, at the Right Time, in the Right Place.
Job Description:
✨ Why You’ll Love Being an Occupational Therapist at Elara Caring
💬 A Team That Champions You
- Collaborative, supportive, mission-driven environment
- A role where your impact changes lives daily
🎉 Rewards That Celebrate Your Talent
- Competitive compensation package
- Tuition reimbursement for full-time staff
- Free continuing education for all employees
- Opportunities for professional advancement
🛡️ Benefits That Have You Covered
- Medical, dental & vision insurance
- 401(k) with employer match
- PTO, paid holidays & bereavement (including pet bereavement ❤️)
- Pet insurance (because fur family matters!)
🏡 What You’ll Do as an Occupational Therapist
As an OT with Elara Caring, you will help patients regain independence by delivering compassionate, high-quality home-based therapy.
Your responsibilities include:
- Conducting initial OT evaluations & ongoing reassessments
- Creating and updating individualized Plans of Care
- Ensuring compliance with OASIS & regulatory guidelines
- Communicating clinical updates to physicians & care teams
- Teaching ADL techniques, safety strategies & adaptive equipment use
- Recommending or helping fabricate assistive devices and splints
- Educating patients & families on home programs
- Supervising COTAs, HHAs, and clinical staff
- Traveling within your assigned territory (Merrillville, Portage & Wheatfield)
This is a physically active, fast-paced role where you’ll make a visible impact every single day.
📌 What You Need
- Graduate of an accredited Occupational Therapy program
- Active, unrestricted OT license in Indiana
- Minimum 1 year of clinical experience
- Ability to travel up to 50% within the service area
- Reliable vehicle, driver’s license & auto insurance
- Comfortable lifting 50–100 lbs and performing physical patient care tasks
🌟 Be Part of Something Extraordinary
If you’re a compassionate Occupational Therapist ready to make a real difference—while enjoying autonomy, growth, and a supportive team—we want to meet you.
📍 Apply today to join the Terre Haute team serving Merrillville, Portage, and Wheatfield, IN!
We value the unique skills of veterans and military spouses. We encourage applications from military veterans and their families.
Elara Caring provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions), race, color, age (40 and older), national origin, religion, disability, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender reassignment, protected veteran status, or any other basis prohibited under applicable federal, state or local law.
Elara Caring participates in E-Verify and we will provide the Federal Government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the United States. Employers like Elara Caring can only use E-Verify once you have accepted the job offer and completed the Form I-9.
At Elara Caring, pay and compensation are determined by a variety of factors, including education, job-related knowledge, skills, training, and experience. Our compensation structure reflects the cost of labor across different U.S. geographic markets, and may vary based on location.
This is not a comprehensive list of all job responsibilities and requirements; upon request, a job description can be provided.
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