Occupational Therapist (OT) - Home Health-North/Northwest Chicago and surrounding areas
Posted Aug 24, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Sep 20, 2026
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Written from this job description, not a generic list. Each one notes what the interviewer is really checking.
Behavioral
Tell me about a time you had to change your treatment plan on the spot because something about the patient's home wasn't what you expected.
comfort adapting standard OT protocols to uncontrolled home environments
Tell me about a time you disagreed with a physician or another member of the care team about a patient's plan of care.
ability to advocate professionally while still functioning as a collaborative case manager
Tell me about a patient or family who was resistant to your recommendations. How did you handle it.
interpersonal skill and patience with education-based care in people's own homes
Tell me about a time you had to teach a family member or caregiver how to help a patient with daily tasks, and it didn't go smoothly at first.
patient and family education skill, which the posting explicitly names as a core accountability
What does providing care with independence look like to you, given that in home health there's no immediate team to lean on for a second opinion during a visit.
self-awareness about working autonomously and knowing when to escalate versus handle something alone
Technical
How do you assess a home for fall risk and mobility barriers when you first walk in the door.
concrete clinical process knowledge for home safety evaluation, not just textbook awareness
How do you decide when a home health patient has reached their optimal level of self-care and is ready for discharge from OT services.
understanding of goal-setting, outcome measurement, and appropriate use of resources
Describe how you document a visit so that another clinician picking up the case would know exactly where things stand.
documentation discipline, since this role runs largely unsupervised and relies on written records for continuity
What adaptive equipment or assistive devices do you rely on most often in home settings, and how do you decide what's appropriate for a given patient's living situation.
hands-on familiarity with the actual tools of home-based OT, not just general OT theory
Situational
Walk me through a typical day for you covering a territory like this one, with visits spread across several zip codes.
whether the candidate can realistically plan drive times and caseload without a supervisor structuring their day
Say you show up for a visit and the patient's bed setup makes it unsafe to do the transfer training you planned. What do you do right then.
clinical judgment and problem-solving under real-world constraints with no backup on site
If you arrive at a home and sense something isn't safe, maybe a family conflict or a hazardous condition, how do you handle the visit and what do you report afterward.
safety judgment and knowledge of reporting obligations when working solo in unfamiliar environments
How do you manage your schedule and paperwork so that a full caseload across a spread-out territory doesn't fall behind.
self-organization and time management, since there's no one checking in hour to hour
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