Occupational Therapist - CHT

Occupational TherapistFull-Time

Listed compensation

$82k-$109k

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Job Description

  • Baylor Scott & White Institute for Rehabilitation - Outpatient
  • Occupational Therapist (Certified Hand Therapist)
  • Full Time
  • Royce City, TX

Select Medical complies with state and federal wage and hour laws. Compensation depends upon candidate’s years of experience and internal equity.

Salary Range (Depending on Years of Experience) $82,160.00 - $109,345.60

Benefits of Becoming a Therapist with Us

We strive to provide our employees with a solid work-life balance, as we understand that happy employees have both fulfilling careers and fulfilling lives beyond our doors.

  • Health, Dental, and Vision insurance; Life insurance; Prescription coverage
  • Paid Time Off (PTO) and Extended Illness Days (EID)
  • A 401(k) retirement plan with company match
  • Short and Long Term Disability
  • Personal and Family Medical Leave
  • In-house NAIOMT program for manual therapy advancement with fellowship opportunities
  • Clinical Ladder - Opportunity for staff clinicians to bonus an additional $2000 - $3500 based on extra-curricular activities
  • National education courses and local online CEU library free to full-time employees
  • Potential annual bonus based on overall clinic performance
  • Student loan repayment assistance

Responsibilities

Baylor Scott and White Institute for Rehabilitation is excited to annouce that we are looking for a Certified Hand Therapist (CHT)-Occupational Therapist to serve the community of Royse City in our newly renovated outpatient orthopedic clinic.

This will be a new positon in our clinic currently consisting of 7 full time Physical Therapists. Candidate will be building the program from the ground up with full support from management/staff and surrounding Baylor clinics.

Candidate will be expected to market to local doctors and the community with our marketing team in order to build relationships/referral sources.

  • Initial and ongoing systematic patient assessment
  • Patient Case Load Average: 8-10 patients a day
  • Timely and accurate documentation using Therapy Source
  • Interpreting assessment/diagnostic data including medical notes and surgery reports
  • Ensuring medical orders are transcribed and processed accurately
  • Promoting continuous quality improvement
  • Instructing and counseling patients/families as needed

Minimum Qualifications

Successful completion of those educational requirements as mandated for state licensure or eligibility for a license in Occupational Therapy

  • Current State licensure or eligibility for licensure in the State of practice
  • Hand Therapy Certification
  • Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certification required
  • Ability to work 40 hours per week with occasional late or early shifts to accommodate patients
  • Additional Data
  • Equal Opportunity Employer including Disabled/Veterans

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Diagnostic data interpretationMedical documentationPatient counselingClinical quality improvementRelationship building

Occupational Therapist Career Context

In Texas, the Occupational Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$96k (210 salary observations; 3,136 listings), vs ~$97k nationally (5,357 salary observations; 29,628 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-11-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

The cost-of-living index for Texas is 97.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$96k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $99k in an average-cost state. 57.7% of Texas clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

What does the Occupational Therapy market look like in Texas?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed pay$82k–$109kOccupational Therapy median $96k (middle half $89k–$103k)14 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Texas vs national$96k median in Texas$97k nationally (−1%)210 state / 5,357 national salary observations
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$99k in purchasing powerTexas index 97.1 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Occupational Therapy listings in Texas927 active9,109 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 4% remote · 42% no call · 52% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentsign-on bonus · loan repaymentTexas occupational therapist listings (all specialties): 8% state a sign-on bonus (median $5k) · 6% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Nov 2026
New Occupational Therapy listings3,267 in the last 30 days1,694 the 30 days before (+93%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Occupational Therapy pay trend+2.9% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Occupational Therapist - CHT at Baylor Scott & White Institute for Rehabilitation - Outpatient a 6.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 35% of all Occupational Therapy occupational therapist listings evaluated on our platform.

Location & Logistics

Texas has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states. At the posted ~$96k midpoint, that is roughly $4k–$7k a year versus a typical 4–7% state rate.

Top Occupational Therapist Jobs

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Salary Distribution

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

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401k / retirement match
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CME allowance
52% this job
Sign-on bonus
32% this job
Loan repayment
16% this job
PSLF eligible
4%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 6.0
Better work-life than 50% of Hand Therapist (OT) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 166 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Baylor Scott & White Institute for Rehabilitation - Outpatient

Hospitals and Health Care
Dallas, Texas
501-1,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Health, Dental, and Vision insurance
Life insurance
Prescription coverage
Paid Time Off (PTO) and Extended Illness Days (EID)
401(k) with company match
Short and Long Term Disability
Personal and Family Medical Leave
In-house NAIOMT manual therapy program with fellowship opportunities

Living in Royse City

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$282k≈ 3.4× annual pay
Typical market rent
$2,168/mo≈ 32% of gross pay
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
103.1
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026).

BEA 2024 · Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.