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Marian Regional Medical Center
Santa Maria, California

Occupational Therapist Skilled Nursing Facility

Occupational TherapistFull-Time

Listed compensation

$49.78-$74.05/hr

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Full-Time
Call expectations
Not specified
Weekends
Not specified
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Job Description

Where You’ll Work

Founded in 1940, Dignity Health - Marian Regional Medical Center is a 191-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Santa Maria, California.

Serving over 250,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including Level II Trauma Center, Level III NICU, cancer care, orthopedics, and stroke care.

Additionally, Marian Regional Medical Center has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality High Performer by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. It is a Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Center, and the only healthcare facility on the Central Coast to offer ECMO.

One Community. One Mission. One California

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Occupational Therapist, you will provide essential in-home occupational therapy services under physician's orders. Your role involves evaluating home safety, assessing functional needs, and implementing tailored treatment to promote independence.

Every day you will evaluate home safety, assess functional needs of physically disabled patients, then develop, plan, and implement individualized occupational therapy treatment procedures. To be successful, you will demonstrate strong assessment, treatment planning, and implementation skills for in-home care.

Excellent communication for patient education and a commitment to promoting independence and safety are essential.

Responds to requests for service and initiates referrals when appropriate. Following screening to determine need for intervention.

Assesses patients/residents to obtain and interpret data necessary for treatment planning and implementation per physician's orders.

  • Interprets evaluation findings to patients/residents, family, significant others and care team.
  • Develops treatment plans, including goals and methods to achieve identified goals.
  • Coordinates treatment plans with patients/residents, family, significant others and care team. I
  • Implements treatment directly or supervises treatment by a certified Occupational Therapy assistant and/or an Occupational Therapy aide.
  • Job Requirements
  • Required
  • Occupational Therapist: CA, upon hire and
  • American Heart Association Basic Life Support - CPR, within 30 Days
  • Two (2) or more years of experience as a Registered Occupational Therapist.

Key Responsibilities

The Occupational Therapist will evaluate home safety and assess the functional needs of patients to develop and implement individualized treatment plans. They will coordinate care with the patient, family, and medical team to promote independence and safety.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a valid California Occupational Therapist license and American Heart Association Basic Life Support certification. A minimum of two years of experience as a Registered Occupational Therapist is required.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

BLS

Key Skills

Home safety evaluationPatient assessmentFunctional needs assessmentCare coordinationTreatment implementation

Occupational Therapist Career Context

In California, the Occupational Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$115k (548 salary observations; 1,678 listings), vs ~$96k nationally (4,072 salary observations; 22,315 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-09-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

Of the 50 active Occupational Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 2% are remote, 60% have no call, 72% require no weekends.

Occupational Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.2% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$129k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $116k in an average-cost state. 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top Occupational Therapist Jobs

22 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution22 jobs · 19 employers

7
<$105k
8
$105k-120k
5
$120k-135k
1
$141k
1
$160k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks20 jobs · 19 employers

401k / retirement match
100%
CME allowance
70%
Sign-on bonus
40%
Loan repayment
15%
Relocation assistance
15%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

Occupational Therapist

Amedisys · Hayward, California

$129k–$160k
#2

Acute Care Occupational Therapist

Sentara Health · Hampton, Virginia

$96k-$141k
#3

Occupational Therapist

$120k-$132k
#4

Occupational Therapist, Home Health

$94k-$129k
+ 20 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

3.0/ 10
Listing-based score

Living in Santa Maria

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$644k
Typical market rent
$2,537/mo
Residents’ average commute
22 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
108.8
State income tax
Up to 13.3%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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