Acute Care Occupational Therapist

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ConnecticutFull TimeOccupational Therapy
✓ No Call✓ No Weekends

Job Description

About the Role

Join Yale New Haven Health as a Acute Care Occupational Therapist – Yale New Haven Health in United States.

Key Responsibilities

  • The therapist is able to integrate the five elements of patient/client management:.
  • Will be able to identify appropriate tests and measures necessary to guide them in making the right decision for intervention.
  • Will be able to implement and modify treatment plans in accordance with the patient's needs.
  • Will be able to identify wen a re-assessment or discharge should occur.

Requirements

  • Current Occupational Therapy State of Connecticut licensure Additional Information Acute Care Experience required. YNHHS Requisition ID 178417

Work Schedule

  • Full-Time position.
  • No explicit call, weekend, or night shift information provided.

Apply to join Yale New Haven Health as a Acute Care Occupational Therapist – Yale New Haven Health.

Key Skills

Occupational therapyPatient evaluationTreatment planningClinical documentationAcute careRehabilitationPatient managementDiagnosisPrognosisInterventionScreening
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Position Insights

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Acute Care Occupational Therapist at Yale New Haven Health a 4.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as below average. This places the position in the average range of all Occupational Therapy psychologist listings evaluated on our platform. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no weekend requirements.

Candidates should carefully assess workload expectations and scheduling demands before applying.

Occupational Therapy — Psychologist Career Context

This Occupational Therapy position at Yale New Haven Health is open to psychologist candidates.

Psychologists are seeing unprecedented demand driven by the mental health crisis, with telehealth dramatically expanding access and enabling fully remote practice.

Location & Logistics

This position is based in Connecticut.

Why This Position Stands Out

  • No on-call requirements — clinicians are completely off-duty after hours
  • No weekend shifts — preserving personal and family time

Skills, Responsibilities & Benefits

Key skills and qualifications: Occupational therapy, Patient evaluation, Treatment planning, Clinical documentation, Acute care, Rehabilitation, Patient management, Diagnosis. Candidates with experience in these areas may be especially well-suited for this Occupational Therapy role.

Core responsibilities: The therapist will evaluate patients and implement treatment plans based on medical diagnoses. They are responsible for performing clinical documentation and managing patient care in compliance with state and federal regulations.

About WeekdayDoc

WeekdayDoc is the only healthcare job board that scores every position for burnout risk and work-life balance. Every listing includes a proprietary burnout score, transparent salary data when available, and lifestyle filters for no-call, no-weekends, and remote positions. Browse more Occupational Therapy psychologist jobs on WeekdayDoc to compare work-life balance scores and compensation across employers.

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About Yale New Haven Health

Hospitals and Health Care
New Haven, CT
0-2
4.0

Work-Life Balance Score

Below Average

Protective Factors (2)

No on-call (β=6.95; p<0.001 for ↓ exhaustion)

No weekends (57% ↓ work-life conflict)

Interpretation: Position shows moderate burnout protection with 2 validated protective factors.

Job Details

Employment Type

Full-time

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