Occupational Therapist
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Job Description
City/State
South Boston, VA
Work Shift
Multiple shifts available
Overview
Assess, plan, organize, and participate in rehabilitative programs that improve functional mobility, relieve pain, improve or correct disabling conditions resulting from disease or injury and help build or restore vocational/ daily living skills as well as general independence.
Education
- Bachelor's Degree (Required)
- Master's Degree (Preferred)
- Doctorate Degree in Occupational Therapist
- Certification/Licensure
- Occupational Therapist License (Required)
Experience
Provides age-appropriate education for clients and caregivers. Supervise and assume responsibility for care provided by identified team members.
Performs modalities/therapeutic interventions in accordance with accepted standards of care and department policies and procedures.
Provides effective instruction to the patient and family through standardized educational programs and/or individualized training.
Initiate, develop, and maintain collaborative interactions with internal and external team members, patients, and family members to improve patient outcomes. Productive and efficient in daily operations.
Selects and performs the appropriate assessment procedures. Establishes and updates formal plan of care to address individual patient needs.
Benefits: Caring For Your Family and Your Career
- Medical, Dental, Vision plans
- Adoption, Fertility and Surrogacy Reimbursement up to $10,000
- Paid Time Off and Sick Leave
- Paid Parental & Family Caregiver Leave
- Emergency Backup Care
- Long-Term, Short-Term Disability, and Critical Illness plans
- Life Insurance
- 401k/403B with Employer Match
- Tuition Assistance – $5,250/year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education
- Student Debt Pay Down – $10,000
- Reimbursement for certifications and free access to complete CEUs and professional development
- Pet Insurance
- Legal Resources Plan
- Colleagues have the opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus if established system and employee eligibility criteria is met.
Sentara Health is an equal opportunity employer and prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness of its close to an almost 30,000-member workforce. Diversity, inclusion, and belonging is a guiding principle of the organization to ensure its workforce reflects the communities it serves.
In support of our mission “to improve health every day,” this is a tobacco-free environment.
For positions that are available as remote work, Sentara Health employs associates in the following states:
Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
Key Responsibilities
The Occupational Therapist assesses, plans, and implements rehabilitative programs to improve patient functional mobility and daily living skills. They also provide education to patients and families while collaborating with the healthcare team to ensure effective care delivery.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a Bachelor's degree and an active Occupational Therapist license. The role requires the ability to perform therapeutic interventions and develop formal plans of care tailored to individual patient needs.
Qualifications
- Education
- Bachelor degree
Key Skills
Occupational Therapist Career Context
In Virginia, the Occupational Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$98k (142 salary observations; 763 listings), vs ~$97k nationally (5,562 salary observations; 29,543 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 Virginia is 101.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.1% of Virginia clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Work-life score | 7.2 / 10 · top 10% in occupational therapy | ranked against 9,043 Occupational Therapy listingslisting-based score, 0–10 |
| Virginia vs national | $98k median in Virginia | $97k nationally (+1%)142 state / 5,562 national salary observations |
| Cost of living | Virginia index 101.1 | US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Occupational Therapy listings in Virginia | 250 active | 9,040 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 2% remote · 46% no call · 68% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | sign-on bonus | Virginia occupational therapist listings (all specialties): 15% state a sign-on bonus (median $5k) · 13% offer loan repayment284 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| New Occupational Therapy listings | 3,212 in the last 30 days | 1,658 the 30 days before (+94%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Occupational Therapy pay trend | +3.8% vs prior quarter | —through Oct 2026 |
| Sentara Health | #3 of 12 for pay | Top Employers work-life index |
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Occupational Therapist at Sentara Health a 7.2 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 10% in Occupational Therapy — ranked against 9,043 active Occupational Therapy listings on WeekdayDoc.
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