Occupational Therapist
Compensation
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Job Description
City/State
South Boston, VA
Work Shift
Multiple shifts available
Overview
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
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 25% in Occupational Therapy — ranked against 9,052 active Occupational Therapy listings on WeekdayDoc.
Occupational Therapist Career Context
Sentara Health ranks #3 of 14 employers hiring Occupational Therapist on WeekdayDoc by average advertised pay.
In Virginia, the Occupational Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$97k (22 salary observations; 66 listings), vs ~$98k nationally (828 salary observations; 2,572 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, 14% are remote, 32% have no call, 68% require no weekends.
Occupational Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.1% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).
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).
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