Occupational Therapist - Full Time!
Listed compensation
$47.30/hr
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Job Description
Occupational Therapist - Full Time
$5000 Sign-on Bonus for Full Time Occupational Therapist! (Bonus paid in installments; eligibility and repayment terms apply)
The Lutheran Care Center at Poughkeepsie is currently seeking a full time Occupational Therapist to join our team. Come and find out why the Lutheran Care Center has the reputation for excellence we have maintained for over 25 years! Competitive pay, along with medical, dental, vision, 3 weeks’ vacation, 10 holidays, 4 personal days, 12 sick days, tuition reimbursement, and a 403(b) for eligible employees.
RATE: $47.30/hour
Job Summary
Manage the professional components of Occupational Therapy evaluations and treatments.
- Assess and evaluate residents and establish goals and plans.
- Re-evaluate goals and treatment plans in accordance with New York State code.
- Document required medical record progress notes per NYS code.
- Insure a physician orders treatments.
- Makes recommendation to Director and/or Physician on resident response to treatment.
- Provide input as a member of the Comprehensive Care Planning Team.
- Make assignments and supervise the Occupational Therapy Assistant and Occupational Therapy Aide.
- Familiar with facility policy and procedure.
- Attend mandatory in-services and provide Occupational Therapy in-services as needed.
- Assume department tasks as required including transportation, general housekeeping, sanitation, and cleaning of equipment as assigned.
- Inputs data into computer.
- Make rounds of all building on a regular basis to determine safety of the residents’ environment.
- Regularly monitor wheelchairs, geriatric chairs and adaptive devices.
- Perform all other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited school in Occupational Therapy.
- New York State license and current registration required.
- Excellent clinical skills; comprehensive understanding of the issues surrounding long term care.
- Previous experience in Occupational Therapy preferred.
Lutheran Care Center is a 160-bed nonprofit nursing and rehabilitation facility located in the heart of the Hudson Valley, and the care of our residents always comes first. Lutheran Care Center is a subsidiary of The Lutheran Care Network.
- Join our team and make a difference in the lives of others!
- For the health and safety of our residents, our facility requires all employees to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19, MMR, and PPD.
- EOE
Key Responsibilities
The Occupational Therapist will manage evaluations and treatment plans for residents while supervising therapy assistants and aides. They are also responsible for documenting progress notes, monitoring resident safety, and collaborating with the comprehensive care planning team.
Key Skills
Occupational Therapist Career Context
In New York, the Occupational Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$94k (352 salary observations; 995 listings), vs ~$97k nationally (5,716 salary observations; 28,639 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 New York is 107.9 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$98k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $91k in an average-cost state. 64.6% of New York clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| New York vs national | $94k median in New York | $97k nationally (−3%)352 state / 5,716 national salary observations |
| Cost-of-living adjusted pay | ~$91k in purchasing power | New York index 107.9 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Occupational Therapy listings in New York | 364 active | 9,035 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 5% remote · 43% no call · 53% no weekends40 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | $5k sign-on | New York Occupational Therapist listings: 7% state a sign-on bonus (median $6k) · 7% offer loan repayment403 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| New Occupational Therapy listings | 3,166 in the last 30 days | 1,610 the 30 days before (+97%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Occupational Therapy pay trend | +3.5% vs prior quarter | —through Oct 2026 |
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