Occupational Therapist - Full-time

Occupational TherapistNo weekendsFull-Time

Compensation

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Job Description

  • Hospital Name: UF Health Rehabilitation Hospital - Gainesville Affiliation with Select Medical
  • Position: Occupational Therapist
  • Location: 2708 SW Archer Road
  • Gainesville, FL 32608
  • Schedule: Mon-Fri with 1 full weekend per month, 7:00 am-3:30 pm
  • Sign on Bonus: $15,000

Our Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospital is committed to providing exceptional and compassionate care to best address the medical, physical, emotional, and vocational challenges for individuals with brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, neurological disorders, orthopedic issues, amputation, and multiple traumas.

  • At our company, we support your career growth and personal well-being.
  • Start Strong: Extensive and thorough orientation program to ensure a smooth transition into our setting.
  • Advance Your Career: Tuition reimbursement and continuing education opportunities
  • Elevate Your Skills: Clinical ladder program.
  • Ease the Burden: Student debt benefit program
  • Your Health Matters: Comprehensive medical/RX, health, vision, employee assistance program (EAP), and dental plan offerings
  • Recharge & Refresh: Generous PTO and Paid Sick Time to maintain a healthy work-life balance
  • Invest in Your Future: Company-matching 401(k) retirement plan, as well as life and disability protection
  • Your Impact Matters: Join a team of over 44,000 nationwide committed to providing exceptional care.

Responsibilities

Evaluates all assigned patients and develops, implements and modifies treatment plan in accordance with the patient’s need and physician direction.

Responsible for delegation and direction of all discipline-specific therapy services for those assigned patients. Ensures the design of functional treatment programs allowing for an effective return to community activities.

Serves as an educator of patients, families, students, co-workers and self.

Performs other professional duties associated with the care of the patient, development of discipline-specific therapy services and design of program delivery.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Current and valid state licensure or eligibility for state licensure as an Occupational Therapist required.
  • Certified BLS or completion in the first 90 days of employment is required.
  • Additional Data
  • Equal Opportunity Employer/including Disabled/Veterans

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Occupational therapyPatient evaluationTreatment planningBrain injury careSpinal cord injury careNeurological disorder careOrthopedic careAmputation carePatient educationClinical documentationBLS certification

Occupational Therapist Career Context

In Florida, the Occupational Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$95k (204 salary observations; 1,721 listings), vs ~$97k nationally (5,279 salary observations; 29,546 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 Florida is 103.4 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 58.1% of Florida clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

What does the Occupational Therapy market look like in Florida?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score6.0 / 10 · above average in occupational therapyranked against 8,995 Occupational Therapy listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed paynot listedOccupational Therapy median $94k (middle half $86k–$101k)10 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Florida vs national$95k median in Florida$97k nationally (−2%)204 state / 5,279 national salary observations
Cost of livingFlorida index 103.4US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Occupational Therapy listings in Florida640 active9,043 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 8% remote · 30% no call · 76% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repayment$15k sign-onFlorida occupational therapist listings (all specialties): 11% state a sign-on bonus (median $8k) · 4% offer loan repayment667 active listings, Nov 2026
New Occupational Therapy listings3,212 in the last 30 days1,658 the 30 days before (+94%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Occupational Therapy pay trend+4.1% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (8,995 Occupational Therapy listings), BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Occupational Therapist - Full-time at UF Health Rehabilitation Hospital a 6.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Occupational Therapy — ranked against 8,995 active Occupational Therapy listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.

Location & Logistics

Florida has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.

Top Occupational Therapist Jobs

36 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

33 jobs · 26 employers
5
<$95k
10
$95k-115k
6
$115k-135k
7
$135k-155k
5
$155k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

29 jobs · 26 employers
401k / retirement match
90% this job
CME allowance
59% this job
Sign-on bonus
48% this job
Loan repayment
10%
PSLF eligible
3%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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$80-$90/hr
#2

Occupational Therapist (OT) – School-Based – $1K Sign-On Bonus

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$80-$90/hr
#3

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$80/hr
#4

Occupational Therapist (OT) – Flexible Schedule

$70-$75/hr
+ 34 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 4.8this job 6.0
Better work-life than 70% of Occupational Therapy listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 8,995 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends
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About UF Health Rehabilitation Hospital

Hospitals and Health Care
51-200 employees

Benefits & Perks

Sign-on bonus: $15,000
Tuition reimbursement
Continuing education opportunities
Clinical ladder program
Student debt benefit program
Comprehensive medical/RX, health, vision, dental
Employee assistance program (EAP)
Generous PTO and Paid Sick Time

Living in Gainesville

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$292k
Typical market rent
$1,618/mo
Residents’ average commute
19 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
96.7
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Gainesville, FL metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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