Occupational Therapist - Full-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 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).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Work-life score | 6.0 / 10 · above average in occupational therapy | ranked against 8,995 Occupational Therapy listingslisting-based score, 0–10 |
| Listed pay | not listed | Occupational 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 living | Florida index 103.4 | US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Occupational Therapy listings in Florida | 640 active | 9,043 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 8% remote · 30% no call · 76% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | $15k sign-on | Florida occupational therapist listings (all specialties): 11% state a sign-on bonus (median $8k) · 4% offer loan repayment667 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 | +4.1% vs prior quarter | —through Oct 2026 |
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.
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