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Garden City Hospital
Garden City, Michigan

Occupational Therapist

Occupational TherapistNo nightsFull-Time

Compensation

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Job Description

Bonus Amount

15,000

Bonus Information

Sign-On Bonus Available for Qualified Candidates. Eligibility and payout terms apply. Details discussed during the interview process.

Overview

  • Occupational Therapist – Full Time Days
  • Department: Occupational TherapySchedule: Full-Time | Day Shift

The Occupational Therapist provides evaluation, consultation, and therapeutic intervention services to help patients restore functional abilities, maximize independence, and prevent disability. Working as an integral member of the interdisciplinary care team, this role develops and implements treatment plans for patients with musculoskeletal, neuromuscular, and cardiopulmonary conditions while ensuring compliance with hospital policies and applicable regulatory standards.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

  • Evaluate patients' functional abilities, limitations, and rehabilitation needs.
  • Develop and implement individualized occupational therapy treatment plans.
  • Provide therapeutic interventions to improve mobility, self-care, daily living skills, and overall functional independence.
  • Educate patients and caregivers on treatment goals, adaptive techniques, and home exercise programs.
  • Monitor patient progress and modify treatment plans as appropriate.

Collaborate with physicians, nurses, case managers, and other healthcare professionals to support optimal patient outcomes.

Maintain accurate and timely clinical documentation in accordance with hospital, state, federal, and regulatory requirements.

Ensure compliance with occupational therapy practice standards, patient safety guidelines, and quality care initiatives.

Qualifications

Required

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Occupational Therapy.
  • Current state Occupational Therapy license/certification.
  • Current BLS (AHA) certification.
  • Knowledge of occupational therapy principles, treatment techniques, and rehabilitation practices.
  • Strong communication, documentation, and patient care skills.

Preferred

  • National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy (NBCOT) certification.
  • Membership or affiliation with AOTA and/or OTAC.
  • Experience treating patients with musculoskeletal, neuromuscular, and cardiopulmonary conditions.

Join an award-winning team of dedicated professionals committed to our core values of quality, compassion and community! Garden City Hospital, a member of Prime Healthcare, offers incredible opportunities to expand your horizons and be part of a community dedicated to making a difference.

At Garden City Hospital, we pride ourselves on community involvement and commitment to preserving access to quality and compassionate healthcare.

We are a state-of-the-art medical facility with over 300 licensed beds and a teaching hospital, offering medical education to students, residents and fellows from across the country. The residency and fellowship programs offer graduate medical education to more than 80 trainees in specialties.

Garden City Hospital has an award-winning staff of over 350 of the area's best and brightest physicians from almost every specialty. Learn more at gch.org.

Employment Status: Full Time

Shift: Days

Equal Employment Opportunity

Company is an equal employment opportunity employer.

Company prohibits discrimination against any applicant or employee based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age (subject to applicable law), disability, military status, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

The Company also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. Know Your Rights: eeoc.gov

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Patient EvaluationOccupational Therapy Treatment PlanningMobility TrainingSelf-Care TrainingActivities Of Daily LivingPatient And Caregiver EducationProgress MonitoringInterdisciplinary Collaboration

Occupational Therapist Career Context

In Michigan, the Occupational Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$90k (103 salary observations; 725 listings), vs ~$97k nationally (6,587 salary observations; 25,232 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

The cost-of-living index for Michigan is 96.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.8% of Michigan clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Of the 50 active Occupational Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 6% are remote, 30% have no call, 72% require no weekends.

Occupational Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.5% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Top Occupational Therapist Jobs

45 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution42 jobs · 35 employers

17
<$110k
8
$110k-130k
6
$130k-150k
7
$150k-170k
4
$170k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks36 jobs · 35 employers

401k / retirement match
94%
CME allowance
61%
Sign-on bonus
44% this job
Loan repayment
14%
Relocation assistance
14%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

Occupational Therapist III EX

UCSF · Oakland, California

$67.06-$90.53/hr
#2

Occupational Therapist

Ironside Human Resources · Fairfield, California

$75-$90/hr
#3

Occupational Therapist II EX

$64.05-$86.19/hr
#4

Virtual Occupational Therapist

$82.50 per hour
+ 43 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 4.8this job 5.1
Better work-life than 50% of Occupational Therapy listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 9,285 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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Living in Garden

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$215k
Typical market rent
$1,677/mo
Residents’ average commute
73 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
100.3
State income tax
Up to 4.3%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About Garden City Hospital

Hospitals and Health Care
Garden City, MI
501-1,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

$15,000 Sign-On Bonus