Occupational Therapist, Per Diem
Compensation
Pay not disclosed
- Employment & setting
- Per Diem
- Call expectations
- Not specified
- Weekends
- Not specified
Job description
The primary responsibility of the Occupational Therapist is to provide direct patient care upon physician referral.
PIH Health is a nonprofit, regional healthcare network that serves approximately 3 million residents in the Los Angeles County, Orange County and San Gabriel Valley region. The fully integrated network is comprised of PIH Health Downey Hospital, PIH Health Good Samaritan Hospital, PIH Health Whittier Hospital, 37 outpatient medical office buildings, a multispecialty medical (physician) group, home healthcare services and hospice care, as well as heart, cancer, digestive health, orthopedics, women’s health, urgent care and emergency services. The organization is nationally recognized for excellence in patient care and patient experience, and the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) has identified PIH Health as one of the nation’s top hospital systems for best practices, cutting-edge advancements, quality of care and healthcare technology. For more information, visit PIHHealth. org [https://nam04. safelinks. protection. outlook. com/? url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww. pihhealth. org%2F&data=04%7C01%7CRosie. Marquez%40pihhealth. org%7C1234f44474844f48e14a08d9ebe9053e%7Ca58ef208b7dc40aa8f166eb35263cb1c%7C0%7C0%7C637800208320708287%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=itjUBuUESomy5k8fnqLUf2EuyxVcl4xXjgaKar5hjhA%3D&reserved=0] or follow us on Facebook [https://nam04. safelinks. protection. outlook. com/? url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww. facebook. com%2FPIHHealth%2F&data=04%7C01%7CRosie. Marquez%40pihhealth. org%7C1234f44474844f48e14a08d9ebe9053e%7Ca58ef208b7dc40aa8f166eb35263cb1c%7C0%7C0%7C637800208320708287%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=TDq1yPQiJfS8W3oe%2BogFLdggwhfa1i8lJoTsGQvkVsU%3D&reserved=0], Twitter [https://nam04. safelinks. protection. outlook. com/? url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter. com%2FPIHHealth&data=04%7C01%7CRosie. Marquez%40pihhealth. org%7C1234f44474844f48e14a08d9ebe9053e%7Ca58ef208b7dc40aa8f166eb35263cb1c%7C0%7C0%7C637800208320708287%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=gC11GDp6vl6dcwyeTTxAgbKgKvs1P5IynWgmhleSduI%3D&reserved=0], or Instagram [https://nam04. safelinks. protection. outlook. com/? url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww. instagram. com%2Fpihhealth%2F&data=04%7C01%7CRosie. Marquez%40pihhealth. org%7C1234f44474844f48e14a08d9ebe9053e%7Ca58ef208b7dc40aa8f166eb35263cb1c%7C0%7C0%7C637800208320708287%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=KH6kDF4B8RkL%2BR0rOt18S%2F5FVyka5%2BIEanSTXbGxJM0%3D&reserved=0].
Key Responsibilities
The Occupational Therapist is responsible for providing direct patient care upon physician referral. They must evaluate and treat patients of all ages while addressing their biophysical, psychological, educational, and environmental needs.
Requirements
Candidates must be registered or eligible for registration by the NBCOT and hold a current California occupational therapist license. A CPR certification is required, while basic splinting skills and Spanish language proficiency are preferred.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
Key Skills
Occupational Therapist Career Context
Of the 50 active Occupational Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 4% are remote, 40% have no call, 74% require no weekends.
In California, the Occupational Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$113k (973 salary observations; 1,686 listings), vs ~$96k nationally (7,467 salary observations; 22,065 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-09-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
The cost-of-living index for California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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