Certified Hand Therapist - Occupational Therapist
Listed compensation
$90k-$105k
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- Employment & setting
- Full-Time
- Call expectations
- Not specified
- Weekends
- Not specified
Job description
Join NovaCare Rehabilitation as a Certified Hand Therapist OT – $5K Bonus, Loan Repayment in Havre de Grace, Maryland, United States.
Benefits & Compensation
- Salary: $90K - $105K
- Signing bonus: $5,000.
- Student loan repayment assistance.
- Medical/RX, health, vision, and dental plans
- Company-matching 401(k)
- Life and disability protection
- Generous PTO with separate PST and holiday accruals
- Unmatched CEU program with paid national certifications
- Paid re-certifications for CHTs
Work Schedule
- Full-Time position.
- No explicit call, weekend, or night shift information provided.
This position offers a signing bonus, student loan benefits. Work with NovaCare Rehabilitation in Havre de Grace, Maryland, United States.
Key Responsibilities
The therapist is responsible for the evaluation, treatment planning, and delivery of high-quality hand therapy services to patients with upper extremity disorders. They must also maintain positive facility relations and stay current with occupational therapy research to employ evidence-based practices.
Requirements
Candidates must be graduates of an accredited occupational or physical therapy program and hold relevant state licensure. Experience in custom splinting and a specialty certification in hand therapy are required.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
Certifications
Key Skills
Mental Health Therapy — Occupational Therapist Career Context
Of the 50 active Occupational Therapist listings this role was benchmarked against, 6% are remote, 60% have no call, 68% require no weekends.
In Maryland, the Occupational Therapist weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$93k (235 salary observations; 346 listings), vs ~$95k nationally (7,936 salary observations; 22,726 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 Maryland is 105.0 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$98k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $93k in an average-cost state. 62.9% of Maryland clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Occupational Therapist pay on WeekdayDoc is up 3.2% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).
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