Travel Occupational Therapist | | $2, 960/week
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$2,960/week
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Job Description
Travel Occupational Therapist | | $2, 960/week | (Stipend package option available to help maximize your take-home pay) 40 hours/week
Job Details
- Location: Walnut Creek, CA
- Contract Duration: 13 weeks
- Shift: 40 Hours Day Shift 7:30 AM to 4:00 PM
Minimum Requirements
- 50 miles radius rule from perm address Current CA State OT License
- BLS (Basic Life Support) – American Heart Association
Preferred Qualifications
- Minimum of 2 years or more recent inpatient OT exp at an acute care facility
- PREFERRED: Previous travel exp, EPIC exp strongly preferred PT population on the unit: Adult, Geriatrics
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Key Responsibilities
Provide occupational therapy services to adult and geriatric populations within an acute care facility. Manage patient care during day shifts from 7:30 AM to 4:00 PM.
Requirements
Requires a current California State OT License and BLS certification from the American Heart Association. Preference is given to candidates with at least 2 years of inpatient acute care experience and proficiency in EPIC.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Occupational Therapist Career Context
In California, the Occupational Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$116k (627 salary observations; 2,011 listings), vs ~$97k nationally (4,521 salary observations; 25,570 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 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).
Of the 50 active Occupational Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 8% are remote, 28% have no call, 62% require no weekends.
Occupational Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 3.7% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
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