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CHI Health Immanuel
Omaha, Nebraska

Occupational Therapist

Occupational TherapistFull-Time

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Job Description

Where You’ll Work

CHI Health Immanuel, located in North Omaha just off of I-680 on 72nd Street, offers a full-service hospital, cancer center, rehabilitation center, specialty spine hospital and more. For well over a century, our commitment to serve our community inspires our staff to provide the highest quality of care to all who we have the privilege to serve.

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As an Occupational Therapist, you will help patients regain independence and quality of life so they can safely perform daily activities. Every day you will assess diverse patients (orthopedic, neurological, sensory, cancer recovery, etc.), develop treatment plans, and conduct evaluations/re-evaluations.

You will be expected to collaborate with interdisciplinary teams, document thoroughly, and provide positive, motivating care to a high volume of patients. To be successful in this role, you must be flexible, adaptable, exceptionally organized, and a personable, motivating team player.

Provides occupational therapy assessment, care planning, patient treatment and education according to the professional practice guidelines defined by state and professional sources.

Works as a collaborative team member to develop a coordinated care plan that is accountable to achievement of established goals.

Is knowledgable and completes all required documentation and billing requirements according to established local, state and federal law.

Is responsible for the knowledge and application of measurable quality metrics associated with the area of active practice. Periodically attends team meetings to discuss/improve program evaluation/quality measures.

Provides supervision to occupational therapy assistants and techs according to established local, state and federal guidelines.

Takes responsibility to stay current with evidenced based practice guidelines, stays current with new research introduced and serves as a professional resource to other team members in the area of occupational therapy practice.

  • Job Requirements
  • Nebraska Occupational Therapist License
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) through the American Heart Association

Key Responsibilities

Assess patients with diverse needs, develop and coordinate treatment plans, and provide occupational therapy treatment and education to help patients regain independence in daily activities. Document and bill in compliance with applicable requirements, monitor quality measures, collaborate with care teams, supervise assistants and technicians, and stay current with evidence-based practice.

Requirements

A Nebraska Occupational Therapist license and Basic Life Support certification through the American Heart Association are required. The role also calls for flexibility, organization, teamwork, and the ability to provide motivating care; no education level or years of experience are specified.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Treatment PlanningPatient EducationPatient EvaluationInterdisciplinary CollaborationClinical DocumentationBilling ComplianceQuality MeasurementOccupational Therapy Assistant SupervisionPatient MotivationAdaptability

Occupational Therapist Career Context

The cost-of-living index for Nebraska is 90.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 59.4% of Nebraska 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, 44% have no call, 60% require no weekends.

What does the Occupational Therapy market look like in Nebraska?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed paynot listedOccupational Therapy median $95k (middle half $86k–$105k)209 comparable listings, Oct 2026
Cost of livingNebraska index 90.1US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Occupational Therapy listings in Nebraska42 active9,231 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 6% remote · 44% no call · 60% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedUS Occupational Therapist listings: 17% state a sign-on bonus (median $5k) · 10% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Oct 2026
Occupational Therapy pay trend+3.3% vs prior quarter—through Sep 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Top Occupational Therapist Jobs

43 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

36 jobs · 34 employers
12
<$100k
9
$100k-115k
6
$115k-130k
7
$130k-145k
2
$145k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

36 jobs · 34 employers
401k / retirement match
89%
CME allowance
53%
Sign-on bonus
39%
Loan repayment
19%
PSLF eligible
8%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

School-Based Occupational Therapist (OT)

Strides Therapy and Educational Services · Baltimore, Maryland

$67-$73/hr
#2

Occupational Therapist

Infinity Rehab · Berkeley, California

$57-$70/hr
#3

Occupational Therapist Matawan NJ

$140k
#4

Occupational Therapist Marlboro NJ

$140k
+ 41 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 4.8this job 3.0
Better work-life than 20% of Occupational Therapy listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 9,225 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Omaha

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$278k
Typical market rent
$1,389/mo
Residents’ average commute
20 min
State income tax
Up to 6.6%
Sources & methodology

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

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