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Occupational Therapist | Gainesville Rehab Inpatient North Tower | Full-time | Days

Occupational TherapistNo callFull-Time

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Job Description

8am to 4:30pm. Sun-Thurs/Tues/Sat

UF Health Occupational Therapists provide rehabilitation services in the Acute setting, working to create and customize the best course of treatment for conditions that limit a patient's ability to move, be active, communicate, swallow, and complete daily tasks and activities.

Our skilled team strives to maximize physical performance, while addressing cognitive and psychosocial components of care to achieve the best functional outcomes. This setting offers an array of service areas in three locations in Gainesville, Florida.

The UF Health Shands Hospital and Shands Children's Hospital (NT): The North Tower provides service to the Adult General Medical /Surgical population on the medical units, IMC and ICU, as well as specialty adult services that include Burn/BICU and ENT/Plastic Surgery. The Shands Children's Hospital is also located in the North Tower and provides service to patients from neonate up to older peds. Units include general pediatrics, NICU, PICU and PCICU.

Qualifications

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements

Bachelors or higher as designated by professional license. New graduates welcome.

Experience or fieldwork in the acute setting preferred.

Demonstrates strong communication skills and ability to collaborate with others and work as a team.

Licensure/Certification/Registration

Licensed Occupational Therapist in the State of Florida.

Key Responsibilities

Provide rehabilitation services in an acute care setting to help patients improve movement, communication, and daily living activities. Collaborate with a skilled team to address physical, cognitive, and psychosocial needs to achieve optimal functional outcomes.

Qualifications

Education
Bachelor degree

Key Skills

Occupational TherapyPatient TreatmentPhysical Performance OptimizationCognitive CarePsychosocial CareTeam CollaborationMedical/Surgical CareBurn CarePediatric CareNICU CarePICU Care

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Occupational Therapist | Gainesville Rehab Inpatient North Tower | Full-time | Days at UF Health a 6.9 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Occupational Therapy — ranked against 9,276 active Occupational Therapy listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties.

Occupational Therapist Career Context

In Florida, the Occupational Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$97k (51 salary observations; 298 listings), vs ~$97k nationally (1,465 salary observations; 5,277 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-09-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

Of the 50 active Occupational Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 2% are remote, 44% have no call, 72% require no weekends.

Occupational Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 4.1% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Florida is 103.4 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 58.1% of Florida clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Location & Logistics

Florida has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.

Top Occupational Therapist Jobs

46 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution45 jobs · 36 employers

16
<$110k
15
$110k-130k
7
$130k-150k
7
$150k-170k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks39 jobs · 36 employers

401k / retirement match
90%
CME allowance
59%
Sign-on bonus
28%
Loan repayment
18%
Relocation assistance
13%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

Occupational Therapist

Amedisys · Hayward, California

$129k–$160k
#2

Occupational Therapist - Flexible In-Home Outpatient Therapy

tmc · Gainesville, Florida

$52-$75/hr
#3

Occupational Therapist

$68-$75/hr
#4

School Occupational Therapist (OT) - Manhattan

$75 an hour
+ 44 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 4.8this job 6.9
Better work-life than 70% of Occupational Therapy listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 9,276 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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Living in Gainesville

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$295k
Typical market rent
$1,618/mo
Residents’ average commute
19 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
96.7
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Gainesville, FL metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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