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