Senior Occupational Therapist, Inpatient, Per Diem

3 days ago
United StatesPer Diem / PRNOccupational Therapist
✓ No Call✓ No Weekends

Job Description

About the Role

Join Kaiser Permanente as a Senior Occupational Therapist, Inpatient, Per Diem in United States.

Key Responsibilities

  • Evaluates patients and interprets evaluation findings to determine the nature and extent of dysfunction.
  • Establishes treatment goals and plans treatment to achieve established goals.
  • Initiates discharge planning for occupational therapy.

Requirements

  • Experience Minimum two (2) years of experience as an occupational therapist required.
  • Education Graduate of an accredited occupational therapy curriculum with a bachelors or masters degree with certification in occupational therapy or foreign-trained equivalent.
  • Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.

Benefits & Compensation

  • reviews of positions on a routine basis.
  • At any time, Kaiser Permanente reserves the right to reevaluate and change job descriptions, or to change such positions from salaried to hourly pay status.
  • Such changes are generally implemented only after notice is given to affected employees.
  • Basic Qualifications: Experience Minimum two (2) years of experience as an occupational therapist required.

Work Schedule

  • per-diem schedule.
  • No explicit call, weekend, or night shift information provided.

Apply to join Kaiser Permanente as a Senior Occupational Therapist, Inpatient, Per Diem.

Key Skills

Occupational Therapy ManagementPatient EvaluationTreatment PlanningDischarge PlanningPatient EducationSplintingProsthesis AdaptationClinical DocumentationClinical ResearchPatient Care Programming
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Position Insights

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Senior Occupational Therapist, Inpatient, Per Diem at Kaiser Permanente a 6.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 35% of all Occupational Therapy occupational therapist listings evaluated on our platform. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no weekend requirements.

This score reflects a generally positive work environment with some areas for improvement. Clinicians should evaluate scheduling and workload expectations carefully.

Occupational Therapy — Occupational Therapist Career Context

This Occupational Therapy position at Kaiser Permanente is open to occupational therapist candidates.

Location & Logistics

This position is based in United States.

Why This Position Stands Out

  • No on-call requirements — clinicians are completely off-duty after hours
  • No weekend shifts — preserving personal and family time

Skills, Responsibilities & Benefits

Key skills and qualifications: Occupational Therapy Management, Patient Evaluation, Treatment Planning, Discharge Planning, Patient Education, Splinting, Prosthesis Adaptation, Clinical Documentation. Candidates with experience in these areas may be especially well-suited for this Occupational Therapy role.

Core responsibilities: Provides independent occupational therapy management, including patient evaluation and the implementation of treatment plans to achieve functional goals. Coordinates care with other health personnel and assists in developing departmental patient care programs.

About WeekdayDoc

WeekdayDoc is the only healthcare job board that scores every position for burnout risk and work-life balance. Every listing includes a proprietary burnout score, transparent salary data when available, and lifestyle filters for no-call, no-weekends, and remote positions. Browse more Occupational Therapy occupational therapist jobs on WeekdayDoc to compare work-life balance scores and compensation across employers.

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About Kaiser Permanente

Medical Practices
Oakland, California
2-5
6.0

Work-Life Balance Score

Top 50%

Protective Factors (2)

No on-call (β=6.95; p<0.001 for ↓ exhaustion)

No weekends (57% ↓ work-life conflict)

Interpretation: Position shows moderate burnout protection with 2 validated protective factors.

Job Details

Employment Type

Per Diem

Posted

3d ago