Occupational Therapist -Full-time

Occupational TherapistIncludes weekendsFull-Time

Compensation

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Job Description

  • Southern Kentucky Rehabilitation Hospital
  • A Select Medical and Vibra Healthcare partnership
  • Position: Occupational TherapistLocation: Bowling Green, KY Schedule: Fulltime
  • Hours: Monday-Friday 8 hours; 2 weekend shifts per month requirement
  • Sign-on bonus: $15,000
  • Up to $109,000

Our Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospital is committed to providing exceptional and compassionate care to best address the medical, physical, emotional, and vocational challenges for individuals with brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, neurological disorders, orthopedic issues, amputation, and multiple traumas.

  • At our company, we support your career growth and personal well-being.
  • Start Strong: Extensive and thorough orientation program to ensure a smooth transition into our setting.
  • Advance Your Career: Tuition reimbursement and continuing education opportunities
  • Elevate Your Skills: Clinical ladder program.
  • Ease the Burden: Student debt benefit program
  • Your Health Matters: Comprehensive medical/RX, health, vision, employee assistance program (EAP), and dental plan offerings
  • Recharge & Refresh: Generous PTO and Paid Sick Time to maintain a healthy work-life balance
  • Invest in Your Future: Company-matching 401(k) retirement plan, as well as life and disability protection
  • Your Impact Matters: Join a team of over 44,000 nationwide committed to providing exceptional care.

Responsibilities

Evaluates all assigned patients and develops, implements and modifies treatment plan in accordance with the patient’s need and physician direction.

Responsible for delegation and direction of all discipline-specific therapy services for those assigned patients. Ensures the design of functional treatment programs allowing for an effective return to community activities.

Serves as an educator of patients, families, students, co-workers and self.

Performs other professional duties associated with the care of the patient, development of discipline-specific therapy services and design of program delivery.

Minimum Qualifications

Current and valid state licensure or eligibility for state licensure as an Occupational Therapist required.

Certified BLS or completion in the first 90 days of employment is required.

*Post offer employment testing (POETs) are completed as part of the onboarding process and are to be completed before an employee's first day of work.*

Additional Data

Equal Opportunity Employer/including Disabled/Veterans

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Occupational therapyPatient evaluationTreatment planningClinical documentationPatient educationNeurological rehabilitationOrthopedic rehabilitationBLS certificationTherapy delegation

Occupational Therapist Career Context

The cost-of-living index for Kentucky is 90.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.6% of Kentucky clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Of the 42 active Occupational Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 45% have no call, 62% require no weekends.

What does the Occupational Therapy market look like in Kentucky?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score6.0 / 10 · above average in occupational therapyranked against 9,320 Occupational Therapy listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed paynot listedOccupational Therapy median $95k (middle half $86k–$105k)216 comparable listings, Oct 2026
Cost of livingKentucky index 90.2US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Occupational Therapy listings in Kentucky106 active9,167 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 45% no call · 62% no weekends42 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repayment$15k sign-onKentucky Occupational Therapist listings: 14% state a sign-on bonus (median $10k) · 18% offer loan repayment122 active listings, Oct 2026
Occupational Therapy pay trend+2.7% vs prior quarter—through Sep 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (9,320 Occupational Therapy listings), BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Occupational Therapist -Full-time at Southern Kentucky Rehabilitation Hospital a 6.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Occupational Therapy — ranked against 9,320 active Occupational Therapy listings on WeekdayDoc.

Top Occupational Therapist Jobs

21 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

21 jobs · 12 employers
9
<$100k
9
$100k-110k
0
$110k-120k
1
$130k
2
$140k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

21 jobs · 12 employers
401k / retirement match
95% this job
Sign-on bonus
48% this job
CME allowance
48% this job
Loan repayment
24%
PSLF eligible
10%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

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$140k
#2

Occupational Therapist Marlboro NJ

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$140k
#3

Occupational Therapist (OT) Acute Care

$80k-$130k
#4

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From $109,000
+ 19 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 4.8this job 6.0
Better work-life than 70% of Occupational Therapy listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 9,320 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • On-site
  • Includes weekends
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About Southern Kentucky Rehabilitation Hospital

Benefits & Perks

$15,000 sign-on bonus
Tuition reimbursement
Continuing education opportunities
Clinical ladder program
Student debt benefit program
Medical/RX, health, vision, dental
Employee assistance program
Generous PTO and paid sick time

Living in Bowling Green

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$263k≈ 2.4× annual pay
Typical market rent
$1,240/mo≈ 14% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
18 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
90.2
State income tax
Up to 4.5%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Bowling Green, KY metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.