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Lamar, Missouri

Occupational Therapist - Cox Barton County - PRN

Occupational TherapistIncludes callNo nightsPer Diem

Compensation

Pay not disclosed

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Employment & setting
Per Diem
Call expectations
Includes call
Weekends
Not specified
Posted 1mo ago · Verified live

Job Description

Facility

Cox Barton County Hospital: 29 NW 1st Lane, Lamar, Missouri, United States of America, 64759

Department

1549 Occupational Therapy Barton

Scheduled Weekly Hours

0

Hours

  • Work Shift:
  • Day Shift (United States of America)

CoxHealth is a leading healthcare system serving 25 counties across southwest Missouri and northern Arkansas. The organization includes six hospitals, 5 ERs, and over 80 clinics. CoxHealth has earned the following honors for workplace excellence:

Named one of Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to work five times.

Named one of America’s Greatest Workplaces, Greatest Workplaces in Healthcare (2025, 2026), Greatest Workplaces for Women (2023, 2024), and Greatest Workplaces for Diversity (2024) by Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group.

  • Acknowledged by Forbes as one of the Best Employers for New Grads.
  • Healthcare Innovation's Top Companies to Work for in Healthcare (2025).

Benefits

  • Medical, Vision, Dental, Retirement with Employer Match and more (20+ hrs/week)
  • For a comprehensive list of benefits, please click here: Benefits | CoxHealth

Job Description

Job Summary

An Occupational Therapist assists patients with minimizing disability and developing skills and attitudes to increase independent functioning. Patients are referred for medical and educational services as indicated for a variety of orthopedic and neurologic diagnoses. An Occupational Therapist is responsible to plan and implement prevention, habilitation, or rehabilitation services including counseling and orientation that improve mobility, relieve pain, increase strength, and improve or correct disabling conditions resulting from disease or injury. An Occupational Therapist assists patients with minimizing disability and developing skills and attitudes to increase independent functioning. Patients are referred for medical and educational services as indicated. Responsible to plan and implement prevention, habilitation, or rehabilitation services including counseling and orientation that improve mobility, relieve pain, increase strength, and improve or correct disabling conditions resulting from disease or injury.

Job Requirement

Education

▪ Required: Graduate of an accredited Occupational Therapy Program

▪ Preferred: Masters or Doctorate from an accredited program of Occupational Therapy

Experience

▪ No prior experience required

Skills

▪ Good clinical expertise, communication skills, human relations skills and organizational skills required.

▪ Self-motivated individual who can work independently with little direct supervision required

▪ Has demonstrated interest in professional growth by attendance at continuing education workshops, and applications of new principles and/or techniques.

Licensure/Certification/Registration

▪ Required: Active Missouri licensure for Occupational Therapy. (Limited permits not accepted)

Key Responsibilities

The Occupational Therapist plans and implements prevention, habilitation, and rehabilitation services to improve patient mobility, strength, and independent functioning. They work with patients suffering from various orthopedic and neurologic diagnoses to minimize disability and relieve pain.

Requirements

Candidates must be a graduate of an accredited Occupational Therapy program and hold an active Missouri licensure for Occupational Therapy. No prior experience is required for this position.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Patient counselingMobility improvementPain relief

Occupational Therapist Career Context

Of the 50 active Occupational Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 6% are remote, 52% have no call, 72% require no weekends.

Occupational Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.4% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Missouri is 90.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.1% of Missouri clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top Occupational Therapist Jobs

26 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution23 jobs · 22 employers

7
<$105k
9
$105k-125k
4
$125k-145k
3
$145k-165k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks22 jobs

401k / retirement match
82% this job
CME allowance
73% this job
Sign-on bonus
32%
Loan repayment
14%
Relocation assistance
14%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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Work-life snapshot

3.0/ 10
Listing-based score
  • No nights
  • Includes call

Living in Lamar

Median resident rent
$832/mo
Residents’ average commute
22 min
State income tax
Up to 5.3%
Sources & methodology

Sources: U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

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