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St. John's Hospital
Leavenworth, Kansas

Occupational Therapist

Occupational TherapistNo weekendsPer Diem

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Job Description

  • Department: Inpatient Rehabilitation- Occupational Therapy
  • Shift’s Available: Days
  • Employment Type: Per Diem/PRN
  • Hours: Flexible Weekday Hours
  • Location: Saint John Hospital, Leavenworth, KS

We are seeking a skilled Occupational Therapist (OT) to join our Rehabilitation Team in an acute inpatient hospital setting. This role focuses on providing high-quality, patient-centered care to individuals recovering from injury, illness, or surgery. The ideal candidate will have experience in inpatient rehabilitation, acute care therapy, functional mobility training, ADLs (Activities of Daily Living), discharge planning, and interdisciplinary collaboration.

This position offers weekday scheduling with additional outpatient therapy opportunities, supporting a dynamic and flexible work environment.

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Responsibilities

  • Essential Duties and Responsibilities (includes, but not limited to):
  • Perform comprehensive occupational therapy evaluations in an acute inpatient setting to assess functional limitations and rehabilitation needs
  • Develop and implement individualized treatment plans focused on ADLs, mobility, strength, and independence

Provide hands-on therapy interventions including neurological rehab, orthopedic recovery, and functional training

Collaborate with physicians, nurses, case management, and interdisciplinary care teams to support patient outcomes and discharge planning

  • Educate patients and families on home exercise programs, adaptive equipment, and safety strategies
  • Document patient progress, goals, and outcomes in accordance with hospital policies and EMR requirements
  • Ensure compliance with regulatory standards, infection control policies, and quality care initiatives

Qualifications

  • Before we go any further, we do have some deal-breakers. You must have:
  • Bachelor or Master Degree in Occupational Therapy.
  • Current state Occupational Therapy certification/license.
  • Current BCLS (AHA) certificate.
  • National Board for Certification Occupational Therapy certification, AOTA and OTAC preferred.

Employment Status: Per Diem

Shift: Days

Equal Employment Opportunity

Company is an equal employment opportunity employer.

Company prohibits discrimination against any applicant or employee based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age (subject to applicable law), disability, military status, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

The Company also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. Know Your Rights: eeoc.gov

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Occupational Therapy EvaluationAcute Inpatient RehabilitationIndividualized Treatment PlanningNeurological RehabilitationStrength TrainingPatient And Family EducationClinical Documentation

Occupational Therapist Career Context

The cost-of-living index for Kansas is 90.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.0% of Kansas clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Of the 50 active Occupational Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 14% are remote, 32% have no call, 68% require no weekends.

Occupational Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.5% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Occupational Therapist at St. John's Hospital a 6.3 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Occupational Therapy — ranked against 9,285 active Occupational Therapy listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks31 jobs

401k / retirement match
94%
CME allowance
71%
Sign-on bonus
39%
Loan repayment
16%
Relocation assistance
13%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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Work-life snapshot

median 4.8this job 6.3
Better work-life than 70% of Occupational Therapy listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 9,285 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends

Living in Leavenworth

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$254k
Typical market rent
$1,210/mo
Residents’ average commute
20 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
92.5
State income tax
Up to 5.7%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Kansas City, MO-KS metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About St. John's Hospital

Hospitals and Health Care
Leavenworth, Kansas
11-50 employees

Benefits & Perks

Full benefits available
Flexible weekday hours