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Kansas City, Missouri

Occupational Therapist II

Occupational Therapist Above average in Occupational TherapyNo weekendsNo nightsFull-Time

Compensation

Pay not disclosed

Employment & setting
Full-Time
Call expectations
Not specified
Weekends
No weekends
Posted 12m ago · Verified live

Job description

Job Description​
Saint Luke's Hospital is seeking an Occupational Therapist II to join our team!
The staff Occupational Therapist (OT) evaluates and regularly assesses the ongoing effects of the occupational therapy intervention for clients after accident, injury, disease, or condition across the lifespan. The OT addresses physical, emotional, and environmental needs. The OT advises on adaptive equipment and techniques to help clients resume or develop skills needed for day-to-day life and work. The goal of OT is to improve or maintain the client’s ability to perform activities of daily living and reach goals to return to highest level of functional independence.
full-time day shift, Monday through Friday
Evaluates clients after impairment, injury, or disease.
Creates an individualized treatment plan and selects appropriate interventions based on evidence-based practice and selects appropriate interventions based upon evaluation and assessment of client.
Re-evaluates and provides periodic reassessment of client progress and contributes to discharge planning.
Supervises treatment provided by students and occupational therapy assistants.
Participates and makes recommendations for client care interventions to the interdisciplinary health care team.
Delegates and instructs supportive personnel in services to be provided.
Performs all other duties as requested by the manager.
Provides timely documentation per department and/or entity policy and as required by insurance provider to meet licensing, certification, regulatory, reimbursement requirements, and physician treatment plan.
Uses professional judgment to ensure safety to self, clients, and others at all times.
Completes at minimum a department level project.
Serves as a clinical resource for department.
Participates in quality initiative.
Missouri OT license required
Job Requirements
Applicable Experience:
3-5 years
Basic Life Support - American Heart Association or Red Cross, Occupational Therapist (MO) - Missouri Division of Professional Registration
Bachelor's Degree - Occupational Therapy
Job Details
Full Time
Day (United States of America)

Key Responsibilities

The Occupational Therapist evaluates patients to create individualized treatment plans and provides interventions to improve functional independence. They also supervise students and assistants while collaborating with the interdisciplinary health care team.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Bachelor's degree in Occupational Therapy and a valid Missouri OT license. A minimum of 3-5 years of applicable experience and Basic Life Support certification are required.

Qualifications

Education
Bachelor degree
Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

BLS

Key Skills

Patient AssessmentTreatment PlanningInterdisciplinary CollaborationSupervisionQuality Improvement

Occupational Therapist Career Context

Of the 50 active Occupational Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 4% are remote, 46% have no call, 78% require no weekends.

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).

Occupational Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 3.4% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Occupational Therapist II at Saint Luke's Health System a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Occupational Therapy — ranked against 8,693 active Occupational Therapy listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements, no night shifts.

6.4/10 work-life score · Above average in Occupational Therapy — ranked against 8,693 active roles in this specialty

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Work-life snapshot

6.4/ 10
Listing-based score

Above average in Occupational Therapy

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Kansas City, MO
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