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St. Joseph's Health
Wayne, New Jersey

Per Diem Therapist Occupational

CounselorPer Diem

Compensation

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Schedule not stated in this posting — no days, weekends, call or nights given.

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Job Description

St. Joseph’s Health is recognized for the expertise and compassion of its highly skilled and responsive staff. The combined efforts of the organization’s outstanding physicians, superb nurses, and dedicated clinical and professional staff have made us one of the most highly respected healthcare organizations in the state, the largest employer in Passaic County, and one of the nation’s “100 Best Places to Work in Health Care”.

Benefits Eligibility: (Full-time and Part-time Employees-over 20 hours a week)

  • Competitive salary*
  • Robust benefits with health, dental, Rx and vision plans
  • 403b retirement plan options with company match**
  • Health & Wellness*
  • Non-Profit Health System – eligible for Federal Student Loan Forgiveness
  • PTO, and paid holidays
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • LTD: Long Term Disability
  • Life Insurance Options
  • Onsite Day care Program

*Available for Per Diem Employees and Part-time Employees working under 20 hours per week.

**403b Company Match not applicable for Per Diem Employees and Part-time Employees working under 20 hours per week.

Pay transparency: St. Joseph’s Health provides a salary range to comply with New Jersey Law. The rate of pay for each position will be determined based on a variety of factors including the candidate's relevant experience, qualifications, skills, etc.” The salary range does not include incentives, differential pay or other forms of compensation.

St. Joseph’s Wayne Medical Center, a division of St. Joseph’s University Medical Center and a member of St. Joseph’s Health, is a 229-bed acute-care community hospital that provides comprehensive medical and surgical care, emergency and diagnostic services to the residents of Wayne and communities in northern New Jersey.

St. Joseph’s Wayne Medical Center is sponsored by the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth. With a “patients first” approach to health care excellence, St. Joseph’s physician-employee-volunteer team is focused on providing the very best care available – to our patients, their families and the community.

More than 150,000 patients are treated each year at St. Joseph’s Wayne Medical Center. Leading edge clinical services include orthopedics, spine, and sports medicine; cardiology/cardiothoracic services including a diagnostic cardiac catheterization laboratory performing peripheral angiograms and stenting, carotid stenting and pacemaker implants; non-invasive cardiology services including Holter monitoring, 24-hour blood pressure monitoring, echocardiography and trans-esophageal echocardiography; the Acute Rehabilitation Unit providing a full range of inpatient and outpatient services such as those of the North Jersey Swallowing Center; the John Victor Machuga Diabetes Education Center, offering comprehensive education and consultation programs; and expanded Ambulatory Care Center; as well as liver, biliary, and pancreatic consultation services.

Key Responsibilities

The role involves providing therapy services as a Per Diem Therapist at St. Joseph’s Wayne Medical Center, a division of St. Joseph’s University Medical Center. Responsibilities are centered around delivering comprehensive medical and surgical care with a 'patients first' approach.

Requirements

The position is for a Per Diem Therapist, and specific experience or education requirements are not detailed in the provided text. Candidates should be prepared to work in an acute-care community hospital setting.

Key Skills

Occupational TherapyPatient CareSpine Care

Occupational Therapy — Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Counselor listings this role was benchmarked against, 70% are remote, 30% have no call, 66% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for New Jersey is 108.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 63.8% of New Jersey clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

St. Joseph's Health holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 70/100, 48 active listings.

Counselor pay on WeekdayDoc is up 2.5% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Per Diem Therapist Occupational at St. Joseph's Health a 7.2 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 25% in Counseling — ranked against 13,755 active Counseling listings on WeekdayDoc.

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Sign-on bonus
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CME allowance
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Loan repayment
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Work-life snapshot

median 6.1this job 7.2
Better work-life than 80% of Counseling listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 13,755 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Wayne

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$705k
Typical market rent
$2,593/mo
State income tax
Up to 10.8%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026).

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

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About St. Joseph's Health

Hospitals and Health Care
Paterson, NJ
1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Competitive salary
Robust health, dental, Rx and vision plans (for eligible employees)
403b retirement plan options with company match (for eligible employees)
Non-Profit Health System – eligible for Federal Student Loan Forgiveness
PTO and paid holidays (for eligible employees)
Tuition reimbursement
Employee Assistance Program
LTD: Long Term Disability