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St. Joseph Medical Center
Kansas City, Missouri

Occupational Therapist

Occupational TherapistIncludes weekendsNo nightsPer Diem

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Job Description

  • Department: Rehabilitation- Occupational Therapy
  • Employment Type: PRN/ Per Diem
  • Shifts Available: Day Shift
  • Hours: 8-hour shift- 7-3:30 pm; weekend and holiday rotation
  • Location: St. Joseph Medical Center- Kansas City, MO

Join our outpatient rehabilitation team as an Occupational Therapist (OT) and make a meaningful impact by helping patients regain independence in their daily lives. In this role, you will work one-on-one with patients recovering from injuries, surgeries, and chronic conditions, focusing on improving functional abilities, fine motor skills, and activities of daily living (ADLs).

This is a great opportunity for both experienced OTs and new graduates who are passionate about patient-centered care and want to grow in a collaborative, fast-paced outpatient setting.

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Responsibilities

  • Essential Duties and Responsibilities (include, but are not limited to):
  • Deliver outpatient occupational therapy treatments focused on ADLs, fine motor skills, and upper extremity function
  • Provide therapeutic activities, neuromuscular re-education, and functional training
  • Educate patients on adaptive techniques and home exercise programs (HEP)
  • Document care and monitor progress in EMR (Epic)
  • Support orthopedic, neurological, and post-surgical rehabilitation
  • Ensure compliance with Medicare, CMS, and clinical guidelines

Qualifications

  • Before we go any further, we do have some deal-breakers. You must have:
  • Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Occupational Therapy
  • Current state Occupational Therapy certification/license
  • Current BLS (AHA) certificate

Additional Qualifications That Are a Plus

National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy certification, AOTA, and OTAC

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)

Key Skills

Patient EducationElectronic Medical Record DocumentationOrthopedic RehabilitationNeurological Rehabilitation

Occupational Therapist Career Context

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).

Of the 50 active Occupational Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 8% are remote, 36% have no call, 58% require no weekends.

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

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<$115k
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$115k-140k
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$140k-165k
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$165k-190k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks31 jobs

401k / retirement match
94%
CME allowance
68%
Sign-on bonus
42%
Loan repayment
16%
Relocation assistance
13%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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Work-life snapshot

median 4.8this job 5.1
Better work-life than 50% of Occupational Therapy listings

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

  • No nights
  • Includes weekends

Living in Kansas City

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$251k
Typical market rent
$1,428/mo
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
92.5
State income tax
Up to 5.3%
Sources & methodology

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

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. Joseph Medical Center

Hospitals and Health Care
Kansas City, MO
501-1,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Full benefits available
New graduates welcome