Occupational Therapist | Full Time
Listed compensation
$40 - $53/hr
Listing transparency3 of 6 stated
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- Employment & setting
- Full-Time
- Call expectations
- Not specified
- Weekends
- Includes weekends
Job Description
Title: Occupational Therapist
Status: Non-Exempt, Full Time
Rate of Pay: $40 – $53, based on experience
Work Schedule: Monday - Friday with rotating weekend
Radford Green at Sedgebrook is an award winning community, and designated one of the top 1.4% of nursing homes in the country by U. S. News and World Report.
5 Star CMS Senior Living Community
Sedgebrook is recruiting for a hospitality focused Occupational Therapy to join our team! The Occupational Therapist is responsible for providing and directing occupational therapy services to patients which may include pediatric, adult and/or geriatric persons.
A generous benefits package for eligible employees which includes:
- Health, Dental & Vision Insurance - benefits package beginning the 1st of the month following your hire date
- 401K with Company Match
- Get DailyPay
- Employee Meal Program
- Free Meals
- Short- & Long-term Disability Insurance
- Paid Time Off & Paid Holidays
- Life/AD&D
- Employee Assistance Program
- Tuition re-imbursement
- Flexible Hours
- Free In-house gym membership
Essential Job Duties
- Provides or makes provision for client care in compliance with the American Occupational Therapy Association, physicians’ orders, and Clinical Pathways as they become available.
- Assesses and evaluates client’s status by reviewing and implementing the plan of care, regularly re-evaluating client needs revising the plan of care as necessary.
- Initiates and applies appropriate preventative, therapeutic and rehabilitative procedures and techniques and maintains communication regarding client care with the physician and supervisory personnel.
- Assesses and provides client and family/caregiver education and information pertinent to diagnosis and plan of care.
- Participates in coordination of occupational services; appropriately reporting the need for disciplines (PT, SN, MSW, ST, Dietitian) to the case manager.
- Reports change in client status and pertinent clinical findings to the physician, case manager or clinical supervisor as needed.
- Assists the client with the activities of daily living and facilitates the client’s efforts toward self-sufficiency and independence.
Qualifications
- MS/OTD in Occupational Therapy or BS with equivalent work experience.
- Successful completion of State Certification Examination for Occupational Therapy.
- Assumes responsibility for ongoing continuing education and professional development.
- Must maintain valid state Occupational Therapy Licensure
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Key Responsibilities
The Occupational Therapist provides and directs therapy services to pediatric, adult, and geriatric patients in compliance with clinical standards. They are responsible for assessing client status, developing care plans, and facilitating activities of daily living to promote patient independence.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Occupational Therapist | Full Time at Life Care Services a 7.2 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 25% in Occupational Therapy — ranked against 9,045 active Occupational Therapy listings on WeekdayDoc.
Occupational Therapist Career Context
In Illinois, the Occupational Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$93k (247 salary observations; 830 listings), vs ~$96k nationally (4,072 salary observations; 22,315 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-09-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
Of the 50 active Occupational Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 6% are remote, 60% have no call, 78% require no weekends.
Occupational Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.2% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).
The cost-of-living index for Illinois is 100.0 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$97k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $97k in an average-cost state. 62.6% of Illinois clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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