Pays $42.66-$65.82/hrOccupational Therapist market median is ~$90k (183 jobs)

Acute Care Occupational Therapist

Occupational TherapistFull-Time
Posted 5mo ago

About the Role

Full-time acute care occupational therapist at Intermountain Medical Center. Salary $42.79 - $65.87/hour. Murray, UT.

Join Intermountain Health as a Acute Care Occupational Therapist – Intermountain Health in Murray, Utah.

Benefits & Compensation

  • Pay rate: $42.79 - $65.87/hour.
  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • Retirement Plan
  • Tuition Reimbursement (PEAK program)

Work Schedule

  • Full-Time position.
  • Call responsibilities required.

Apply to join Intermountain Health as a Acute Care Occupational Therapist – Intermountain Health.

Key Responsibilities

This role involves screening, testing, evaluating, diagnosing, and treating injuries, diseases, and disabilities using occupational therapy procedures while consulting, educating, and training patients, families, and caregivers. Essential functions include providing skilled occupational therapy services, developing care plans, meeting productivity standards, and maintaining thorough patient documentation and billing records.

Requirements

Candidates must possess a current Occupational Therapist license in the states of practice and maintain Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for healthcare providers. Required qualifications also include basic computer skills, exceptional interpersonal and communication abilities, relevant experience with the target population, a current driver’s license, reliable transportation, and the physical capacity to perform manual dexterity tasks, lift, transfer patients, and walk frequently.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Certifications

BLS

Key Skills

Quality ImprovementVerbal CommunicationWritten CommunicationPatient EngagementCritical ThinkingTime ManagementCare PlanningCompassionOccupational Therapy ProceduresPatient AssessmentDocumentationBillingSupervision

Occupational Therapist Career Context

Of the 41 active Occupational Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 5% are remote, 66% have no call, 68% require no weekends.

In Utah, the Occupational Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$109k (23 salary observations; 61 listings), vs ~$96k nationally (3,971 salary observations; 11,789 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-09-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

The cost-of-living index for Utah is 98.9 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$113k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $114k in an average-cost state. 58.6% of Utah clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Occupational Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 2.1% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

Position Insights

AI ANALYSIS

This role scores 3.0/10 on work-life balance for Occupational Therapist roles.

Career trajectory: This position offers advancement within 2-3 years. The compensation analysis shows this employer pays...

Benefits analysis: Compared to 183 similar roles, this listing's benefits package ranks...

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About Intermountain Health

Hospitals and Health Care
Murray , UT
10,000+ employees

Benefits & Perks

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
Retirement Plan
Tuition Reimbursement (PEAK program)