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Helen M. Simpson Rehabilitation Hospital
Lower Paxton Township, Pennsylvania

Occupational Therapist -Full Time

Occupational TherapistIncludes callFull-Time

Compensation

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Posted 2mo ago

Job Description

  • Helen M Simpson Rehabilitation Hospital
  • A partnership between UPMC and Select Medical.
  • Position: Occupational Therapist
  • Location: Harrisburg, PA. Inside of UPMC Osteopathic
  • Schedule: Fulltime
  • Compensation: Pay based on years of experience

Our Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospital is committed to providing exceptional and compassionate care to best address the medical, physical, emotional, and vocational challenges for individuals with brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, neurological disorders, orthopedic issues, amputation, and multiple traumas.

At our company, we support your career growth and personal well-being.

Start Strong: Extensive and thorough orientation program to ensure a smooth transition into our setting.

Advance Your Career: Tuition reimbursement and continuing education opportunities

Elevate Your Skills: Clinical ladder program.

Ease the Burden: Student debt benefit program

Your Health Matters: Comprehensive medical/RX, health, vision, employee assistance program (EAP), and dental plan offerings

Recharge & Refresh: Generous PTO and Paid Sick Time to maintain a healthy work-life balance

Invest in Your Future: Company-matching 401(k) retirement plan, as well as life and disability protection

Your Impact Matters: Join a team of over 44,000 nationwide committed to providing exceptional care.

Responsibilities

Evaluates all assigned patients and develops, implements and modifies treatment plan in accordance with the patient’s need and physician direction.

Responsible for delegation and direction of all discipline-specific therapy services for those assigned patients. Ensures the design of functional treatment programs allowing for an effective return to community activities.

Serves as an educator of patients, families, students, co-workers and self.

Performs other professional duties associated with the care of the patient, development of discipline-specific therapy services and design of program delivery.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

  • Current and valid state licensure or eligibility for state licensure as an Occupational Therapist required.
  • Certified BLS or completion in the first 90 days of employment is required.

*Post offer employment testing (POETs) are completed as part of the onboarding process and are to be completed before an employee's first day of work.*

  • Additional Data
  • Equal Opportunity Employer/including Disabled/Veterans

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Occupational therapyPatient evaluationTreatment planningClinical documentationPatient educationTherapy services delegationFunctional treatment designBrain injury careSpinal cord injury careNeurological disorder careOrthopedic careAmputation careTrauma careBLS certification

Occupational Therapist Career Context

The cost-of-living index for Pennsylvania is 97.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.7% of Pennsylvania clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Of the 50 active Occupational Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 6% are remote, 30% have no call, 62% require no weekends.

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

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Annual compensation range

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401k / retirement match
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CME allowance
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Sign-on bonus
26%
Loan repayment
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Relocation assistance
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Work-life snapshot

median 4.8this job 3.0
Better work-life than 20% of Occupational Therapy listings

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About Helen M. Simpson Rehabilitation Hospital

Hospitals and Health Care
Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
11-50 employees

Benefits & Perks

Tuition Reimbursement
Continuing Education Opportunities
Clinical Ladder Program
Student Debt Benefit Program
Comprehensive Medical/Rx
Health Insurance
Vision Insurance
Dental Insurance