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Saint Luke's Health System
Lee's Summit, Missouri

Occupational Therapist

Occupational TherapistNo weekendsFull-Time

Compensation

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Job Description

Saint Luke's East Hospital is seeking a full-time Occupational Therapist to join our team!

The staff Occupational Therapist (OT) evaluates and regularly assesses the ongoing effects of the occupational therapy intervention for clients after accident, injury, disease, or condition across the lifespan. The OT addresses physical, emotional, and environmental needs.

The OT advises on adaptive equipment and techniques to help clients resume or develop skills needed for day-to-day life and work. The goal of OT is to improve or maintain the client’s ability to perform activities of daily living and reach goals to return to highest level of functional independence.

Full-time Monday through Friday, 8:30 a. m. to 5:00 p. m.

  • Evaluates clients after impairment, injury, or disease.
  • Creates an individualized treatment plan and selects appropriate interventions based on evidence-based practice and selects appropriate interventions based upon evaluation and assessment of client.
  • Re-evaluates and provides periodic reassessment of client progress and contributes to discharge planning.
  • Participates and makes recommendations for client care interventions to the interdisciplinary health care team.
  • Delegates and instructs supportive personnel in services to be provided.
  • Performs all other duties as requested by the manager.
  • Provides timely documentation per department and/or hospital policy and as required by insurance provider to meet licensing, certification, regulatory, reimbursement requirements, and physician treatment plan.
  • Uses professional judgment to ensure safety to self, clients, and others at all times
  • Job Requirements

Applicable Experience

  • Less than 1 year
  • Basic Life Support - American Heart Association or Red Cross, Occupational Therapist - Various
  • Bachelor's Degree

Job Details

  • Full Time
  • Day (United States of America)

Key Responsibilities

The Occupational Therapist evaluates and assesses patients to create individualized treatment plans that address physical, emotional, and environmental needs. They also collaborate with the interdisciplinary health care team to provide interventions and ensure patients reach their highest level of functional independence.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Bachelor's degree and possess Basic Life Support certification from the American Heart Association or Red Cross. Less than one year of applicable experience is required for this position.

Qualifications

Education
Bachelor degree

Certifications

BLS

Key Skills

Patient assessmentTreatment planningInterdisciplinary collaborationPatient careRehabilitation

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, 2% are remote, 56% have no call, 60% require no weekends.

What does the Occupational Therapy market look like in Missouri?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score6.0 / 10 · above average in occupational therapyranked against 8,905 Occupational Therapy listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Cost of livingMissouri index 90.8US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Occupational Therapy listings in Missouri190 active9,107 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 2% remote · 56% no call · 60% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedMissouri Occupational Therapist listings: 10% state a sign-on bonus (median $10k) · 11% offer loan repayment196 active listings, Nov 2026
New Occupational Therapy listings3,199 in the last 30 days1,714 the 30 days before (+87%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Occupational Therapy pay trend+3.0% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (8,905 Occupational Therapy listings), BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Occupational Therapist at Saint Luke's Health System a 6.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Occupational Therapy — ranked against 8,905 active Occupational Therapy listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.

Top Occupational Therapist Jobs

33 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

22 jobs
7
<$100k
9
$100k-115k
2
$115k-130k
3
$130k-145k
1
$152k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

24 jobs
401k / retirement match
100%
CME allowance
50%
Sign-on bonus
25%
Loan repayment
17%
PSLF eligible
8%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

School-Based Occupational Therapist (OT)

Strides Therapy and Educational Services · Baltimore, Maryland

$67-$73/hr
#2

Occupational Therapist (OTR/L)

Healthpro Heritage · Madera, California

$67/hr
#3

Travel Occupational Therapist

$65/hr
#4

Occupational Therapist (OT)

$63/hr
+ 31 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 4.8this job 6.0
Better work-life than 70% of Occupational Therapy listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 8,905 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends

Living in Lee's Summit

Median resident rent
$1,422/mo
Residents’ average commute
25 min
State income tax
Up to 5.3%
Sources & methodology

Sources: U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

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