Occupational Therapist -Full-time

Occupational TherapistIncludes weekendsFull-Time

Compensation

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Job Description

  • Southern Kentucky Rehabilitation Hospital
  • A Select Medical and Vibra Healthcare partnership
  • Position: Occupational TherapistLocation: Bowling Green, KY Schedule: Fulltime
  • Hours: Monday-Friday 8 hours; 2 weekend shifts per month requirement
  • Sign-on bonus: $15,000
  • Up to $109,179.20 per year based on 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 planningBrain injury careSpinal cord injury careNeurological disorder careOrthopedic careAmputation careTrauma carePatient educationBLS certification

Occupational Therapist Career Context

The cost-of-living index for Kentucky is 90.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.6% of Kentucky clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Of the 40 active Occupational Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 57% have no call, 78% require no weekends.

Occupational Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 2.6% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Occupational Therapist -Full-time at Southern Kentucky Rehabilitation Hospital 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 9,446 active Occupational Therapy listings on WeekdayDoc.

Top Occupational Therapist Jobs

17 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution17 jobs · 13 employers

5
<$105k
6
$105k-120k
2
$120k-135k
4
$135k-150k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks17 jobs · 13 employers

401k / retirement match
94% this job
Sign-on bonus
59% this job
CME allowance
47% this job
Loan repayment
35%
Relocation assistance
18%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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#3

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Work-life snapshot

median 4.8this job 6.0
Better work-life than 60% of Occupational Therapy listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 9,446 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes weekends

Living in Bowling Green

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$265k≈ 2.4× annual pay
Typical market rent
$1,252/mo≈ 14% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
18 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
90.2
State income tax
Up to 4.5%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Bowling Green, KY metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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About Southern Kentucky Rehabilitation Hospital

Benefits & Perks

Sign-On Bonus ($15,000)
Tuition Reimbursement
Continuing Education
Clinical Ladder Program
Student Debt Benefit Program
Medical/RX Insurance
Health Insurance
Vision Insurance