Occupational Therapist
Listed compensation
$80k-$95k
The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed
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Job Description
- Job Location: WI Wausau - Wausau, WI
- Position Type: Full Time
- Salary Range: $80000.00 - $95000.00Salary
- Job Shift: Day
Occupational Therapist (OT) - Home Health Serving patients across Wausau and the surrounding area Full-Time Help Patients Get Back to Their Lives Occupational therapy is about the moments that make up a life: getting dressed independently, cooking a favorite meal, returning to the routines and roles that matter.
In home health, you work in the exact environment where those goals happen, so your interventions are practical from day one. And here's our promise to you: when you come to work with us, we go to work with you. As a Home Health Occupational Therapist, you'll never feel alone in this.
You'll have a team behind you, a director who knows your name, and a system built to support you, so therapy can feel like therapy again. This is what real support looks like: an office that answers the phone, has your back, and celebrates the difference you make every single day.
Why Interim HealthCare At Interim HealthCare Great Lakes Health Partners, we create an environment where therapists can do their best work. Our model prioritizes clinician support, flexibility, professional judgment, and personalized patient care.
What That Means for You $80,000 - $95,000/year Potential to bonus EACH pay period!
Work-life balance with scheduling flexibility Deeper patient relationships from admission through discharge Training and growth with mentorship, online training, continuing education opportunities, and tuition discount programs Health, Vision, Dental, mileage reimbursement and paid time off 401(k) up to 4% with immediate vestment to you
What You'll Do
As a Home Health OT, you will help patients participate more safely and independently in daily life: Evaluate functional status, daily living performance, home safety, and equipment needs Help develop the plan of care with meaningful, patient-centered goals Select and teach task-oriented therapeutic activities that restore physical and sensory-integrative function Teach compensatory techniques that improve safety and independence in daily activities Recommend, fabricate, and fit adaptive devices as appropriate Reassess at each visit, adjust interventions, and obtain revised orders when indicated Educate patients and caregivers, supervise occupational therapy assistants as assigned, and document on time What You Bring Graduate of an Occupational Therapy program with a current Wisconsin OT license Home health experience preferred, but not required Current CPR certification Valid driver's license, auto insurance, and reliable transportation Strong clinical judgment, creativity, communication, organization, and documentation skills Why Work for Interim HealthCare Great Lakes Health Partners?
We are a locally owned business backed by the strength of Interim HealthCare, the nation's first home care company, founded in 1966. As a Home Health Occupational Therapist, you will have the autonomy to make therapy practical, the support to do it well, and a team that recognizes the difference you make.
If you want to make therapy meaningful in a patient's everyday life as an Occupational Therapist, with a team behind you, we would love to connect. Apply today and experience a better way to practice occupational therapy with Interim HealthCare.
Interim HealthCare is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment based on any characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.:
Key Responsibilities
Evaluate patients’ functional abilities, daily living performance, home safety, and equipment needs, then help develop and carry out patient-centered plans of care. Teach therapeutic activities and compensatory techniques, recommend adaptive devices, reassess progress, educate patients and caregivers, supervise assistants as assigned, and complete documentation on time.
Requirements
Applicants must graduate from an occupational therapy program, hold a current Wisconsin occupational therapy license, and have current CPR certification. A valid driver’s license, auto insurance, and reliable transportation are required; home health experience is preferred but not required.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
Certifications
Key Skills
Occupational Therapist Career Context
The cost-of-living index for Wisconsin is 94.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$88k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $93k in an average-cost state. 60.7% of Wisconsin clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Of the 47 active Occupational Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 13% are remote, 34% have no call, 53% require no weekends.
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Work-life score | 6.2 / 10 · above average in occupational therapy | ranked against 8,973 Occupational Therapy listingslisting-based score, 0–10 |
| Listed pay | $80k–$95k | Occupational Therapy median $99k (middle half $94k–$101k)11 comparable listings, Nov 2026 |
| Cost-of-living adjusted pay | ~$93k in purchasing power | Wisconsin index 94.1 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Occupational Therapy listings in Wisconsin | 173 active | 8,955 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 13% remote · 34% no call · 53% no weekends47 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | sign-on bonus | Wisconsin Occupational Therapist listings: 16% state a sign-on bonus (median $4k) · 5% offer loan repayment191 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| New Occupational Therapy listings | 3,162 in the last 30 days | 1,579 the 30 days before (+100%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Occupational Therapy pay trend | +4.3% vs prior quarter | —through Oct 2026 |
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Occupational Therapist at Interim HealthCare - Great Lakes Health Partners a 6.2 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Occupational Therapy — ranked against 8,973 active Occupational Therapy listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no night shifts.
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