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Saint Luke's Health System
Chillicothe, Missouri

Occupational Therapist PRN

Occupational TherapistNo weekendsPer Diem

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Job Description

Ready to love where you work and still have a life outside of it? Join us as a Home Health PRN Occupational Therapist in our Northeast Home Health at Saint Luke's and discover the work-life balance you've been waiting for!

The Home Health PRN 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 in the home health setting.

OT - MO

  • M-F days, 2-3 days per week, flexible
  • 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.
  • Supervises treatment provided by students and occupational therapy assistants.
  • 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 entity 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.
  • Completes at minimum a department level project.
  • Serves as a clinical resource for department.
  • Participates in quality initiatives.
  • Follows prn/prn plus policy and facility guidelines for shift requirements.

Will complete Outcome and. Assessment Information Set (OASIS) documentation requirements.

  • May assist in visiting a hospice patient as needed..
  • Job Requirements

Applicable Experience

  • 2 years
  • Basic Life Support - American Heart Association or Red Cross, Occupational Therapist - Various
  • Bachelor's Degree

Job Details

  • PRN
  • Day (United States of America)

Key Responsibilities

The Occupational Therapist evaluates and treats patients in a home health setting to improve their functional independence and activities of daily living. They create individualized treatment plans, perform OASIS documentation, and collaborate with the interdisciplinary healthcare team.

Requirements

Candidates must have a Bachelor's degree and at least 2 years of applicable experience. A Basic Life Support certification from the American Heart Association or Red Cross is also required.

Qualifications

Education
Bachelor degree
Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

BLS

Key Skills

Patient evaluationTreatment planningInterdisciplinary collaborationClinical documentationPatient assessmentSupervision

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, 8% are remote, 40% have no call, 70% require no weekends.

Occupational Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 2.5% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Occupational Therapist PRN at Saint Luke's Health System a 6.8 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Occupational Therapy — ranked against 9,471 active Occupational Therapy listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks32 jobs

401k / retirement match
94%
CME allowance
59%
Sign-on bonus
44%
Loan repayment
16%
Relocation assistance
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Work-life snapshot

median 4.8this job 6.8
Better work-life than 70% of Occupational Therapy listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 9,471 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends

Living in Chillicothe

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$197k
Median resident rent
$782/mo
Residents’ average commute
18 min
State income tax
Up to 5.3%
Sources & methodology

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

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

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