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Occupational Therapist Acute Care Lake Main Campus

Occupational TherapistIncludes callFull-Time

Compensation

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Posted 6mo ago

Job Description

Sign on Bonus Available

Organizes and conducts occupational therapy programs in a variety of sensorimotor, educational, recreational, and social activities designed to help patients regain functioning in mental health, daily living skills and or adjust to their handicaps. The Occupational Therapist teaches patient skills and techniques required for participation in activities, studies and evaluates patient reactions to the program, and prepares progress reports.

Our Lady of the Lake is uniquely capable of caring for a full range of illness or injury, including those that are extremely complex, for both pediatric and adult patients. Our family of services includes:

  • An 988-bed hospital and the area’s only Level II Trauma Center
  • A freestanding Children's Hospital
  • A 545-provider care network covering more than 40 specialties
  • Two free-standing emergency rooms—Our Lady of the Lake Livingston and Our Lady of the Lake North
  • A network of nearly 15 urgent care clinics
  • Outpatient imaging and surgery centers
  • Assumption Community Hospital
  • Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University
  • Our Lady of the Lake Ascension, a 78-bed, community hospital providing emergency, inpatient, outpatient, and surgical services to Ascension Parish and surrounding areas

We serve 38,000 inpatients and 820,000 outpatients annually and are committed to building a healthy community through excellence in patient care and education. A part of FMOL Health, Our Lady of the Lake is consistently awarded for compassionate care, clinical expertise, leading edge technology and innovation.

Key Responsibilities

The Occupational Therapist organizes and conducts therapy programs using various activities to help patients regain functioning in mental health and daily living skills or adjust to handicaps. This role involves teaching necessary skills, evaluating patient reactions to the program, and preparing progress reports.

Requirements

Candidates must be graduates of an accredited Occupational Therapy Program, holding at least a Bachelor's degree, and possess current Louisiana State Occupational Therapy Licensure and BLS Certification. Required soft skills include good interpersonal, communication, teamwork, critical thinking, decision-making, and superior organizational abilities.

Qualifications

Education
Bachelor degree

Key Skills

Sensorimotor ActivitiesEducational ActivitiesRecreational ActivitiesPatient EvaluationProgress ReportingInterpersonal SkillsCommunication SkillsTeamwork SkillsOrganizational Skills

Occupational Therapist Career Context

The cost-of-living index for Louisiana is 88.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.8% of Louisiana 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, 42% have no call, 72% require no weekends.

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

Top Occupational Therapist Jobs

40 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution28 jobs

15
<$110k
3
$110k-130k
4
$130k-150k
6
$150k-170k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks33 jobs · 28 employers

401k / retirement match
79%
CME allowance
64%
Sign-on bonus
33% this job
Loan repayment
15% this job
Relocation assistance
9%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

Head Occupational Therapist (Inpatient Rehabilitation & Acute Care) | NYP-CUIMC | Full-Time | Mon - Fri | Day Shift

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital · New York, New York

$70.76-$81.01/hr
#2

Occupational Therapist, OT, Flexible Schedule, Home HealthContract

Concierge Home Care · Melbourne, Florida

$70-$75/hr
#3

Occupational Therapist

$68-$75/hr
#4

School Occupational Therapist (OT) - Manhattan

$75 an hour
+ 38 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

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

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 9,356 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About FMOL Health

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Baton Rouge, LA
1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Sign-on bonus available