Occupational Therapist #ESF3918
Listed compensation
$100K - $120K
The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed
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Job Description
Top Reasons to Work for Our Client
Our client provides full-service health care and personalized support to help you age well at home and in your community.
- Stable company with tremendous opportunity for career advancement
- Have your contributions recognized
- Work with an experienced and energetic team
- Comprehensive, lucrative salary and benefits
- Let's talk and discuss!
- Job Type: Full Time
- Location: Modesto, California
- Pay: Good pay and benefits!
Job Description
What You Will Be Doing
- Conduct comprehensive occupational therapy evaluations in the clinic and occasionally in participants' homes.
- Develop individualized treatment plans based on participant needs, goals, and functional abilities.
- Participate in interdisciplinary team (IDT) meetings to develop and coordinate comprehensive care plans.
Deliver evidence-based occupational therapy interventions to improve strength, mobility, balance, cognition, and independence with ADLs.
Provide active and passive therapeutic exercises, muscle re-education, gait training, and functional rehabilitation.
Supervise and mentor Occupational Therapy Assistants (COTAs), providing guidance on Functional Maintenance Programs (FMPs).
Maintain accurate, timely clinical documentation in accordance with regulatory and organizational standards.
Collaborate closely with physicians, nurses, therapists, and other healthcare professionals to ensure high-quality participant care.
Experience You Will Need
- Bachelor's Degree in Occupational Therapy from an accredited program (Master's degree preferred).
- Active California Occupational Therapist License or proof of license eligibility.
- CPR and First Aid certification upon hire preferred, or ability to obtain both within 180 days of hire.
- 1 to 2 years of Occupational Therapy experience preferred.
- Experience working in one or more of the following settings: Outpatient Rehabilitation, Acute Care, Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF), Inpatient Rehabilitation, Home Health.
- Experience treating adult and/or geriatric populations.
- Strong interdisciplinary collaboration and patient education skills.
Our client asked me to submit 3 great people within the next few days. We work directly with the hiring manager and can arrange interviews within a few days
Ray Sanders
Key Responsibilities
Conduct comprehensive occupational therapy evaluations and develop individualized treatment plans to improve patient independence and functional abilities. Collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to coordinate care and supervise Occupational Therapy Assistants.
Requirements
Requires a Bachelor's degree in Occupational Therapy and an active California Occupational Therapist license. Candidates should have 1 to 2 years of experience in clinical or home health settings and strong interdisciplinary collaboration skills.
Qualifications
- Education
- Bachelor degree
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Occupational Therapist Career Context
In California, the Occupational Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$117k (932 salary observations; 2,030 listings), vs ~$97k nationally (6,625 salary observations; 25,396 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
The cost-of-living index for California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$110k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $99k in an average-cost state. 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Of the 40 active Occupational Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 45% have no call, 60% require no weekends.
Occupational Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.5% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
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Listing-based score, 0–10, across 9,297 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.
- Includes call
Living in Modesto
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $436k≈ 4.4× annual pay
- Typical market rent
- $2,021/mo≈ 24% of gross pay
- Residents’ average commute
- 30 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 104.1
- State income tax
- Up to 13.3%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Modesto, CA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.