Occupational Therapist - Full Time

Occupational TherapistFull-Time

Listed compensation

$35.67-$48/hr

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Job Description

Select Medical Rehabilitation - Tallahassee

  • Position: Occupational Therapist - Critical Illness + Inpatient Rehabilitation
  • Location: Housed inside of Select Specialty Hospital - Tallahassee
  • Schedule: Fulltime
  • Compensation: $35.67 - $48 per hour

(based on experience)

Select Specialty Hospital is a critical illness recovery hospital with an acute rehabilitation unit. We are committed to providing world-class inpatient post-ICU services to chronic, critically ill patients who require extended healing and recovery as well as 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.

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.
  • Additional Data
  • Equal Opportunity Employer/including Disabled/Veterans

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Occupational therapyPatient evaluationTreatment planningBrain injury rehabilitationSpinal cord injury careNeurological disorder treatmentOrthopedic therapyAmputation rehabilitationTrauma careBLS certificationClinical documentationPatient educationInterdisciplinary collaboration

Occupational Therapist Career Context

In Florida, the Occupational Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$94k (187 salary observations; 1,612 listings), vs ~$97k nationally (5,077 salary observations; 27,178 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 Florida is 103.4 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$87k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $84k in an average-cost state. 58.1% of Florida clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

What does the Occupational Therapy market look like in Florida?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed pay$74k–$100kOccupational Therapy median $98k (middle half $85k–$109k)439 comparable listings, Oct 2026
Florida vs national$94k median in Florida$97k nationally (−3%)187 state / 5,077 national salary observations
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$84k in purchasing powerFlorida index 103.4 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Occupational Therapy listings in Florida635 active9,409 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 38% no call · 68% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedFlorida Occupational Therapist listings: 11% state a sign-on bonus (median $8k) · 5% offer loan repayment665 active listings, Oct 2026
Occupational Therapy pay trend+1.1% vs prior quarter—through Sep 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Location & Logistics

Florida has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states. At the posted ~$87k midpoint, that is roughly $3k–$6k a year versus a typical 4–7% state rate.

Top Occupational Therapist Jobs

22 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

22 jobs · 15 employers
9
<$100k
10
$100k-110k
0
$110k-120k
1
$130k
2
$140k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

22 jobs · 15 employers
401k / retirement match
86% this job
Sign-on bonus
50%
CME allowance
50% this job
Loan repayment
23%
PSLF eligible
9%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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Work-life snapshot

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

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 9,375 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Select Medical Rehabilitation - Tallahassee

Hospitals and Health Care
Mechanicsburg, PA
10,000+ employees

Benefits & Perks

Extensive orientation program
Tuition reimbursement
Continuing education opportunities
Clinical ladder program
Student debt benefit program
Comprehensive medical/RX, health, vision, employee assistance program (EAP), and dental plan
Generous PTO and Paid Sick Time
Company-matching 401(k) retirement plan

Living in Tallahassee

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$289k
Typical market rent
$1,473/mo
Residents’ average commute
19 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
93.9
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Tallahassee, FL metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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