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Occupational Therapist pay and benefits
Occupational therapy is documented in tasks: dressing, transfers, cooking, getting back to work. Payers read those notes to decide whether the treatment was necessary, which makes the writing a skill the degree only starts you on.
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Top Benefitsof Occupational Therapist
- 401(k) matching40%
- Continuing education allowance40%
- Tuition reimbursement40%
- License & certification reimbursement20%
Occupational therapy in behavioral health
A psychiatrist was among the profession's founders, and inpatient behavioral health still hires occupational therapists. The work is groups and assessment: daily routine and sleep, coping skills, managing money and medication, and a judgment about what someone can handle at home before they're discharged into it. Postings sit inside a hospital, which means hospital hours and a team that includes psychiatry and nursing.
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4Your questions about occupational therapist jobs, answered
- What does occupational therapy do that physical therapy doesn't?
A physical therapist works on the shoulder; an occupational therapist works on getting dressed with that shoulder, which pulls in adaptive equipment, home setup, cognition and routine. The overlap is real and a referral often names both.
- What's hand therapy and does it need a separate credential?
Hand therapy is a specialty treating hands and upper limbs, common in orthopedic clinics and post-surgical practices. The certified hand therapist credential takes years of practice and thousands of hours in the specialty before you can sit the exam, and it's open to occupational and physical therapists alike. Postings name it as required or preferred.
- How do school-based occupational therapy jobs work?
There are 2 arrangements, and the posting tells you which. A district employs you directly, on its salary schedule and its calendar. A contract agency places you in schools and pays you as its employee, sometimes at a higher rate without the district's benefits. The caseload and the paperwork are the district's either way.
