Occupational Therapist (OT)
West Orange, NJFull-time$85–116K/yrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed today
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Job overview
Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation is seeking an Occupational Therapist for its inpatient rehabilitation hospital in West Orange, New Jersey. The therapist will provide discipline-specific care to patients with a range of rehabilitation needs, including brain and spinal cord injuries, neurological disorders, orthopedic issues, amputations, and multiple traumas. The position includes a weekday schedule with weekend and holiday hours, and offers a salary range of $84,500 to $115,928.49 per year.
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Overview
Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation
Position: Occupational Therapist (OT)
Location: West Orange,NJ
Schedule: Monday - Friday7:15 am - 3:15 pm (8a-4p on weekend/holiday)
Compensation: $84,500 - $115,928.49 a Year(Based on Experience)
Our inpatient rehabilitation hospital is committed to providing exceptional and compassionate care tobest address the medical, physical, emotional, and vocational challenges for individuals with brain injuries,spinal cord injuries, neurological disorders, orthopedic issues, amputation, and multiple traumas.
We support your career growth and personal well-being:
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Start Strong : Extensive and thorough Occupational Therapist (OT) orientation program to ensure a smooth transition into our setting.
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Advance Your Career : Tuition reimbursement, and continuing education opportunities.
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Elevate Your Skills : Clinical ladder program.
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Ease the Burden : Student debt benefit program.
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Your Health Matters : Comprehensive medical/RX, health, vision, and dental plan offerings
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Recharge & Refresh: Generous PTO to maintain a healthy work-life balance
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Invest in Your Future: Company-matching 401(k) retirement plan, as well as life and disability protection
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Your Impact Matters: Join a team of over 44,000 nationwide committed to providing exceptional care.
Responsibilities
As a OT you will evaluate 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.
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Evaluates assigned patients and establishes appropriate treatment goals and treatment programs.
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Participate in discharge planning including placement, patient and family education, and adaptive equipment
Qualifications
Minimum Requirements
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Current state licensure or eligibility for state licensure as an Occupational Therapist
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Certified BLS
Additional Data
Equal Opportunity Employer/including Disabled/Veterans
Location : Location US-NJ-West Orange
Job ID 388549
Position Type Full Time
Experience (Years) 1
Category Occupational Therapy
Company Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation - West (West Orange)
How this job compares
Set against the 5,080 open Occupational Therapist jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$85–116K/yr
- New Jersey median$90–110K/yr23 salary ranges
- US median$85–118K/yr995 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $100K, is close to the New Jersey median midpoint ($100K) — in the middle half of Occupational Therapist salary ranges in New Jersey.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 70 open Occupational Therapist jobs in New Jersey and 5,080 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in New Jersey
- Genesis Healthcare14 open
- U.S. Physical Therapy10 open
- Select Medical (this employer)8 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience; Occupational Therapist postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year at the median (1,376 postings).
- Education
- 1,916 of the 5,080 open Occupational Therapist jobs (38%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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