Occupational Therapist - Full-time
San Diego, CAFull-time$44–64/hrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
Most applications go out cold — see where you stand first. No sign-up to start.
You apply on the employer's site, with no Olive account needed.
Watch jobs like this. New roles like this one near San Diego, CA, by email.
Don't just apply. Show up ready.
Olive works from this exact posting.
At a glance
Olive lists jobs from US employers, including remote roles you can work from the United States.
Requirements
Credentials this posting asks for.
Job overview
Select Specialty Hospital in San Diego is seeking an Occupational Therapist to provide care to patients recovering from critical illness and extended ICU stays. The role includes conducting therapy regimens, monitoring treatment responses, supporting discharge planning, and supervising therapy assistants and students. The position is full-time and offers an hourly compensation range of $44.00 to $64.00.
Skills & qualifications
Qualifications
Benefits
Full job description
Overview
Position: Occupational Therapist (OT)
Location: San Diego, CA
Schedule: Full-time
Compensation: $44.00 to $64.00 per hour
Select Specialty Hospital is a critical illness recovery hospital committed to providing world-class inpatient post-ICU services to chronic, critically ill patients who require extended healing and recovery. We help patients during some of the most vulnerable, painful moments of their lives – and Occupational Therapists (OT) play a central role in providing compassionate, excellent treatment every step of the way.
Why Join Us:
-
Start Strong : Extensive and thorough Occupational Therapist (OT) 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, and dental plan offerings
-
Recharge & Refresh: Generous PTO 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
-
Participate in discharge planning for each patient, including placement, patient/family education and adaptive equipment
-
Supervise certified occupational therapy assistants (OTAs), as well as OT and COTA students
-
Conduct individual patient therapy regimens
-
Monitor patients’ responses to treatment
-
Participate in continuing education seminars and in-services
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
-
Current state licensure as an Occupational Therapist required.
-
Certified BLS or completion in first 90 days of employment required.
Additional Data
Equal Opportunity Employer/including Disabled/Veterans
We will consider for employment all qualified Applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including but not limited to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the San Diego County Fair Chance Ordinance.
Location : Location US-CA-San Diego
Job ID 389655
Position Type Full Time
Experience (Years) 1
Category Occupational Therapy
Company Select Specialty Hospital - San Diego
How this job compares
Set against the 5,079 open Occupational Therapist jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$44–64/hr
- California median$59–70/hr248 hourly ranges
- US median$46–58/hr1,873 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $54/hr, is 16% below the California median midpoint ($65/hr) — in the lowest quarter of Occupational Therapist hourly ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 524 open Occupational Therapist jobs in California and 5,079 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- California Therapy Services94 open
- FeldCare Connects72 open
- Genesis Healthcare66 open
- Experience
- Occupational Therapist postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (1,375 postings).
- Education
- 1,915 of the 5,079 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 4, 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.
Prepare for this role
You've read the whole posting — now see how you match it.
