Occupational Therapist - Full Time!
Poughkeepsie (Dutchess County), NYFull-time$47.3/hrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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Lutheran Care Center is seeking a full-time Occupational Therapist at its Poughkeepsie nursing and rehabilitation facility. The role manages occupational therapy evaluations and treatments for residents, including assessment, goal-setting, treatment planning, documentation, and care-team input. The position also supervises therapy assistants and aides, monitors resident safety and adaptive equipment, and includes medical, dental, vision, paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and a 403(b).
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Occupational Therapist - Full Time
$5000 Sign-on Bonus for Full Time Occupational Therapist! ( Bonus paid in installments; eligibility and repayment terms apply)
T he Lutheran Care Center at Poughkeepsie is currently seeking a full time Occupational Therapist to join our team. Come and find out why the Lutheran Care Center has the reputation for excellence we have maintained for over 25 years! Competitive pay, along with medical, dental, vision, 3 weeks’ vacation, 10 holidays, 4 personal days, 12 sick days, tuition reimbursement, and a 403(b) for eligible employees.
RATE: $47.30/hour
JOB SUMMARY:
Manage the professional components of Occupational Therapy evaluations and treatments.
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Assess and evaluate residents and establish goals and plans.
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Re-evaluate goals and treatment plans in accordance with New York State code.
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Document required medical record progress notes per NYS code.
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Insure a physician orders treatments.
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Makes recommendation to Director and/or Physician on resident response to treatment.
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Provide input as a member of the Comprehensive Care Planning Team.
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Make assignments and supervise the Occupational Therapy Assistant and Occupational Therapy Aide.
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Familiar with facility policy and procedure.
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Attend mandatory in-services and provide Occupational Therapy in-services as needed.
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Assume department tasks as required including transportation, general housekeeping, sanitation, and cleaning of equipment as assigned.
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Inputs data into computer.
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Make rounds of all building on a regular basis to determine safety of the residents’ environment.
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Regularly monitor wheelchairs, geriatric chairs and adaptive devices.
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Perform all other duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS:
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Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited school in Occupational Therapy.
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New York State license and current registration required.
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Excellent clinical skills; comprehensive understanding of the issues surrounding long term care.
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Previous experience in Occupational Therapy preferred.
Lutheran Care Center is a 160-bed nonprofit nursing and rehabilitation facility located in the heart of the Hudson Valley, and the care of our residents always comes first. Lutheran Care Center is a subsidiary of The Lutheran Care Network.
Join our team and make a difference in the lives of others!
For the health and safety of our residents, our facility requires all employees to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19, MMR, and PPD.
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How this job compares
Set against the 5,018 open Occupational Therapist jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$47.3/hr
- New York median$54–65/hr173 hourly ranges
- US median$46–58/hr1,904 hourly ranges
This rate, $47.30/hr, is 24% below the New York median midpoint ($62/hr) — in the middle half of Occupational Therapist hourly ranges in New York.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 333 open Occupational Therapist jobs in New York and 5,018 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in New York
- U.S. Physical Therapy40 open
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- 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 (1,384 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 1,890 of the 5,018 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 6, 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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