
Occupational Therapist I (Per Diem) - Occupational Therapy RHSH
Holly Springs, NCPer Diem$35.87–51.57/hrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 2 days ago
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Job overview
The Occupational Therapist I provides occupational therapy evaluation, consultation, and skilled treatment for patients whose ability to manage daily living tasks is impaired. The role includes documenting activities, instructing patients, families, and students, and working under the general supervision of an Occupational Therapist II or supervisor. Weekend availability is required; weekday availability is a plus.
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Description
Your passion belongs at UNC Health. Join more than 56,000 teammates working together to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve across North Carolina.
Summary:
This is highly skilled, rehabilitative work with patients whose abilities to cope with the daily tasks of living are impaired by developmental deficiencies, aging, medical concerns, or psychological and social disabilities. Incumbents provide occupational therapy evaluation, consultation and skilled treatment for patients. They document activities, and instruct patients, family, and students. Work is performed under the general supervision of an Occupational Therapist II or Occupational Therapist Supervisor.
Must be available to work on the weekends. Availability during the week is a plus as well.
Responsibilities:
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Completes OT documentation in the medical record per department guidelines and completes department records for billing and statistics
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Manages OT caseload with efficiency and efficacy
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Manages resources needed to perform OT treatment plan to accomplish the goals set for the patient
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Plans and coordinates clinical programs in response to patient needs, technologies, clinical practices, regulations and reimbursement. Provides regular communication with physicians, supervisor, and others regarding OT programs and patients served.
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Provides clinical supervision and teaching for OT students or staff. Plans orientation, caseload, and other learning activities. Provides regular feedback and coaching. Evaluates the learner's performance.
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Selects and performs appropriate Occupational Therapy (OT) evaluation procedures to identify and assess problems. Sets treatment goals and devises a treatment plan. Re-evaluates and adjusts the treatment plan in response to the patient's changing condition and discharge plans.
Other Information
Other information:
Education Requirements:
- Graduation from an accredited Occupational Therapy program.
Licensure/Certification Requirements:
- Licensed as an Occupational Therapist in the state of North Carolina.
Professional Experience Requirements:
- No prior experience required.
Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:
Job Details
Legal Employer: NCHEALTH
Entity: UNC Rex Holly Springs Hospital
Organization Unit: Occupational Therapy RHSH
Work Type: Per Diem
Standard Hours Per Week: 4.00
Salary Range: $35.87 - $51.57 per hour (Hiring Range)
Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity
Work Assignment Type: Onsite
Work Schedule: Weekend
Location of Job: US:NC:Holly Springs
Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No
This position is employed by NC Health (Rex Healthcare, Inc., d/b/a NC Health), a private, fully-owned subsidiary of UNC Heath Care System. This is not a State employed position.
Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.
UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email [email protected] if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.
Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
How this job compares
Set against the 5,022 open Occupational Therapist jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$35.87–51.57/hr
- North Carolina median$39–53/hr71 hourly ranges
- US median$46–58/hr1,903 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $43.72/hr, is 8% below the North Carolina median midpoint ($48/hr) — in the middle half of Occupational Therapist hourly ranges in North Carolina.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 148 open Occupational Therapist jobs in North Carolina and 5,022 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in North Carolina
- Advocate Health27 open
- UNC Health Care (this employer)22 open
- BAYADA Home Health Care17 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 (1,391 postings).
- Education
- 1,895 of the 5,022 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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