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Occupational Therapist

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Houston Methodist — Hampton, VA
Freelance Senior $82,000 - $121,000 Posted 2026-10-21 Closes 2026-12-23
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The opportunity

We are hiring a senior Occupational Therapist in Hampton, VA to strengthen the quality of care our community depends on. Think $82,000 - $121,000, think freelance hours, think 6 years of Geriatric Care turning into ownership you can actually feel at Houston Methodist.

Key Responsibilities

  • Track Geriatric Care metrics on your panel and surface trends to the care team weekly
  • Cover the relentlessly-kind weekend rotation Houston Methodist staffs with only its independent senior clinicians
  • Advocate for patient comfort, dignity, and informed consent
  • Mentor 6-month Occupational Therapist residents through their first solo Discharge Planning procedures
  • Track patient outcomes and contribute to clinical reporting
  • Educate patients and families on diagnoses, treatments, and follow-up care
  • Spot subtle decline early — a quiet patient, a creeping fever — and act before the code is called

What You'll Bring

  • Sharp organizational skills and an ability to juggle multiple workstreams
  • A bias toward asking the dumb question before the expensive mistake
  • A collaborator's reflex to share credit and absorb blame
  • A knack for TNCC Certification that colleagues quietly come to rely on
  • The kind of reliability that earns you the hard assignments
  • Curiosity that outpaces your current job description

The story of Houston Methodist is really the story of Hampton, VA betting on a fiercely-supportive idea about healthcare and being proven right. Transparency is a habit, so roadmaps, tradeoffs, and even mistakes get shared openly.

We provide a $82,000 - $121,000 salary, full benefits, and dedicated time each week to learn new TNCC Certification and Empathy tools.

As recently as today, Houston Methodist reopened the doors on this one.

Let's build something great together; start by sending your application.

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What we're looking for

  • Geriatric Care
  • TNCC Certification
  • Suctioning
  • Vital Signs Monitoring
  • Discharge Planning
  • Empathy
  • Critical Thinking
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What you'll get

  • Dependent care FSA
  • Pension plan
  • Lactation support and nursing rooms
  • Standing desk and ergonomic equipment
  • Summer Picnic
  • Paid sabbatical leave
  • Personal Shopping
  • Coworking space allowance

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