Occupational Therapist - U3
Kaiser Permanente$74.36–$94.96/hrWoodland Hills, CA (Los Angeles, CA)Per diemPosted 2w agoStill open, checked every nightHow this pay compares
This posting states $74.36–$94.96 an hour. Open occupational therapist jobs in California post a median of $64 an hour, the middle half $58.60–$70, across 242 jobs that state their pay, so this one is above the middle half of what they post. Occupational therapists employed in California earn a median of $59.86 an hour (source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics), according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2025) (source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics).
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OSHA inspected Kaiser Permanente - Panorama City in Los Angeles, CA on 6 Mar 2026 and cited 1 violation, $475 in penalties as they stand. OSHA inspected Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center in Los Angeles, CA on 16 Dec 2025 and cited 1 violation, under California's workplace violence prevention rule for health care, $560 in penalties as they stand. A citation says what OSHA found then, not how the site is now. Workplace injuries and OSHA citations.
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California is not issuing OT Compact privileges, so an occupational therapist or OT assistant licensed in another state needs a California license for this job. (Occupational Therapy Compact Commission, 9 Nov 2026.) Every state's OT Compact status.
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About the job
Job Summary
Responsible for the occupational therapy of patients under the direction and supervision of the Rehabilitation Services.
Essential Responsibilities
- Evaluates patients, interprets evaluation findings to determine the nature and extent of dysfunction.
- Establishes treatment goals and plans treatment to achieve established goals.
- Initiates discharge planning for occupational therapy.
- Implements the treatment program through direct treatment of the patient.
- May delegate a portion of the treatment program to the appropriate supportive personnel.
- Coordinates the treatment program with other health care personnel as appropriate.
- Provides advice and education to patient and family.
- Regularly assesses clinical signs and symptoms to determine effectiveness of treatment, progress of patient towards goals, the need for modifying goals and treatment.
- Discharges patient from occupational therapy when the patient has received maximum benefit from occupational therapy.
- Provides accurate, timely documentation of occupational therapy patient management.
- Demonstrates progress toward meeting the criteria for professional practice.
From Kaiser Permanente's job posting, checked 9 Nov 2026. The employer's own page is the final word on requirements and availability.
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About Kaiser Permanente
Kaiser Permanente is an integrated, nonprofit care and coverage organization based in Oakland, with 12.9 million (source: Kaiser Permanente, Fast Facts) members, 225,854 (source: Kaiser Permanente, Fast Facts) employees, 40 (source: Kaiser Permanente, Fast Facts) hospitals and 610 (source: Kaiser Permanente, Fast Facts) medical offices in nine states and Washington, DC, including a Nevada region launched with Renown Health in 2026. Source: Kaiser Permanente, Fast Facts
Based in Oakland, CAHires in 10 statesPay on its listings: 90.3% of its open jobs state an hourly rate
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