City/State

Virginia Beach, VA

Work Shift

Multiple shifts available

Overview:

Launch Your Occupational Therapy Career with Sentara 

This placement process is designed for new-graduate Occupational Therapists only.

 Launch your OT career with confidence. Whether you're interested in acute, sub-acute, or outpatient care, you'll gain hands-on experience, strong mentorship, and the support you need to build your skills, grow your career, and make a lasting difference in the patients' lives we serve.

How It Works

One application, endless possibilities! ✨ Apply once and stay connected with opportunities across Sentara locations in Virginia and North Carolina for up to six months; no need to reapply for every new opening.

Start your journey with Sentara, where your passion for healing meets endless potential!

Why Choose Us?

• Educational Assistance benefits up to $5,250 annually*
• Student Loan debt repayment program up to $10,000*
• Medbridge access for CEUs and patient home programs*
• The ability to explore acute care, outpatient, and home health — all within one organization
• Clinical and Advanced Specialist Programs (Career Ladders)
• Leadership Development and Advancement opportunities
• Flexible positions to meet your work-life balance: Full Time, Part Time, and Flexi/PRN
• Excellent patient satisfaction, employee satisfaction, and clinical outcomes

Our competitive and comprehensive compensation and benefits package is designed to meet your individual needs.

What does a typical day look like? Watch and see (click here)!

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Job overview

Assess, plan, organize, and participate in rehabilitative programs that improve functional mobility, relieve pain, improve or correct disabling conditions resulting from disease or injury, and help build or restore vocational/daily living skills as well as general independence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Level Degree in Occupational Therapy
• Basic Life Safety (BLS)
• Active Occupational Therapy Licensure
• NBCOT (National Board Certification in Occupational Therapy) certification is required within 6 months of eligibility

Experience

• 0 – 1 years of practice (new graduate experience)

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We provide market-competitive compensation packages, inclusive of base pay, incentives, and benefits. The base pay range for full-time employment is $95,825.60 - $140,961.60 annually. Additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, on-call pay, shift premiums, extra-shift incentives, or bonus opportunities. Compensation within the range may vary based on qualifications, experience, location, market conditions, and business needs. Note: If an annual salary is posted, it is based on a full-time colleague working 2,080 hours annually. Sentara offers a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance; 401(k)/403(b) with employer match; paid time off (vacation, sick time, and holidays); paid parental and military leave; educational assistance or student loan repayment; and voluntary benefits.

Benefits: Caring For Your Family and Your Career

• Medical, Dental, Vision plans

• Adoption, Fertility and Surrogacy Reimbursement up to $10,000

• Paid Time Off and Sick Leave

• Paid Parental & Family Caregiver Leave

• Emergency Backup Care

• Long-Term, Short-Term Disability, and Critical Illness plans

• Life Insurance

• 401k/403B with Employer Match

• Tuition Assistance – $5,250/year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education

• Student Debt Pay Down – $10,000

•Pet Insurance 
•Legal Resources Plan
•Colleagues have the opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus if established system and employee eligibility criteria is met.

Sentara Health is an equal opportunity employer and prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness of its close to an almost 30,000-member workforce. Diversity, inclusion, and belonging is a guiding principle of the organization to ensure its workforce reflects the communities it serves.

In support of our mission “to improve health every day,” this is a tobacco-free environment.

For positions that are available as remote work, Sentara Health employs associates in the following states:

Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.