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Springfield, IL
Occupational Therapist Inpatient Acute Care jobs in Springfield, IL
3 open roles from 1 employer. Checked Oct 6, 2026.
What these openings look like
All 3 are at HSHS. Every one publishes a pay range, and they run $34.21 to $53.88 an hour. Every posting is part time. The most recent went up on Jul 12, 2026.
Every listing links to the employer's own application. Nothing is posted here on their behalf, and nothing is reposted from anywhere else.
Open roles
What it pays here
Only some employers publish a range. These are the ones that did, as written in their own postings:
- $35.92–$53.88 an hour
- $34.21–$51.31 an hour
What they ask occupational therapist inpatient acute care candidates here
Drawn from the 3 open postings on this page. The ones that come up across several employers are near the top.
Walk me through how you run an OT evaluation on a patient who came in yesterday after a stroke and is still pretty lethargic.
What they are checking: Whether they can adapt a standard evaluation to a fragile acute patient instead of forcing a full battery.
How do you decide what to recommend for discharge, home with family, inpatient rehab, or a skilled nursing facility?
What they are checking: Whether their discharge recommendations come from function and safety evidence, since case managers and physicians act on them.
You're PRN, so you'll walk onto the floor with a caseload you've never seen. How do you get up to speed fast?
What they are checking: Whether a fill-in therapist can prioritize and gather key information quickly without needing a full handoff.
Tell me about a time a patient's vitals or presentation changed during a session. What did you do?
What they are checking: Whether they know when to stop therapy and escalate, which matters in an acute care setting with unstable patients.
A patient refuses therapy for the second day in a row. How do you handle it?
What they are checking: Whether they respect patient choice while still trying to engage, and document the refusal properly.
How do you prioritize when you have more patients on your list than you can see in an eight-hour shift?
What they are checking: Whether they triage by discharge timing and clinical need rather than seeing patients in list order.
What ADL training or adaptive equipment do you use most with acute care patients, and how do you choose it?
What they are checking: Whether they match equipment to the patient's actual home setup and abilities instead of issuing the same kit to everyone.
Tell me about a time you disagreed with a nurse or physician about a patient's readiness to mobilize or go home.
What they are checking: Whether they can advocate with clinical reasoning while keeping a working relationship with the rest of the care team.
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