Occupational Therapist

Merck; Columbia (SC); On-site; USD 73,000 - 102,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship program

Flexible hours

Benefits package

Job summary

Merck in Columbia, SC is seeking an Occupational Therapist to own patient care across the care continuum. The role focuses on accurate reconciliation, culturally sensitive treatment, and efficient turnover in the operating and inpatient setting.

The position emphasizes mentorship, flexibility in hours, and a robust benefits package as you contribute to medication safety and discharge coordination.

Qualifications

• 5+ years operating in a similar Occupational Therapist position.
• Strong written and verbal communication, tested under scrutiny.
• Demonstrated capacity to mentor or support senior teammates.
• Self-motivated and able to work independently with minimal oversight.
• 7+ years putting Wound Care to work in a healthcare setting.

Responsibilities

• Verify patient identity, allergies, and medication reconciliation.
• Provide culturally sensitive care to a diverse patient population.
• Triage walk-in concerns by acuity, escalating to on-call provider.
• Set IV lines on difficult sticks to spare further attempts.
• Coordinate discharge planning and transitions of care.
• Set up and break down sterile trays between cases on a tight OR turnover clock.

Skills

Communication

Mentoring

Independence

Public speaking

Wound care

Job description

At Merck, an Occupational Therapist earns $73,000 - $102,000 and something rarer: an unit that treats clinicians like the lifeline they are. What makes this Merck role different is the ownership; the $73,000 - $102,000 and contract hours are just the entry fee.

Key Responsibilities

• Verify patient identity, allergies, and medication reconciliation
• Provide culturally sensitive care to a diverse patient population
• Triage walk-in concerns by acuity, escalating maker-minded cases to the on-call provider without delay
• Set IV lines on tough sticks others gave up on, sparing the patient a third attempt
• Coordinate discharge planning and transitions of care
• Set up and break down sterile trays between cases on a tight OR turnover clock

What You'll Bring

• Comfort owning the unglamorous middle of a contract project
• Sharp written and verbal communication, tested under scrutiny
• Demonstrated capacity to mentor or support senior teammates
• Self-motivated and able to work independently with minimal oversight
• Roughly 5+ years operating in a similar Occupational Therapist position
• Comfort presenting to a SC-wide audience without a script
• 7+ years putting Wound Care to work in a healthcare setting

Merck doesn't chase headlines; it just keeps building the purpose-soaked healthcare backbone that Columbia, SC runs on. We trust the senior folks closest to the customer to make the call without a committee.

Land here and your reward starts at $73,000 - $102,000, then climbs alongside the mentorship, flexible hours, and benefits we keep stacking on top.

Updated within the day, the Occupational Therapist position keeps welcoming resumes.

We open the Occupational Therapist role today and close it once we meet the right person, so hurry.