Source occupational therapists who are not on job boards
Describe the role. Expa finds the OTs in your market, reaches out, screens the ones who reply, and books your interviews. About ten minutes of your time.
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160K+ occupational therapists • 95% with verified personal data
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What happens after you hit start
Describe the role
Paste a job description or say it in plain English. No boolean strings, no filters to learn, no sourcing skill required.
Approve the shortlist
Expa finds the occupational therapists, contacts them, follows up, and screens the ones who reply. You approve or reject.
Take the interviews
Approved candidates land in your calendar. That is the whole job on your side.
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How Expa sources occupational therapists
Expa is an AI-powered healthcare recruiting and clinician sourcing platform. It identifies licensed occupational therapists who are in-market, verifies their contact details, runs outreach over email, SMS and LinkedIn until they reply, screens the ones who respond, and books interviews with the candidates you approve.
There are 160,000 occupational therapists in the United States, one of the smaller therapy professions. Filter for a setting and a reasonable drive and most markets hold a few dozen. Hospitals, skilled nursing, home health, schools and outpatient clinics all compete for them, and specialized OTs such as certified hand therapists are scarcer still, often numbering in the single digits across an entire metro.
Expa searches on NBCOT certification status, state licensure, setting experience, specialty and age group, and covers students in occupational therapy programs alongside practicing clinicians.
Where occupational therapists sit in the clinical workforce
| Profession | Employed in the U.S. |
|---|---|
| Physical therapists | 267,200 |
| Speech-language pathologists | 187,400 |
| Physician assistants | 162,700 |
| Occupational therapists | 160,000 |
| Surgical technologists | 141,000 |
| Respiratory therapists | 139,600 |
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2024 employment. These are national totals. The number inside your hiring radius is a small fraction of them, which is the entire problem.
Occupational therapists near Boise right now
A sample of what a search returns. Identifying details stay hidden until you start.
Boise, ID • 6 miles
9 years • outpatient, hand therapy
Meridian, ID • 14 miles
Licensed 7 weeks ago • pediatric fieldwork
Nampa, ID • 19 miles
12 years • skilled nursing
No names, no photos, no current employers, no license numbers.
Why OT roles stay open
A small profession, split five ways
160,000 nationwide, divided across hospitals, SNF, home health, schools and outpatient. Any single setting's local pool is small.
Specialty certifications are rare
Certified hand therapists and other specialists exist in single-digit numbers in many markets. Job postings cannot conjure them.
Setting preference is sticky
An OT working in schools rarely wants acute care. Filtering for people who would actually consider your setting matters more than raw volume.
Where occupational therapists get hired
Questions
How many occupational therapists are there in the US?
160,000, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. It is one of the smaller therapy professions, and the number available in any single setting locally is a fraction of that.
Why are hand therapists so hard to find?
Certified hand therapy is a specialist credential requiring years of practice plus an exam, and many metros contain single-digit numbers of CHTs. Hiring one means knowing exactly who they are and contacting them directly, because there is no version of a job posting that reaches a pool that small.
Can you search by setting and specialty?
Yes. Hand therapy, pediatric, geriatric, acute care, school-based and home health, plus NBCOT certification status, state licensure and age group.
Can you find new OT graduates?
Yes. Expa surfaces students in occupational therapy programs and clinicians in their first weeks of licensure, including their fieldwork settings, which is how you reach a pediatric-leaning new graduate before anyone else does.
Do you source COTAs as well?
Certified occupational therapy assistants can be included on request. The page is built around licensed OTs, where the shortage is sharpest.
Do I have to do the sourcing myself?
No. You describe the role and approve a shortlist. Expa does the searching, the outreach, the follow-up and the screening, then books interviews with the candidates you approve. It takes about ten minutes of your time.
How fast will I see candidates?
A slate of interested, contactable occupational therapists within 48 hours of starting, often within 24. Time to hire from there depends on your interview process.
How much does Expa cost?
You can start free. For ongoing hiring, Expa pilots start at $6,000 for three months and cover all your open roles, with no per-placement fees. For comparison, a contingency agency placing a single occupational therapist typically charges 15% to 22% of first-year salary.
Start hiring occupational therapists in about ten minutes
Describe the role, approve a shortlist, take the interviews.
Hiring across multiple sites or six or more roles?
Managed sourcing for multi-site groups, health systems and staffing agencies. Pilots from $6,000 for three months, covering all your open roles.