Certified Occupational Therapist Assistant PRN

Occupational TherapistPer Diem

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Posted 7mo ago

Job Description

Job DetailsJob Location: Mesa, AZ 85203Position Type: Per DiemThe Certified Occupational Therapist Assistant provides services under the general supervision of the Occupational Therapist, including assisting with patient assessment, treating individual patients and patient groups; delivering home program, patient, and family instructions; participating in family and team conferences; conduction equipment inventory, maintenance, and orders; and documenting services according to departmental and hospital standards.

Qualifications Graduate of an accredited Occupational Therapy Assistant program, certification by AOTA. Must hold a current state license and must maintain license renewal in accordance with the State Board of Medical Examiners or State Board of Occupational Therapy.

Long term acute care and rehabilitation experience is preferred; Maintains current CPR Must be able to read, write, and speak English, as well as possess good verbal and written communications skills. Basic computer skills with minimal guidance

Key Responsibilities

The Certified Occupational Therapist Assistant provides services under the general supervision of the Occupational Therapist, including assisting with patient assessment and treating individual patients and patient groups. Responsibilities also cover delivering home programs, patient/family instructions, participating in conferences, and managing equipment inventory and documentation.

Requirements

Candidates must be a graduate of an accredited Occupational Therapy Assistant program and certified by AOTA, holding a current state license. Preferred qualifications include experience in long-term acute care and rehabilitation, along with maintaining current CPR certification and possessing basic computer skills.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Patient TreatmentHome Program InstructionFamily InstructionEquipment MaintenanceVerbal CommunicationWritten Communication

Occupational Therapist Career Context

In Arizona, the Occupational Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$96k (159 salary observations; 503 listings), vs ~$97k nationally (6,625 salary observations; 25,396 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

The cost-of-living index for Arizona is 100.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.3% of Arizona clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Occupational Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.5% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Top contract/1099 OTA Jobs

1 matches · ranked by pay
#1

COTA / Certified Occupational Therapist Assistant - Home Health

Adoration Health · Richmond, Virginia

$35-$40/hr

Work-life snapshot

median 4.8this job 3.0
Better work-life than 20% of Occupational Therapy Assistant listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,043 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Mesa

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$417k
Typical market rent
$1,538/mo
Residents’ average commute
25 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
103.3
State income tax
Up to 2.5%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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About American Advanced Management

Hospitals and Health Care
Modesto, CA
51-200 employees