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San Jose, California

Certified Occupational Therapist Assistant #ESF9646

Occupational TherapistIncludes callFull-Time

Listed compensation

$80K - $100K

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Posted 2mo ago

Job Description

Top Reasons to Work for Our Client

Our client provides full-service health care and personalized support to help you age well at home and in your community.

  • Stable company with tremendous opportunity for career advancement
  • Have your contributions recognized
  • Work with an experienced and energetic team
  • Comprehensive, lucrative salary and benefits
  • Let's talk and discuss!
  • Job Type: Full Time
  • Location: San Jose, California
  • Pay: Good pay and benefits!

Job Description

What You Will Be Doing

  • Implement individualized occupational therapy treatment plans developed by the Occupational Therapist.
  • Assist with participant evaluations, including vital signs, range of motion, and strength assessments.
  • Provide therapeutic interventions to improve mobility, balance, endurance, cognition, perceptual-motor skills, and independence with activities of daily living (ADLs).
  • Coordinate participant treatment schedules, therapy visits, and related documentation.
  • Collaborate with physicians, therapists, nurses, and other interdisciplinary team members to support comprehensive care.
  • Document therapy interventions accurately and in compliance with clinical and regulatory standards.
  • Provide therapy services in both outpatient center and home-based settings as needed.

Experience You Will Need

  • Associate's Degree from an accredited Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA) program.
  • Active California Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant (COTA) License or proof of license eligibility.
  • Knowledge and experience providing therapy services to frail or medically complex older adults.
  • 1 to 2 years of Occupational Therapy Assistant experience preferred.
  • Experience in one or more of the following settings: Outpatient Rehabilitation, Acute Care, Inpatient Rehabilitation, Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF).
  • Adult and/or geriatric patient experience strongly preferred.
  • Candidates with only pediatric experience will not be considered.

Our client asked me to submit 3 great people within the next few days. We work directly with the hiring manager and can arrange interviews within a few days

Ray Sanders

Key Responsibilities

Implement individualized occupational therapy treatment plans and assist with participant evaluations including vital signs and strength assessments. Collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to provide therapeutic interventions and maintain accurate clinical documentation.

Requirements

Requires an Associate's Degree from an accredited Occupational Therapy Assistant program and an active California COTA license. Candidates should have experience with medically complex older adults and possess 1 to 2 years of relevant clinical experience.

Qualifications

Education
Associate degree
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Treatment planningPatient evaluationVital signs monitoringRange of motion assessmentStrength assessmentMobility trainingBalance trainingCognitive therapyInterdisciplinary collaborationGeriatric care

Occupational Therapist Career Context

In California, the Occupational Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$117k (932 salary observations; 2,030 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 California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$90k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $81k in an average-cost state. 63.6% of California 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 OTA Jobs

4 matches · ranked by pay
#1

Cert Occupational Therapist Assistant, COTA

Kalesta Healthcare Group · Manteca, California

$48-$55/hr
#2

Occupational Therapist Assistant (COTA)

PACS · San Jose, California

$45-$50/hr
#3

Certified Occupational Therapist Assistant

$79k-$96k
#4

COTA / Certified Occupational Therapist Assistant - Home Health

$35-$40/hr
+ 2 more · ranked by pay

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.

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Living in San Jose

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$1.30M≈ 16.2× annual pay
Typical market rent
$3,563/mo≈ 53% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
27 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
110.4
State income tax
Up to 13.3%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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