Certified Occupational Therapist Assistant (COTA)

Occupational Therapy AssistantFull-Time

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Job Description

  • Hospital Name: Banner Rehabilitation HospitalPartnership with Select Medical
  • Position: Certified Occupational Therapist Assistant (COTA)
  • Location: Peoria, AZSchedule: Full-time 8 hour shifts / 5 days per week

Our Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospital is committed to providing exceptional and compassionate care to best address the medical, physical, emotional, and vocational challenges for individuals with brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, neurological disorders, orthopedic issues, amputation, and multiple traumas.

  • At our company, we support your career growth and personal well-being.
  • Start Strong: Extensive and thorough orientation program to ensure a smooth transition into our setting

Recharge & Refresh: Generous PTO and Paid Sick Time for full-time team members to maintain a healthy work-life balance

Your Health Matters: Comprehensive medical/RX, health, vision, employee assistance program (EAP), and dental plan offerings for full-time team members

Invest in Your Future: Company-matching 401(k) retirement plan, as well as life and disability protection for full-time team members

Your Impact Matters: Join a team of over 44,000 committed to providing exceptional patient care

Responsibilities

As a COTA you will be reporting directly to the Occupational Therapist, you will be treating patients with complex needs and challenging diagnoses.

  • Conducting individual patient therapy regimens under the supervision of an Occupational Therapist (OT).
  • Monitoring patient's response to treatment and modifying treatment during sessions as indicated in collaboration with an OT.
  • Completing appropriate documentation according to department policies and procedures.
  • Participating in departmental, hospital, and community continuing education seminars and in-services.

Minimum Qualifications

Current state licensure or eligibility for state licensure as a Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant required.

  • Certified BLS or completion in first 90 days of employment required or as required by state regulations.
  • Additional Data
  • Equal Opportunity Employer/including Disabled/Veterans

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Patient MonitoringBrain Injury CareSpinal Cord Injury CareNeurological Disorder CareOrthopedic CareAmputation CareBLS Certification

Occupational Therapist Career Context

In Arizona, the Occupational Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$96k (165 salary observations; 519 listings), vs ~$97k nationally (6,856 salary observations; 26,330 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).

What does the Occupational Therapy market look like in Arizona?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Arizona vs national$96k median in Arizona$97k nationally (−1%)165 state / 6,856 national salary observations
Cost of livingArizona index 100.7US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Occupational Therapy listings in Arizona210 active9,433 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedArizona Occupational Therapist listings: 26% state a sign-on bonus (median $10k) · 11% offer loan repayment236 active listings, Oct 2026
Occupational Therapy pay trend+1.5% vs prior quarter—through Sep 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Top OTA Jobs

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$45-$50/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.

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About Banner Rehabilitation Hospital – West

Hospitals and Health Care
51-200 employees

Benefits & Perks

Extensive and thorough orientation program
Generous PTO and Paid Sick Time for full-time team members
Comprehensive medical/RX, health, vision, employee assistance program (EAP), and dental plan offerings for full-time team members
Company-matching 401(k) retirement plan
Life and disability protection for full-time team members

Living in Peoria

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$414k
Typical market rent
$1,851/mo
Residents’ average commute
28 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
103.3
State income tax
Up to 2.5%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 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.