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Ensign Services
Lakewood, Colorado

Certified Occupational Therapist Assistant (COTA)

Occupational TherapistFull-Time

Listed compensation

$28-$44/hr

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Posted 2mo ago

Job Description

  • Oakwood Care and Rehabilitation
  • Come join our team and start making a difference!
  • Job Title: Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA)
  • Salary: $28.00 - $44.00 per hour
  • Schedule: PRN, PT, FT Options

Duties

Provide rehabilitative, skilled, and medically necessary treatment interventions to patients with cognitive and/or physical functioning disorders, following regulatory and clinical standards under Occupational Therapist supervision.

Administer various rehabilitation procedures, including ADL retraining, therapeutic activities, exercises, modalities, and the use of supportive and assistive devices, under Occupational Therapist supervision.

Assess patient progress and communicate with the supervising Occupational Therapist to adjust treatments in accordance with regulatory and clinical practice requirements.

Report treatment outcomes' effectiveness to the supervising Occupational Therapist.

Qualifications

  • Graduate of an accredited Occupational Therapy Assistant program.
  • Hold a current and active State license/registration where applicable.
  • Candidates with all levels of experience are welcome.

Are you looking for a career that will make a difference in your lives and others? Come join our amazing team where you can help express your love, compassion, energy and creative skills for our patients!

We are committed to providing an excellent clinical experience for our patients and an amazing work environment for our employees. Join a team that works together to ensure our patients receive the best care possible. We are looking for passionate, dedicated, and caring individuals that are ready to jump in and be a part of the industry change. We strive to create a diverse and inclusive workplace welcoming applicant from all backgrounds and walks of life.

Our company mission is to strive every day to be the skilled nursing facility of choice in our community.

Our facility’s successes depend upon our highly motivated team working to improve the daily lives of our residents and driven to provide extraordinary service by creating a team that is dedicated to upholding our facility’s mission.

You’ll meet a team of innovators—Nurses, Therapists and other Clinicians, all professionals at the tops of their games, genuinely committed, remarkably caring and wholeheartedly compassionate.

This feeling of Family and Caring permeates everything we do, and enables us to attract the most outstanding team members our community has to offer.

  • C.A.P.L.I.C.O.
  • Customer Second, Employee First
  • Accountability
  • Passion for Learning
  • Love one Another
  • Intelligent Risk Taking
  • Celebration
  • Ownership

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, vision
  • 401K (Match)
  • DailyPay
  • Career advancement opportunities

Scholarship Opportunities

  • Employee discounts on entertainment events, hotels, movies, theme parks, cell phones, and much more!
  • For benefit details check us out here ensignbenefits.com
  • Benefits eligibility for some benefits dependent on full time employment status.

Disclaimer: Pay rates are competitive and determined by various factors. Please note that any rates labeled as "estimated" are provided by third-party job boards and may not accurately reflect the actual pay rates.

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Key Responsibilities

Provide rehabilitative and medically necessary treatment interventions to patients under the supervision of an Occupational Therapist. Assess patient progress and communicate outcomes to the supervising therapist to adjust treatment plans accordingly.

Key Skills

Rehabilitative treatmentPatient assessmentClinical documentationSupportive devicesPatient careRegulatory compliance

Physical Therapy — Occupational Therapist Career Context

The cost-of-living index for Colorado is 103.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$75k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $73k in an average-cost state. 60.9% of Colorado clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Occupational Therapist pay on WeekdayDoc is up 2.6% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Certified Occupational Therapist Assistant (COTA) at Ensign Services a 7.9 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 5% in Occupational Therapy Assistant — ranked against 1,043 active Occupational Therapy Assistant listings on WeekdayDoc.

Top OTA Jobs

4 matches · ranked by pay
#1

Occupational Therapist Assistant (COTA)

Choice Rehab · Boulder, Colorado

$65k-$98k
#2

COTA / Certified Occupational Therapist Assistant - Home Health

Adoration Health · Colorado Springs, Colorado

$63k-$84k
#3

COTA / Certified Occupational Therapist Assistant - Home Health

$35-$40/hr
#4

Occupational Therapist Assistant

$30-$42/hr
+ 2 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 4.8this job 7.9
Among the best 10% of Occupational Therapy Assistant listings for work-life

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

Living in Lakewood

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$557k
Typical market rent
$1,800/mo
Residents’ average commute
26 min
State income tax
Up to 4.4%
Sources & methodology

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

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

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About Ensign Services

Hospitals and Health Care
San Juan Capistrano, California
1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Medical
Dental
Vision
401K Match
DailyPay
Career Advancement Opportunities
Scholarship Opportunities
Employee Discounts