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New Vista of the Bluegrass
Louisville, Kentucky

Certified Occupational Therapist Assistant

Occupational TherapistFull-Time

Listed compensation

$35/hour

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Posted 1mo ago

Job Description

If you are compassionate, caregiving professional with a passion for helping adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities achieve their best life, we have a place on our team for you!

Our employees experience all the benefits of working for a company that values their employees by providing a robust incentive and benefits package:

  • Top Tier Health, Vision and Dental Insurance
  • Generous Paid Time Off
  • Tuition Assistance up to $5,000 per year
  • Retirement savings 401K with up to 5% company match
  • Employee Assistance, Free Wellness Clinic, Perks and More!

Minimum Requirements

  • Graduate of an accredited Occupational Therapy Assistant program.
  • Must be licensed by the Kentucky Board of Licensure and Certification for Occupational Therapy
  • Must be licensed by the National Board of Occupational Therapy.
  • Must have valid driver's license
  • Must have ability to pass drug and background screening

Preferred Education /Experience

  • Preferred experience working with individuals with intellectual disabilities.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time position, with some flexibility of daily work schedule. This is an hourly 37.5-hour work week.

Essential Functions

  • Implements treatment plan of care at the direction of the occupational therapist.
  • Monitor and report status and progress of individuals.
  • Train and monitor physical and sensory support plans.
  • Shall provide services to meet the treatment needs of the specialty intermediate care (IC) clinic patients for services in field of care. Shall meet requirements of 902 KAR 20:410 Specialty Intermediate Care Clinics as warranted.
  • Provides Client based individual services to help maintain/ improve client well being.
  • Assists in Community integration.

COMPETENCIES

Requirements for state licensure (minimum of 12 CEUs per licensure cycle)

Supervisory Responsibility

Supervises therapy support staff when needed.

Travel

In this position local travel would be required to provide coverage to multiple New Vista Community Home settings. Travel is less than 20% of the expected total job duty.

New Vista prohibits discrimination and harassment against any applicant, employee or contractor on the basis of sex, race, color, age, national or ethnic origin, religion, physical disability, mental disability, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, citizenship, pregnancy or maternity, protected veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by applicable federal, state or local law.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, working conditions, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, wage and salary administration, employee benefits and training.

It is also the company’s policy to prohibit all forms of retaliation against any individual who has complained of harassing or discriminatory conduct, encouraged another to complain, participated in an investigation into such complaints, or opposed unlawful discrimination.

Key Responsibilities

Implements treatment plans under the direction of an occupational therapist and monitors the progress of individuals with disabilities. Provides direct client services to improve well-being and assists with community integration.

Requirements

Requires graduation from an accredited Occupational Therapy Assistant program and current licensure by the Kentucky Board and the National Board. Candidates must also possess a valid driver's license and be able to pass drug and background screenings.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Treatment PlanningPatient MonitoringPhysical SupportDocumentationClinical Reporting

Occupational Therapist Career Context

The cost-of-living index for Kentucky is 90.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.6% of Kentucky 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).

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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 Louisville

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$277k
Typical market rent
$1,353/mo
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
93.1
State income tax
Up to 4.5%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About New Vista of the Bluegrass

Mental Health Care
Lexington, KY
501-1,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Top Tier Health, Vision and Dental Insurance
Generous Paid Time Off
Tuition Assistance up to $5,000 per year
Retirement Savings 401K with up to 5% company match
Employee Assistance
Free Wellness Clinic
Perks