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Topeka, Kansas

Occupational Therapist Assistant

Occupational Therapy AssistantFull-Time

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Job Description

  • The Healthcare Resort of Topeka
  • Come join our team and start making a difference!
  • Job Title: Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA)
  • Full-Time (benefits) and Part-Time

The Occupational Therapist Assistant is responsible for assisting the Occupational Therapist by providing rehabilitative therapy to patients upon completion of the evaluation and plan of care following all regulatory and clinical practice requirements. This includes recovery, improvement in function and when possible, a return to a prior level of functioning. Clinical documentation will describe objective measures and justification for continued or discontinued services.

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

Assist the Occupational Therapist in providing rehabilitative therapy to patients in accordance with the evaluation and plan of care, clinical practice requirements, and applicable regulations. Support patients’ recovery and functional improvement, and document objective measures and the rationale for continuing or discontinuing services.

Key Skills

Patient CareFunctional RecoveryTreatment Plan ImplementationObjective MeasurementRegulatory ComplianceTeamwork

Occupational Therapist Career Context

The cost-of-living index for Kansas is 90.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.0% of Kansas clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Occupational Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 4.1% vs. the prior quarter (through Oct 2026).

What does the Occupational Therapy market look like in Kansas?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Cost of livingKansas index 90.1US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Occupational Therapy listings in Kansas83 active9,028 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedUS occupational therapist listings (all specialties): 12% state a sign-on bonus (median $10k) · 8% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Nov 2026
New Occupational Therapy listings3,212 in the last 30 days1,658 the 30 days before (+94%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Occupational Therapy pay trend+4.1% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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 Ensign Services

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

Benefits & Perks

Medical, dental, and vision insurance
401(k) with match
DailyPay
Career advancement opportunities
Scholarship opportunities
Employee discounts

Living in Topeka

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$205k
Typical market rent
$1,249/mo
Residents’ average commute
17 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
88.8
State income tax
Up to 5.7%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Topeka, KS metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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