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Aegis Therapies
Covington, Tennessee

Occupational Therapist Outpatient - PRN

Occupational TherapistNo weekendsNo nightsPer Diem

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Job Description

  • Occupational Therapist – Outpatient
  • Great Work/life Balance and Flexibility of hours
  • Full-time, Part-time & Consistent PRN Opportunities Available
  • Location: Parkway Cove, Covington TN
  • Setting: Assisted Living, Independent Living, Outpatient,
  • Lovely Community - Work with higher functioning residents

Job Type: Full-time, Part-time, PRN

Schedule: Monday to Friday, No Weekends, No Evenings

With an Occupational Therapy Outpatient career, you get the best of both worlds: the chance to improve the lives of seniors while maintaining greater flexibility in your schedule. You’ll get to show off your outgoing personality and flex your business skills by helping market the clinic, create your own schedule and work independently.

Aegis Therapies, one of the nation’s leading providers of contract rehabilitation and wellness services, is hiring an Occupational Therapist to join our supportive team and reap the benefits of some of the best career advantages in the industry.

Why Aegis Therapies

Career Growth & Development: We invest in your future with specialized, ongoing training, career advancement opportunities and the strongest clinical support in the industry.

Flexibility - Redefining Work-life Balance: We offer you the opportunity to maintain flexibility and a healthy work-life balance, so you never have to choose between your career and the things that make life worth living.

  • Impactful Work: Make a meaningful difference in the lives of our patients.
  • Supportive Environment: Collaborate with teams that value your expertise and dedication.

Benefits

  • Support, local clinical mentorship, clinical education and unlimited CEUs
  • Create your own career path: clinically, management, etc.
  • Flexible schedule, paid time off, plus one paid CEU day
  • Licensure and professional membership reimbursement
  • Interdisciplinary collaboration for providing the best patient care
  • Medical, dental, vision within the first 30 days

National Opportunity to Transfer While Maintaining Seniority

  • Multiple settings nationwide: CCRC, SNF, Assisted Living, Independent Living, Outpatient Clinics, Home Health, Post-Acute, Telehealth
  • New Grads Welcomed!
  • And much more

You’ll treat residents Monday-Friday – no evenings or weekends!

Plus, you’ll treat residents in their room or in an on-site outpatient clinic so there’s no need to travel to homes outside the building. At Aegis Therapies, we take a patient-centered approach that ensures you’ll have the opportunity to truly make a difference. Apply today.

Qualifications

  • Current license as Occupational Therapist or ability to obtain in the state of practice.
  • Previous experience in outpatient, preferred.

EEO Statement

Aegis Therapies and its Family of Companies is committed to a diverse workforce and is an Equal Opportunity Employer. For detailed information on your rights, Click Here OR aegistherapies.com.

Key Responsibilities

The Occupational Therapist will provide rehabilitation and wellness services to residents in an outpatient setting. They are responsible for creating their own schedule, marketing the clinic, and collaborating with interdisciplinary teams to ensure high-quality patient care.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Outpatient careGeriatric care

Occupational Therapist Career Context

In Tennessee, the Occupational Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$94k (44 salary observations; 458 listings), vs ~$97k nationally (5,096 salary observations; 27,028 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 Tennessee is 91.9 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 58.6% of Tennessee clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

What does the Occupational Therapy market look like in Tennessee?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score6.8 / 10 · top 25% in occupational therapyranked against 9,128 Occupational Therapy listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed paynot listedOccupational Therapy median $94k (middle half $84k–$103k)82 comparable listings, Oct 2026
Tennessee vs national$94k median in Tennessee$97k nationally (−4%)44 state / 5,096 national salary observations
Cost of livingTennessee index 91.9US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Occupational Therapy listings in Tennessee190 active9,135 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 6% remote · 34% no call · 68% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedTennessee Occupational Therapist listings: 7% state a sign-on bonus (median $8k) · 9% offer loan repayment204 active listings, Oct 2026
Occupational Therapy pay trend+2.2% vs prior quarter—through Sep 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (9,128 Occupational Therapy listings), BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Occupational Therapist Outpatient - PRN at Aegis Therapies a 6.8 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 25% in Occupational Therapy — ranked against 9,128 active Occupational Therapy listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements, no night shifts.

Location & Logistics

Tennessee has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.

Top contract/1099 Occupational Therapist Jobs

43 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

38 jobs · 33 employers
14
<$105k
6
$105k-120k
7
$120k-135k
8
$135k-150k
3
$150k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

39 jobs · 33 employers
401k / retirement match
100%
CME allowance
62% this job
Loan repayment
15%
Sign-on bonus
13%
PSLF eligible
3%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

Occupational Therapist (Home Health)

21st Century Home Health Services · Galt, California

$130k-$160k
#2

Occupational Therapist, OT, Flexible Schedule, Home HealthContract

Concierge Home Care · Melbourne, Florida

$70-$75/hr
#3

School-Based Occupational Therapist (OT)

$67-$73/hr
#4

Occupational Therapist

$57-$70/hr
+ 41 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 4.8this job 6.8
Better work-life than 80% of Occupational Therapy listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 9,128 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends
  • No nights
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About Aegis Therapies

Hospitals and Health Care
Frisco, Texas
1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Medical, dental, vision within first 30 days
Unlimited CEUs
Paid time off
One paid CEU day
Licensure and professional membership reimbursement
Flexible schedule
New Grads Welcomed

Living in Covington

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$216k
Typical market rent
$1,063/mo
Residents’ average commute
23 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
92.2
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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