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Aegis Therapies
Maryville, Illinois

Occupational Therapist / OTR - PRN

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Job Description

Occupational Therapist - PRN

  • Job Type: PRN
  • Schedule: Flexible Hours
  • Setting: Nursing Home, Rehabilitation Center, Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Location: Maryville, IL

Aegis Therapies, one of the nation’s leading providers of 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 30 days or less
  • National opportunity to transfer while maintaining employment status
  • Multiple settings nationwide: CCRC, SNF, Assisted Living, Outpatient Clinics, Home Health
  • New Grads Welcomed!
  • And much more

Qualifications

Current license as an Occupational Therapist or ability to obtain in the state of practice.

If you enjoy working in geriatrics and have a current Occupational Therapy license, we would like to discuss what is most important to you. Aegis Therapies is committed to designing jobs to meet your needs.

Let us help find the career of your dreams! Apply Today.

EEO Statement

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Key Responsibilities

Provide high-quality occupational therapy services to patients in nursing homes and rehabilitation centers. Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to ensure the best patient care outcomes.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Occupational Therapist Career Context

In Illinois, the Occupational Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$93k (286 salary observations; 885 listings), vs ~$97k nationally (5,405 salary observations; 28,087 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-11-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

The cost-of-living index for Illinois is 100.0 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 62.6% of Illinois clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

What does the Occupational Therapy market look like in Illinois?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed paynot listedOccupational Therapy median $111k (middle half $106k–$130k)11 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Illinois vs national$93k median in Illinois$97k nationally (−5%)286 state / 5,405 national salary observations
Cost of livingIllinois index 100.0US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Occupational Therapy listings in Illinois291 active8,933 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 40% no call · 70% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedIllinois Occupational Therapist listings: 17% state a sign-on bonus (median $10k) · 14% offer loan repayment349 active listings, Nov 2026
New Occupational Therapy listings3,122 in the last 30 days1,573 the 30 days before (+98%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Occupational Therapy pay trend+4.5% 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.

Top contract/1099 Occupational Therapist Jobs

44 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

38 jobs · 33 employers
9
<$95k
12
$95k-115k
7
$115k-135k
9
$135k-155k
1
$156k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

35 jobs · 33 employers
401k / retirement match
97%
CME allowance
63% this job
Sign-on bonus
17%
Loan repayment
14%
PSLF eligible
9%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

Occupational Therapist, OT, Flexible Schedule, Home HealthContract

Concierge Home Care · Melbourne, Florida

$70-$75/hr
#2

School-Based Occupational Therapist (OT)

Strides Therapy and Educational Services · Baltimore, Maryland

$67-$73/hr
#3

Occupational Therapist, OT

$62-$72/hr
#4

Occupational Therapist

$57-$70/hr
+ 42 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 4.8this job 4.8
Better work-life than 50% of Occupational Therapy listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 8,999 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Aegis Therapies

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

Benefits & Perks

Support and Local Clinical Mentorship
Clinical Education and Unlimited CEUs
Flexible Schedule
Paid Time Off
One Paid CEU Day
Licensure and Professional Membership Reimbursement
Medical, Dental, Vision (within 30 days or less)
National Opportunity to Transfer

Living in Maryville

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$311k
Median resident rent
$1,145/mo
Residents’ average commute
29 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
95.1
State income tax
Up to 5%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · St. Louis, MO-IL metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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