Occupational Therapist Assistant / COTA
Listed compensation
$29-$39/hr
The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed
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Job Description
Occupational Therapy Assistant / OTA
- Job Type: Full-time
- Schedule: 40 hours per week
- Setting: Nursing Home, Rehabilitation Center, Skilled Nursing Facility, Long-term Care
- Location: Legacy of Hilo - Hilo, HI
- Pay: state range $29 to $39 per hour
Aegis Therapies, one of the nation’s leading providers of rehabilitation and wellness services, is hiring an Occupational Therapy Assistant 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
- Leadership Advancement Opportunities
- 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: er while maintaining employment status
- Multiple settings nationwide: CCRC, SNF, Independent Living, Assisted Living, Outpatient Clinics, Home Health, Telehealth, Post-Acute
- New Grads Welcomed!
- And much more
Qualifications
Current license as an Occupational Therapy Assistant or ability to obtain in the state of practice.
If you enjoy working in geriatrics and have a current Occupational Therapy Assistant license, we would like to discuss what is most important to you. Aegis Therapies is committed to designing jobs to meet your needs.
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EEO Statement
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Key Responsibilities
The Occupational Therapy Assistant will provide rehabilitation and wellness services to patients in various clinical settings. They will collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to deliver high-quality patient care and support patient recovery.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
Key Skills
Occupational Therapist Career Context
The cost-of-living index for Hawaii is 110.0 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$71k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $64k in an average-cost state. 64.8% of Hawaii clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Occupational Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 3.5% vs. the prior quarter (through Oct 2026).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Cost-of-living adjusted pay | ~$64k in purchasing power | Hawaii index 110.0 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Occupational Therapy listings in Hawaii | 99 active | 8,930 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | Hawaii Occupational Therapist listings: 12% state a sign-on bonus · 4% offer loan repayment101 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| New Occupational Therapy listings | 3,166 in the last 30 days | 1,614 the 30 days before (+96%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Occupational Therapy pay trend | +3.5% vs prior quarter | —through Oct 2026 |
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