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Aegis Therapies
Alcester, South Dakota

Occupational Therapist / OTR - Float

Occupational TherapistFull-Time

Listed compensation

$40-$45/hr

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Job Description

Occupational Therapist / OTR

  • Job Type: Full-time
  • Schedule: 40 hours per week
  • Setting: Nursing Home, Rehabilitation Center, Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Location: Beresford, SD
  • Pay: $40 to $45 per hour

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.

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Key Responsibilities

Provide occupational therapy services within nursing homes and rehabilitation centers to improve patient outcomes. Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to ensure the delivery of high-quality patient care.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Clinical documentation

Occupational Therapist Career Context

Of the 43 active Occupational Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 51% have no call, 77% require no weekends.

Occupational Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 7.9% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for South Dakota is 88.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$88k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $100k in an average-cost state. 58.2% of South Dakota clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Location & Logistics

South Dakota has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states. At the posted ~$88k midpoint, that is roughly $4k–$6k a year versus a typical 4–7% state rate.

Top Occupational Therapist Jobs

15 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution15 jobs · 11 employers

5
<$100k
4
$100k-120k
1
$126k
4
$140k-160k
1
$160k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks15 jobs · 11 employers

401k / retirement match
93%
CME allowance
67% this job
Sign-on bonus
53%
Loan repayment
20%
Relocation assistance
20%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

Occupational Therapist

Amedisys · Hayward, California

$129k–$160k
#2

Acute Care Occupational Therapist

Sentara Health · Hampton, Virginia

$96k-$141k
#3

Occupational Therapist

$96k-$141k
#4

Occupational Therapist Matawan NJ

$140k
+ 13 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 9,156 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Alcester

Median resident rent
$688/mo
Residents’ average commute
15 min
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

Sources: U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

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

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Benefits & Perks

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