Certified Occupational Therapist Assistant (COTA)
Compensation
Pay not disclosed
- Employment & setting
- Full-Time
- Call expectations
- Not specified
- Weekends
- Not specified
Job description
Join Signature HealthCARE, LLC as a Certified Occupational Therapist Assistant (COTA) – Chapel Hill, NC in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States.
Benefits & Compensation
- Medical, Dental & Vision Coverage
- First Stop Health Virtual Healthcare
- 401(k) & Roth 401(k)
- Company-Paid & Voluntary Life Insurance
- HSA & FSA
- PTO & Holiday Incentive Pay
- Tuition Reimbursement & Tuition Discounts
- Student Debt Assistance (eligible SNF RNs & LPNs)
- Uniform Allowance
- Partner Perks Discount Program
Work Schedule
- Full-Time position.
- No explicit call, weekend, or night shift information provided.
Apply to join Signature HealthCARE, LLC as a Certified Occupational Therapist Assistant (COTA) – Chapel Hill, NC.
Key Responsibilities
The Certified Occupational Therapist Assistant will work within an integrated care model to provide rehabilitative therapy to residents and outpatients. They will collaborate with clinical caregivers to ensure patients achieve a full recovery and return to their daily activities.
Requirements
Candidates must be graduates of an accredited Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant program with at least an Associate’s Degree. A valid Certified Occupational Therapist Assistant license in the state of practice is required.
Key Skills
Occupational Therapist Career Context
In North Carolina, the Occupational Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$90k (165 salary observations; 542 listings), vs ~$96k nationally (6,995 salary observations; 20,445 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-09-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
The cost-of-living index for North Carolina is 94.3 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 59.2% of North Carolina clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Occupational Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 3.3% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).
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