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Aegis Therapies
Peoria, Illinois

Occupational Therapist / OTR - PRN

Occupational TherapistPer Diem

Listed compensation

$55/hr

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Job Description

Occupational Therapist / OTR - PRN

  • Job Type: PRN
  • Schedule: Flexible hours, as needed
  • Setting: Retirement Community, Rehabilitation Center, Skilled Nursing Facility, Senior Living
  • Location: Peoria, IL
  • Pay: state range up to $55 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.

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

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Key Responsibilities

Provide high-quality rehabilitation and wellness services to patients within various clinical settings. Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to ensure the best patient care outcomes.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Clinical documentation

Occupational Therapist Career Context

In Illinois, the Occupational Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$93k (282 salary observations; 955 listings), vs ~$96k nationally (4,563 salary observations; 25,028 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 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).

Of the 50 active Occupational Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 10% are remote, 36% have no call, 68% require no weekends.

Occupational Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 3.5% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Top contract/1099 Occupational Therapist Jobs

47 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution26 jobs · 21 employers

11
<$115k
9
$115k-130k
1
$135k
5
$145k-160k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks30 jobs · 21 employers

401k / retirement match
93%
CME allowance
63% this job
Sign-on bonus
20%
Loan repayment
3%
PSLF eligible
3%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

Occupational Therapist (OT)- South County

Home Care Providers Group · San Diego, California

$158k – $198k
#2

Home Care Occupational TherapistPer Diem

US Physical Therapy · Morristown, New Jersey

$74-$93.75/hr
#3

Home Care Occupational Therapist- (Morris County)

$74-$93.75/hr
#4

Home Care Occupational Therapist- 1099 (Queens)

$80-$90/hr
+ 45 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 9,334 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Peoria

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$153k
Typical market rent
$1,266/mo
Residents’ average commute
18 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
91.2
State income tax
Up to 5%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Peoria, IL metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About Aegis Therapies

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1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
Paid Time Off
CEU Allowance
Licensure Reimbursement
Professional Membership Reimbursement
Flexible Schedule