COTA / Occupational Therapist Assistant

Occupational TherapistNo weekendsFull-Time

Compensation

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Job Description

Our Company

Rehab Without Walls Neuro Rehabilitation

Overview

Occupational Therapist Assistant (COTA) - San Antonio, TX

Who We're Looking For

  • Experienced COTA/OTA to provide individualized and functional therapy in real-world settings
  • Neurorehabilitation experience (stroke, TBI, SCI) focused on meaningful outcomes
  • Values clinical autonomy, work-life balance, and being part of a collaborative, high-performing rehab team

What You’ll Receive

  • Flexible Schedule Created by You (no weekends)
  • Paid per hour (not PPV model)
  • Drive Time paid at clinical rate & mileage reimbursement
  • Co-treat & collaborative with rehab team
  • Supportive Leadership
  • Growth opportunities

Responsibilities

Assisting the Occupational Therapist in the implementation of vocational and educational activities designed to restore and reinforce individuals' task performance and promote their overall health and self-sufficiency

Designing and adapting equipment for working and living environments, including fabricating assistive devices to improve participation in the program and/or community

Conducting community reintegration activities to assist individuals with their occupational therapy needs during physical activity

Providing training to individuals and any others involved in their rehabilitation, and documenting results of the training

Supporting individuals' plan of treatment by documenting and reporting status changes to the rehabilitation specialist, clinical coordinator, attending physician, and other treatment team members as appropriate

Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

  • Degree from a certified occupational therapy assistant training program
  • Current Occupational Therapist Assistant certification
  • Knowledge of complex neurologic injury and neuro-rehabilitation techniques
  • Minimum of 2 years of clinical experience assisting in the assessment and management of traumatic brain injury or related neurological conditions
  • Current CPR certification
  • Knowledge of complex neurologic injury and orthopedic rehabilitation techniques

About Our Line of Business

Rehab Without Walls, an affiliate of BrightSpring Health Services, is a revolutionary neurorehabilitation program that moves individuals outside the walls of institutional settings and into their natural home and community environment through a continuum of care.

It is designed to significantly help people who have primarily experienced a brain injury, spinal cord injury, or stroke/CVA through accident or illness regain functional capabilities.

By providing care in the home, community, workplace, or school, Rehab Without Walls promotes greater health through the recovery process, all with industry-leading outcomes that dramatically improve functional skills and independence for patients. For more information, please visit rehabwithoutwalls.com. Follow us on Facebook and LinkedIn.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Stroke rehabilitationTraumatic brain injury managementSpinal cord injury careAssistive device fabricationPatient documentationClinical assessmentTreatment planningPatient training

Occupational Therapist Career Context

In Texas, the Occupational Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$95k (186 salary observations; 2,330 listings), vs ~$97k nationally (4,521 salary observations; 25,570 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 Texas is 97.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 57.7% of Texas clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Occupational Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 3.7% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates COTA / Occupational Therapist Assistant at Rehab Without Walls Neuro Rehabilitation a 6.3 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Occupational Therapy Assistant — ranked against 1,043 active Occupational Therapy Assistant listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.

Location & Logistics

Texas has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.

Top OTA Jobs

5 matches · ranked by pay

Work-Life Balance Distribution5 jobs

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Higher = better work-life balance

#1

Occupational Therapist Assistant (COTA)- $50 rate per visit W/Retention of 1,500

BrightStar Care - Rio Grande Valley, TX · Edinburg, Texas

$50/visit
#2

COTA / Certified Occupational Therapist Assistant - Home Health

Adoration Health · Richmond, Virginia

$35-$40/hr
#3

Certified Occupational Therapist Assistant (COTA)

$33-$38/hr
#4

PRN Occupational Therapist Assistant - Inpatient Rehabilitation/Acute Care

$30-$36/hr
+ 3 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 4.8this job 6.3
Better work-life than 70% of Occupational Therapy Assistant listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,043 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends

Living in San Antonio

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$226k
Typical market rent
$1,386/mo
Residents’ average commute
25 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
94.7
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About Rehab Without Walls Neuro Rehabilitation

Hospitals and Health Care
Louisville, Kentucky
501-1,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Flexible Schedule Created by You
No weekends
Paid per hour (not PPV model)
Drive Time paid at clinical rate
Mileage reimbursement
Co-treat & collaborative with rehab team
Supportive Leadership
Growth opportunities