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Aegis Therapies
Metropolis, Illinois

Occupational Therapist / OTR

Occupational TherapistNo callNo weekendsFull-Time

Compensation

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Job Description

  • Occupational Therapist
  • Job Type: Full-time
  • Schedule: Flexible, up to 40 hours per week
  • Setting: Nursing Home, Rehabilitation Center, Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Location: Metropolis Nursing & Rehabilitation - Metropolis, IL

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.

EEO Statement

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Key Responsibilities

Provide occupational therapy services to patients within a nursing home and rehabilitation setting. 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

In Illinois, the Occupational Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$93k (258 salary observations; 920 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 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, 30% have no call, 78% require no weekends.

Aegis Therapies ranks #6 of 23 employers hiring Occupational Therapist on WeekdayDoc by average advertised pay.

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 Occupational Therapist / OTR at Aegis Therapies a 7.9 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 5% in Occupational Therapy — ranked against 9,471 active Occupational Therapy listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no weekend requirements.

Top Occupational Therapist Jobs

49 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution48 jobs · 37 employers

18
<$105k
13
$105k-120k
6
$120k-135k
7
$135k-150k
4
$156k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks37 jobs

401k / retirement match
95%
CME allowance
62% this job
Sign-on bonus
41%
Loan repayment
14%
Relocation assistance
8%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

Occupational Therapist, OT, Flexible Schedule, Home HealthContract

Concierge Home Care · Melbourne, Florida

$70-$75/hr
#2

Occupational TherapistContract

Luna Physical Therapy · Chicago, Illinois

$68-$75/hr
#3

School Occupational Therapist (OT) - Manhattan

$75 an hour
#4

School Occupational Therapist (OT) - Brooklyn

$75 an hour
+ 47 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 4.8this job 7.9
Among the best 10% of Occupational Therapy listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 9,471 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No call
  • No weekends

Living in Metropolis

Median resident rent
$752/mo
Residents’ average commute
16 min
State income tax
Up to 5%
Sources & methodology

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

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

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About Aegis Therapies

Hospitals and Health Care
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1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Flexible schedule
Paid time off
Paid CEU day
Unlimited CEUs
Licensure reimbursement
Medical, dental, vision
National transfer opportunities