Occupational Therapy Assistant

Building Therapy Leaders; Kerrville (TX); On-site; USD 52,000 - 78,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k w/ Match

Paid Time Off

Career Advancement Opportunities

Tuition Reimbursement

Employee discounts

Job summary

River Hills Health & Rehab in Kerrville, TX seeks a full-time Occupational Therapy Assistant to join our in-house therapy team. You will contribute to wound care, cognition programs, and rehab services while developing new initiatives.

Ideal candidates hold an OTA license, are open to all experience levels, and are committed to compassionate patient care within a post-acute setting. River Hills offers growth opportunities and a supportive work environment.

Qualifications

• OTA license is required.
• New grads welcome; open to COTAs at all experience levels.

Responsibilities

• Screen and evaluate patients with physical functioning disorders and wound care to create care plans.
• Deliver rehabilitative treatment interventions in accordance with clinical standards.
• Assist with standing/walking, lifting, transferring, and repositioning of patients and equipment.
• Administer procedures as part of the rehabilitation plan, including manual techniques, exercises, wound care.
• Provide counseling to patients and families regarding physical disorders.
• Generate discharge summaries compliant with regulatory requirements.

Skills

OTA license

COTAs welcome

Job description

Position: Occupational Therapy Assistant

Location: Kerrville, TX

Job Id: 56101-TX FT

# of Openings: 1

OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSISTANT – FULL TIME

RIVER HILLS HEALTH & REHAB – KERRVILLE, TX

Join our team and start making a difference!

Our Texas market is excited to announce our growth in the Kerrville area! We are currently seeking a Full Time Occupational Therapy Assistant to join our crew of in-house therapists at River Hills Health & Rehab and help us expand therapy programming to include Abilities Care (cognition), ACP programs, Big and Loud and wound care. As a therapy professional, you will have the freedom to create and implement additional programs to best meet the needs of the patients in this facility.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct effective screening and evaluation of patients with physical functioning disorders and/or wound care, developing appropriate care plans adhering to regulatory and clinical standards.
• Deliver rehabilitative, skilled, and medically necessary treatment interventions to patients with physical functioning disorders and/or wound care, in accordance with regulatory and clinical practice requirements.
• The role involves regular standing and walking throughout the facility and occasional lifting, transferring, and repositioning of patients and equipment. Physical demands vary throughout the day based on patient care needs.
• Administer various procedures as part of the rehabilitation plan, including manual techniques, ambulation, therapeutic exercises, modalities, use of supportive and assistive devices, and wound care.
• Provide consultation and counseling to patients, families, caregivers, and other service providers regarding physical disorders.
• Generate comprehensive discharge summaries of services provided, ensuring compliance with regulatory and clinical requirements.

Qualifications

• Occupational Therapy Assistant license is required.
• Open to COTAs at all experience levels. New Grads are welcome!

At River Hills Health & Rehab, we believe that exceptional care starts with a strong set of values that guide everything we do. As an Occupational Therapy Assistant with us, you’ll be part of a team that helps drive the CAPLICO values:
Celebration, Accountability, Passion for Learning, Love One Another, Intelligent Risk Taking, Customer Second, and Ownership. We want an individual in this role who will demonstrate these values through actions and words.

Browse our website at www.flagshiptherapy.com/who-we-are and find out why we are truly different in dignifying long term and post-acute care.

Benefits

We offer a variety of benefits programs to eligible employees. Benefit eligibility varies based on employment status and hours worked and may include:

• 401k w/ Match
• Paid Time Off
• Career Advancement Opportunities (Clinical and Administrative Growth Pathways)
• Tuition Reimbursement (facility discretion)
• Employee discounts on gym memberships, entertainment events, hotels, movies, theme parks, cell phones, and much more!

For more information regarding specific benefits offerings, please visit www.ensignbenefits.com

Eligibility for some benefits dependent on full time employment status.

About Us

River Hills Health & Rehab is an affiliate of Ensign Services, Inc. ("ESI"), a subsidiary of The Ensign Group, Inc., a national leader in post-acute care whose affiliated entities employ over 55,000 team members.

Disclaimer: Pay rates are competitive and determined by various factors. Please note that any rates labeled as "estimated" are provided by third-party job boards and may not accurately reflect the actual pay rates.

We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.

This job was posted and verified on 09/03/2026