Occupational Therapist Assistant (COTA)
Listed compensation
$90k-$100k
The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday
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Job Description
- Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant (COTA) - Home Health
- Schedule: Full-time Monday–Friday + occasional weekends (as needed)
- Location: Field-based
- Comp: $58.00 per point
Who We Are
Adaptive Home Health is building a higher-acuity, patient-centered home health model across Texas. Our ultimate mission is to dramatically improve patient access to home health care.
The COTA role is the front line of that mission: you deliver high-quality functional visits in the home under the OT plan of care, helping patients stay safe and independent.
We build technology to better support our field clinicians faster and more supported. Ultimately, our clinicians are the customers of our engineering team. Our charting product is designed to reduce documentation burden and keep visits moving, and our scheduling product (launching soon) will make it easier to coordinate visits, reduce last-minute changes, and protect clinician time.
What You Will Do
- Deliver skilled COTA visits in the home under the supervising OT’s plan of care.
- Execute functional treatment plans: ADLs/IADLs, safety/fall prevention, energy conservation, UE function, adaptive equipment training.
- Track objective functional progress and communicate updates/concerns to the supervising OT.
- Coordinate with nursing and the broader care team: escalate changes in condition and safety concerns.
- Document promptly and thoroughly in Homecare Homebase (HCHB) — defensible, efficient, and consistent.
Why Adaptive
Operations that back you up: You are supported by an experienced clinical and operational team so you can focus on patient care, not chasing logistics.
Clear productivity model with upside: You are paid per productivity point with clear expectations (market-specific).
Schedule flexibility: We build schedules to make field work sustainable, and we support smart routing and coordination so your day is predictable whenever possible.
Cutting-edge tech built for clinicians: Our charting tools are designed to reduce documentation burden, and our scheduling product (launching soon) will streamline visit coordination and reduce last-minute changes.
Mission-driven work: We are here to expand access to high-quality home health care, and we want therapists who take pride in raising the standard.
Requirements
- Must-haves
- Active Texas COTA license (in good standing)
- Strong clinical judgment and comfort working independently in the field (within COTA scope and under OT supervision)
- Strong communication and documentation
- Current driver’s license and comfort with daily travel across assigned territory
- Nice-to-haves
- Prior home health experience
- HCHB experience
Key Responsibilities
Deliver skilled occupational therapy assistant visits in patient homes under the supervision of an occupational therapist. Execute functional treatment plans, track patient progress, and coordinate care with the broader clinical team.
Qualifications
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Occupational Therapist Career Context
In Texas, the Occupational Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$94k (278 salary observations; 2,504 listings), vs ~$97k nationally (6,734 salary observations; 25,870 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)), so the posted ~$95k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $98k in an average-cost state. 57.7% of Texas clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Work-life score | 6.3 / 10 · above average in occupational therapy assistant | ranked against 1,043 Occupational Therapy Assistant listingslisting-based score, 0–10 |
| Listed pay | $90k–$100k | Occupational Therapy median $71k (middle half $62k–$78k)15 comparable listings, Oct 2026 |
| Texas vs national | $94k median in Texas | $97k nationally (−3%)278 state / 6,734 national salary observations |
| Cost-of-living adjusted pay | ~$98k in purchasing power | Texas index 97.1 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Occupational Therapy listings in Texas | 921 active | 9,317 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026 |
| Occupational Therapy pay trend | +1.5% vs prior quarter | —through Sep 2026 |
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Occupational Therapist Assistant (COTA) at Adaptive Home Health 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.
Location & Logistics
Texas has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states. At the posted ~$95k midpoint, that is roughly $4k–$7k a year versus a typical 4–7% state rate.
