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Adaptive Home Health
Macomb, Michigan

Occupational Therapist Assistant (COTA)

Occupational Therapy AssistantIncludes weekendsFull-Time

Compensation

Pay not listed

The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday

Weekend work is also flagged as required; confirm which days and how often.

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Posted 2mo ago

Job Description

  • Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant (COTA) - Home Health
  • Schedule: Full-time Monday–Friday + occasional weekends (as needed)
  • Location: Field-based

Who We Are

Adaptive Home Health is building a higher-acuity, patient-centered home health model across Detroit. 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 — 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.

  • Must-haves
  • Active Michigan 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

Key Responsibilities

Deliver skilled occupational therapy assistant visits in patient homes according to the supervising therapist's plan of care. Coordinate with the broader care team to track functional progress and document patient updates efficiently.

Requirements

Requires an active Michigan COTA license and the ability to work independently in a field-based environment. Candidates must possess strong clinical judgment, effective communication skills, and a valid driver's license for daily travel.

Key Skills

Patient assessmentSafety and fall preventionADL trainingIADL trainingClinical documentationCare coordinationFunctional treatment planning

Occupational Therapist Career Context

In Michigan, the Occupational Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$92k (85 salary observations; 944 listings), vs ~$97k nationally (5,357 salary observations; 29,628 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-11-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

The cost-of-living index for Michigan is 96.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.8% of Michigan clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

What does the Occupational Therapy market look like in Michigan?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score6.3 / 10 · above average in occupational therapy assistantranked against 1,043 Occupational Therapy Assistant listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Michigan vs national$92k median in Michigan$97k nationally (−5%)85 state / 5,357 national salary observations
Cost of livingMichigan index 96.2US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Occupational Therapy listings in Michigan301 active9,080 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedMichigan occupational therapist listings (all specialties): 16% state a sign-on bonus (median $10k) · 11% offer loan repayment322 active listings, Nov 2026
New Occupational Therapy listings3,267 in the last 30 days1,694 the 30 days before (+93%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Occupational Therapy pay trend+2.9% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (1,043 Occupational Therapy Assistant listings), BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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.

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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.

  • Includes weekends
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About Adaptive Home Health

Home Health Care Services
Richardson, Texas
201-500 employees

Benefits & Perks

Flexible schedule
Cutting-edge tech
Clear productivity model with upside

Living in Macomb

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$417k
Typical market rent
$1,745/mo
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
100.3
State income tax
Up to 4.3%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026).

BEA 2024 · Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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