Occupational Therapist Assistant (COTA)
Listed compensation
$58 per point
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
- Location: Field-based- Katy, TX and surrounding areas/Pod
- Comp: $58 Per Point
Who We Are
Who we are:
Adaptive Home Health is building a higher-acuity, patient-centered, skilled home health mode. 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 designed around the way clinicians actually work, so you can spend less time on documentation and coordination, and more time with patients.
Smarter charting: Record or dictate visits with AI Scribe, start with prefilled assessments, extract medication lists from photos, and keep all visit information in one easy-to-use place.
Scheduling that protects your time: Text patients, plan more efficient routes, and stay aligned on visit changes through one clear, coordinated schedule.
The result: less administrative burden, fewer coordination headaches, and more time for patient care.
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.
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
- EMR Experience
Key Responsibilities
Deliver skilled occupational therapy visits in patient homes under the supervision of an OT to execute functional treatment plans. Coordinate with the broader care team to track progress, escalate safety concerns, and document patient visits thoroughly.
Key Skills
Occupational Therapist Career Context
In Texas, the Occupational Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$94k (271 salary observations; 2,407 listings), vs ~$97k nationally (6,587 salary observations; 25,232 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 1.5% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Occupational Therapist Assistant (COTA) at Adaptive Home Health a 7.2 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 10% in Occupational Therapy Assistant — ranked against 1,043 active Occupational Therapy Assistant listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no weekend requirements.
Location & Logistics
Texas has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.
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