Occupational Therapist Assistant (COTA)
Listed compensation
$58/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
- Comp: $58 per point/30 points per week
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.
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
Key Responsibilities
Deliver skilled occupational therapy assistant visits in patient homes under the supervising therapist's plan of care. Coordinate with the broader care team to track functional progress and escalate changes in patient condition.
Key Skills
Occupational Therapist Career Context
In Texas, the Occupational Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$96k (210 salary observations; 3,136 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 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).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Work-life score | 6.0 / 10 · above average in occupational therapy assistant | ranked against 1,043 Occupational Therapy Assistant listingslisting-based score, 0–10 |
| Listed pay | not listed | Occupational Therapy median $64k (middle half $62k–$78k)12 comparable listings, Nov 2026 |
| Texas vs national | $96k median in Texas | $97k nationally (−1%)210 state / 5,357 national salary observations |
| Cost of living | Texas index 97.1 | US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Occupational Therapy listings in Texas | 902 active | 8,935 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | Texas occupational therapist listings (all specialties): 8% state a sign-on bonus (median $5k) · 6% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| New Occupational Therapy listings | 3,267 in the last 30 days | 1,696 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 |
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Occupational Therapist Assistant (COTA) at Adaptive Home Health a 6.0 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. Contributing factors include 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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