Occupational Therapist Assistant (COTA)

Occupational TherapistNo weekendsFull-Time

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

Safety and fall preventionClinical documentation

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 top 35% of all Occupational Therapy occupational therapist listings evaluated on our platform. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.

Occupational Therapist Career Context

In Texas, the Occupational Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$93k (75 salary observations; 753 listings), vs ~$96k nationally (1,946 salary observations; 8,121 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-09-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

Occupational Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 4.2% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

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).

Location & Logistics

Texas has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.

Top Ota Jobs

8 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution6 jobs

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<$80k
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$85k
0
$90k-100k
2
$100k-110k

Annual compensation range

Work-Life Balance Distribution8 jobs

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Higher = better work-life balance

#1

Occupational Therapist Assistant - COTA

Rehab Without Walls Neuro Rehabilitation · Sacramento, California

$47-$52/hr
#2

Occupational Therapist Assistant (COTA)- $50 rate per visit W/Retention of 1,500

BrightStar Care - Rio Grande Valley, TX · Edinburg, Texas

$50/visit
#3

Occupational Therapist or Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant, School-Based

$85k
#4

Home Health Occupational Therapist Assistant-PRN

$58k-$79k
+ 6 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

6.0/ 10
Listing-based score
  • No weekends

Living in Dallas

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$286k
Typical market rent
$1,591/mo
Residents’ average commute
26 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
103.1
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About Adaptive Home Health

Home Health Care Services
Richardson, Texas
201-500 employees

Benefits & Perks

Flexible scheduling
Smart routing and coordination
Cutting-edge charting technology
Predictable schedule