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Adoration Health
Charlottesville, Virginia

Occupational Therapist Assistant/ COTA

Occupational TherapistFull-Time

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Job Description

Our Company

Adoration Health

Overview

Our therapy team executes customized treatment plans that deliver real results and exceed patients' expectations. If you're motivated to give our clients a more positive quality of life we encourage you to apply today!

Responsibilities

  • Assisting the Occupational Therapist in the implementation of treatment intervention
  • Administer therapeutic exercises and activities to improve patients; strength, mobility and function.
  • Providing training to individuals and any others involved in their rehabilitation, and documenting results of the training

Maintain Accurate and Up-to-date Patient Records

  • Supporting individuals' plan of treatment by documenting and reporting status changes to the multi-disciplinary team members as appropriate
  • Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

  • Degree from a certified occupational therapy assistant training program
  • Current Occupational Therapist Assistant certification in state of practice
  • Current Live CPR Certification
  • Two-step TB skin test required
  • Proof of Auto Insurance
  • Knowledge of evidence based therapy interventions
  • Familiarity with assisted living, independent living, geriatrics and/or home health
  • One year preferred
  • New grads encouraged to apply
  • Ability to lift 50 pounds
  • Moving, lifting, or transferring of patients which may involve lifting of up to 100 pounds following safety procedures
  • Duties require fine motor skills, visual acuity, and walking/ standing for extended periods

Additional physical requirements include: pushing/pulling, bending/stooping, reaching, kneeling, and positioning frequently at times

A health screen or examination may be required prior to assignment and periodically thereafter, depending on specific location policy, local and state regulations to verify employee is physically capable of performing assigned duties with or without reasonable accommodations

About Our Line of Business

Adoration Health, an affiliate of BrightSpring Health Services, provides quality and compassionate services in the comfort of home, providing support for patients, families, and caregivers in their time of need. Adoration was formed to fill the need for a loving, community-focused, caring organization.

We empower patients to live with dignity, find a sense of fulfillment, and celebrate with their families a life well-lived. Our employees and caregivers are proud to be a part of the Adoration team and the mission of our company. For more information, please visit adorationhealth.com. Follow us on Facebook and LinkedIn.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Patient rehabilitationDocumentationPatient carePatient transfer

Occupational Therapist Career Context

In Virginia, the Occupational Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$97k (161 salary observations; 626 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 Virginia is 101.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.1% of Virginia 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).

Top OTA Jobs

1 matches · ranked by pay
#1

COTA / Certified Occupational Therapist Assistant - Home Health

Adoration Health · Richmond, Virginia

$35-$40/hr

Work-life snapshot

median 4.8this job 3.0
Better work-life than 20% of Occupational Therapy Assistant listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,043 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Charlottesville

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$468k
Typical market rent
$1,959/mo
Residents’ average commute
17 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
99.1
State income tax
Up to 5.8%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Charlottesville, VA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About Adoration Health

Hospitals and Health Care
Louisville, Kentucky
501-1,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

New grads encouraged to apply