Home Health Occupational Therapist Assistant, COTA
Elara Capital
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Flint • Missouri • 🇺🇸 United States
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Junior
About the role
- Provide occupational therapy services to patients in their homes under the supervision of an Occupational Therapist
- Follow and implement individualized plans of care to support patient independence and safety
- Monitor patient progress and communicate changes in condition to the OT, physician, and care team
- Educate patients and caregivers on therapy goals and home exercise programs
- Maintain timely, accurate clinical documentation
- Collaborate closely with interdisciplinary team members to ensure high-quality care
- Help reduce avoidable hospitalizations and ER visits through proactive, patient-centered care
Requirements
- Graduate of an accredited occupational therapy assistant program
- Active, unrestricted COTA certification in the state of practice
- Minimum 1 year of clinical experience as a COTA
- Comfortable working independently in a field-based role
- Ability and willingness to travel within the assigned coverage area (approximately 50%)
- Reliable vehicle, valid driver’s license, and current auto insurance
- Ability to lift up to 50–100 lbs and perform physical tasks associated with patient care
Benefits
- No weekends.
- No holidays.
- Better work-life balance
- Supportive, collaborative clinical team
- Competitive compensation
- Tuition reimbursement for full-time staff
- Free continuing education for all clinicians
- Clear opportunities for growth and advancement
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance
- 401(k) with employer match
- Paid time off, paid holidays, and family & pet bereavement leave
- Pet insurance
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
occupational therapyclinical documentationpatient assessmenthome exercise programspatient caremonitoring patient progressindividualized plans of carepatient independence supportlifting 50-100 lbsfield-based role
Soft skills
communicationcollaborationindependenceproactive carepatient-centered careeducational skillsteamworkadaptabilityreliabilityproblem-solving
Certifications
COTA certification