Occupational Therapist Assistant (COTA)

Alt; Aurora (CO); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Adaptive Home Health, LLC is seeking a Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant (COTA) to provide skilled visits in patients' homes under an OT plan of care. This field-based, full-time role supports a high-acuity home health model in the Denver area.

You will deliver interventions for ADLs/IADLs, safety, energy conservation, and UE function while coordinating with nursing and the broader care team. A Denver COTA license and daily travel across the territory are required.

Qualifications

• Must have strong clinical judgment and ability to work independently in the field under OT supervision.
• Excellent communication and thorough documentation skills.
• Willingness and ability to travel daily across the assigned territory.

Responsibilities

• 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: escalates changes in condition and safety concerns.
• Document promptly and thoroughly in Homecare Homebase (HCHB) — defensible, efficient, and consistent.

Skills

Clinical judgment

Independence in field

Communication

Documentation

Daily travel

Education

Denver COTA license

Job description

Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant (COTA) - Home Health

• Schedule: Full-time Monday–Friday + occasional weekends (as needed)

• Location: Field-based

Who We Are

Adaptive Home Health is building a higher-acuity, patient-centered home health model across Denver. Our ultimate mission is 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: escalates changes in condition and safety concerns.

• Document promptly and thoroughly in Homecare Homebase (HCHB) — defensible, efficient, and consistent.

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 Denver 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

• HCHB experience