Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant (COTA)

Job Title: Home Health Occupational Therapy Assistant (COTA) | Weekdays

Company: Home Health Care, Inc.

Location: Winnebago, Blue Earth, Wells, Minnesota Lake, Delavan, Frost & Surrounding Communities

Schedule: Full-Time or Part-Time | Monday-Friday | No Weekends | No Holidays

Compensation: $82,000-$110,000 Per Year

Want to stand out from other applicants? Email Nikky Vogelgesang at nikky.vogelgesang@hhcare.net with your resume, where you're located, and a brief overview of your COTA background. We'll talk through patient coverage and where your location could fit best.

What Happens When the Things Someone Has Done Their Entire Life Suddenly Become Difficult?

Getting dressed.

Making lunch.

Taking a shower.

Putting away groceries.

Getting ready for bed.

For most of us, these aren't accomplishments. They're simply parts of the day.

Until an illness, injury, hospitalization, stroke, or functional decline makes them difficult.

Then suddenly, everyday tasks become things someone else has to help with.

That's where Occupational Therapy can change the trajectory.

Home Health Care, Inc. is hiring Certified Occupational Therapy Assistants (COTAs) to provide one-on-one therapy throughout Winnebago, Blue Earth, Wells, Minnesota Lake, Delavan, Frost, and surrounding communities.

Help Patients Do More for Themselves

There's a major difference between completing a task for someone and helping them regain the ability to do it themselves.

As a COTA, that's where you can make an impact.

Under the direction of an OTR/L, you'll work directly with patients on the skills, strategies, strength, coordination, and adaptations that make everyday activities possible.

For one patient, success might mean getting dressed without their spouse's help.

For another, it could mean safely preparing a simple meal.

Someone else may need to relearn how to complete their morning routine after a stroke or figure out a safer way to navigate daily activities after returning home from the hospital.

Why COTAs Take a Look

• $82,000-$110,000 annual compensation
• Full-Time or Part-Time opportunities
• Monday-Friday schedule
• No weekends
• No holidays
• One-on-one patient treatment
• Geography-based scheduling
• Mileage reimbursement between visits
• Cell phone reimbursement every paycheck
• PTO
• Full benefits package for eligible employees
• Free MedBridge Education Hub
• Licensure reimbursement
• Annual scrub allowance
• Experienced OTR/L and interdisciplinary support
• More than 30 years of home care experience

Independence Is Built Into the Everyday Stuff

You'll work with patients experiencing orthopedic, neurological, cognitive, post-surgical, post-hospitalization, and age-related functional challenges.

The supervising Occupational Therapist develops the plan of care. You'll help patients put that plan into practice.

Treatment may address:

• Dressing, grooming, bathing, and toileting
• Meal preparation and household activities
• Upper-extremity strength and function
• Fine motor skills and coordination
• Functional mobility during daily activities
• Cognitive and compensatory strategies
• Adaptive equipment and techniques
• Energy conservation
• Home safety and fall prevention
• Patient and caregiver education

The objective is practical: help the patient participate more safely and independently in their own life.

What You'll Be Doing

• Implement individualized treatment plans established by the supervising OTR/L
• Provide skilled Occupational Therapy treatment in patient homes
• Address ADLs and functional independence
• Provide strengthening, coordination, cognitive, and functional activities
• Reinforce adaptive and compensatory strategies
• Educate patients and caregivers
• Monitor patient response and functional changes
• Communicate progress and concerns to the supervising Occupational Therapist
• Collaborate with PTs, PTAs, nurses, and other interdisciplinary clinicians
• Complete accurate and timely clinical documentation

Bring Your COTA Experience With You

We're interested in COTAs from Skilled Nursing, Inpatient Rehabilitation, Transitional Care, Assisted Living, Memory Care, Long-Term Care, Outpatient Therapy, Hospital Rehab, Home Health, and other rehabilitation settings.

Previous home health experience is valuable, but not required.

We're looking for someone who can connect with patients, provide strong hands-on treatment, communicate effectively with the supervising OTR/L, and confidently organize a field-based workday.

What You Bring

• Active Minnesota Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant (COTA) license
• Valid driver's license and insured, reliable transportation
• Strong patient and caregiver communication
• Strong hands-on treatment skills
• Ability to independently manage a field-based schedule
• Strong organization and documentation skills

Home health and experience with geriatric or medically complex patients are preferred, but not required.

Help Patients Keep Everyday Life in Their Own Hands

Occupational Therapy doesn't always produce the kind of progress that looks dramatic from the outside.

But when someone can dress themselves again, prepare their own food, safely complete their morning routine, or rely a little less on their caregiver, the impact can be enormous.

As a COTA with Home Health Care, Inc., you'll help patients throughout the Winnebago and Blue Earth area regain those pieces of everyday independence while earning $82,000-$110,000 annually with Full-Time or Part-Time opportunities and no weekends or holidays.

Want to stand out from other applicants? Email Nikky Vogelgesang at nikky.vogelgesang@hhcare.net with your resume, where you're located, and a brief overview of your COTA background.

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Pay: $82,000.00 - $110,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Health savings account

Application Question(s):

• Email Nikky Vogelgesang at nicole.vogelgesang@hhcare.net to introduce yourself and share what excites you about meaningful, one-on-one occupational therapy in the home setting.

Work Location: On the road

Benefits:

Salary : $82,000 - $110,000