Certified Occupational Therapist Assistant COTA Home Health

At Elara Caring, we care where you are and believe the best place for your care is where you live. We know there’s no place like home, and that’s why our teams continue to provide high-quality care to more than 60,000 patients each day in their preferred home setting. Wherever our patients call home and wherever they are on their health journey, we care.

About the role

As a Certified Occupational Therapist Assistant serving West Cuyahoga and Lorain counties, you’ll contribute to our mission by promoting Elara Caring’s philosophy and delivering compassionate, high-quality care. This role is physically demanding and may involve irregular hours, including on-call duties.

Responsibilities

• Promotes Elara Caring’s philosophy, mission statement, and administrative policies to ensure quality of care.
• Assists in implementing the rehabilitation needs by following a plan of care in accordance with the Occupational Therapist’s findings.
• Makes routine visits and re-evaluates the patient’s therapy needs during each visit.
• Communicates significant findings, problems, changes in condition, or environment to the appropriate supervisor, Occupational Therapist, physician, and other team members involved with patient care.
• Verifies the Plan of Care prior to each visit and provides care according to physician’s orders, assessment data, established standards, and guidelines.
• Counsels and instructs the patient and/or caregiver in meeting therapy and related needs, including the therapy home exercise program, and provides requests for modification and clarification.
• Promotes compliance with all fiscal intermediary and/or other third-party payers through education, coaching, and other assistance.
• Identifies and reports potential payment/coverage problems to the appropriate supervisor.
• Maintains current knowledge of, and ensures compliance with, all federal, state, and local regulations, along with Medicare, Medicaid, and third-party reimbursement regulations.
• Assures the continuity of quality patient care is delivered.
• Maintains communication with clinical staff, providing updates and changes in schedules, patient data or needs, physician orders, or special instructions.
• Ensures clinical notes are entered timely and indicates continuing communication and coordination of services with the physician, other staff, and disciplines.
• Implements all available actions to prevent avoidable hospitalizations and ER visits.

Requirements

• Graduate of a certified occupational therapy curriculum established by the Occupational Therapy Association.
• Current, unrestricted COTA certification in the state of work.
• Minimum one (1) year of experience as a COTA in a clinical care setting.
• Able and willing to travel within branch/office coverage area.
• Must have a dependable vehicle, valid driver’s license, and current auto insurance in accordance with state laws.
• Must be able and willing to travel 50% of the time.
• Ability to frequently lift, push, pull, and support up to 50 pounds, including positioning or transferring patients and moving equipment.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation package.
• Tuition reimbursement for full-time staff and continuing education opportunities for all employees at no cost.
• Opportunities for advancement.
• Comprehensive insurance plans for medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• 401(K) with employer match.
• Paid time off, paid holidays, family, and pet bereavement.
• Pet insurance.

You will report to the Branch Director, Clinical Manager, Clinical Supervisor, or designee.