About the Role
The Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant (COTA/L) at Elmwood Healthcare - Home Health (Elmwood Home Care) will provide direct occupational therapy services to patients in their homes, supporting the rehabilitation process and helping patients achieve their maximum level of independence. The COTA/L will work under the supervision of a licensed Occupational Therapist (OT/R) to implement treatment plans, monitor progress, and adapt interventions based on patient needs.
Department | Clinical Operations > Rehabilitation Therapy |
Status / Type | Full Time (40-Hours / Week) |
Schedule | Monday through Friday; 8:00 A.M. to 4:30 P.M.; On-Call Rotation |
Environment | Field-Based |
Key Responsibilities:
Patient Care and Therapy:
Assist in implementing occupational therapy treatment plans designed by the Occupational Therapist (OT) to improve patients' daily living skills, mobility, and overall functional abilities.
Provide hands-on therapy services, including therapeutic exercises, activities of daily living (ADL) training, and adaptive techniques.
Educate patients and their families on techniques and exercises to support ongoing therapy goals and enhance self-management.
Assessment and Documentation:
Conduct initial and ongoing assessments of patients’ functional abilities and needs, documenting progress and changes in condition.
Maintain accurate and up-to-date patient records, including therapy notes, progress reports, and treatment outcomes, in compliance with healthcare regulations and company policies.
Report significant changes in patients' conditions or responses to therapy to the supervising OT.
Care Coordination:
Collaborate with the supervising OT, physicians, and other healthcare professionals to ensure integrated and effective care.
Participate in care team meetings and contribute to the development and review of patient care plans.
Communicate effectively with patients, families, and caregivers to provide support, education, and guidance.
Patient and Family Education:
Teach patients and their families about the therapeutic processes, adaptive equipment, and strategies to improve functionality and independence.
Provide support and encouragement to patients to help them stay motivated and engaged in their therapy.
Administrative Duties:
Ensure all therapy services are provided in accordance with applicable regulations, company policies, and best practices.
Assist with scheduling therapy sessions and coordinating care activities as needed.
Quality Improvement:
Participate in ongoing training and professional development to stay current with industry standards and advancements in occupational therapy.
Contribute to quality improvement initiatives and assist in evaluating the effectiveness of therapy interventions.
Qualifications
Education: Associate’s degree with Occupational Therapist Assistant certification from an accredited program.
Licensure:Â Current and valid Certified Occupational Therapist Assistant (COTA/L) license in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Experience:Â Minimum of one (1) year of experience as a Certified Occupational Therapist Assistant (COTA/L), preferably in a home healthcare setting.
Skills:Â Strong clinical assessment and therapeutic skills, excellent communication and interpersonal skills, ability to work independently and manage time effectively.
Certifications:Â CPR Certification with Basic Life Support (BLS) or Advanced Life Support (ALS) is required.
Other Requirements: Valid driver’s license, reliable transportation, and willingness to travel to patients' homes within the designated service area.
Elmwood Healthcare - Home Health
Elmwood Healthcare is looking for a committed, eager, passionate and experienced professional to join the team of highly-skilled individuals within our community-based health system.
Elmwood Healthcare's Home Health Division, Elmwood Home Care, is a multi-setting Medicare-Certified, dual-program Joint Commission accredited organization, providing both skilled medical home health care and non-skilled home care services to hundreds of communities by way of Agency branch locations in Rhode Island and Massachusetts.
Our committment to quality and focus on enhanced, specialized care has been defining in the organic evolution of Elmwood Home Care, and our attention to high-demand and high-acuity care in the home-based setting has allowed us to deliver our reimagined home health care services to thousands of patients already. This focus, in areas such as home-infusion therapy, advanced wound care and wound management, home-safety and falls prevention, to name a few, have been met with enormous success and positive clinical outcomes for our patients and their families.
Such unique and hands-on approaches to clinical care and home-based community health management work to capture Elmwood Healthcare's system-wide emphasis on the key ideals that we embody, including: Innovation; Individual patient-centered approaches to a wide-range of specialty, chronic and acute care; Health equity and access to promote longevity, sustainability and the provision of high-quality care in community-based settings, allowing our community populations to safely and effectively age in place; And, at the forefront, the highest standards in the provision of high-quality community-based care.
Driven by a passion for community health, Elmwood Healthcare believes in the ways that community-based healthcare positively impacts our communities. Through the delivery of unmatched care, a culture of safety and respect, and endless opportunity for personal, professional and career development, we are committed to igniting change within the healthcare industry. Our focus and goal is to bring care back to the patient, and bring healthcare professionals back to doing what they love- caring for others.
Elmwood Healthcare, at large, supports and cares for communities by providing compassionate, innovative and personalized care. Through a comprehensive, community-based systems approach, we are committed to the delivery of the highest-quality of patient-centered care. Through this model, we maximize patient success and reduce hospital re-admissions to promote higher-rates of successful outcomes. For our patients, this is all possible when care is delivered in the comfort of their own home.
The dedication to each patient Elmwood Healthcare cares for goes well beyond the scope of intermittent services, with primary focus on communication, continuity and growth. Holding ourselves, our teams and our partners in the community accountable to the highest standards of care and operational integrity, Elmwood Healthcare champions the promotion of health-equity, access to viable and necessary community resources and enhanced equal opportunities for each patient and each member of our team alike.
Through these core ideals, Elmwood Healthcare places emphasis on personal and professional growth, skill acquisition through continuous hands-on training, and long-term career development within the organization to promote the development of our professionals, thereby supporting and enhancing integrated access to high quality care for our patients and their families.
Our standards are modeled to mirror those of federally-supported accrediting bodies and lead us to our commitment to ongoing and absolute compliance with local, state and federal regulations, allowing Elmwood Healthcare to further promote large scale positive impacts on our communities.
The execution of our philosophies and missions solidify Elmwood Healthcare as a pioneer community-based healthcare innovation. Pillared by models that emphasize patient-centered approaches, our goals focus on upholding quality, safety, access and equity in healthcare. Elmwood Healthcare emboldens an evolving and limitless vision of opportunity that seeks to continually empower our patients and families, our team-members and our partners in the communities that we serve.