COTA | In-Home Occupational Therapy Job Lake Elmo area,Minnesota USA,Healthcare

Lake Elmo, United States | Posted on 09/04/2026

Job Title:

Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant (COTA) | No Two Visits Are the Same

Schedule:

Full-Time or Part-Time Compensation: $82,000–$110,000 per year (Paid Per Visit) + Mileage Reimbursement To Stand Out If You Like Variety, Home Health Is Hard to Beat.

One patient is recovering from a stroke and relearning how to get dressed.

Your next is rebuilding strength after a hospitalization.

Another needs to figure out how to safely shower without relying on their spouse.

Later that afternoon, you're working with someone on upper-extremity function so they can prepare their own meals again.

Different homes.

That's a day in home health Occupational Therapy.

Trade the Same Four Walls for a Career in the Field

Some clinicians love the predictability of working in one facility.

Others eventually start feeling boxed in by it.

If you're ready for a workday with more movement, independence, and variety, home health gives you the opportunity to take your COTA skills into the community.

You’ll travel between patients throughout your assigned territory, provide one‑on‑one treatment, collaborate with your supervising Occupational Therapist, and independently manage your day in the field.

Your car becomes the space between appointments.

Then you walk through the next front door and your complete attention shifts to one patient.

One License. A Lot of Different Ways to Use It.

Occupational Therapy is incredibly broad.

Home health lets you use that.

Depending on your patient, you may work on:

Dressing and grooming
Bathing and shower safety
Toileting routines
Meal preparation
Upper-extremity strength and function
Fine motor coordination
Functional mobility
Compensatory strategies
Safe use of adaptive equipment
Returning to meaningful daily routines

Tomorrow's caseload may look completely different.

That's the point.

You Get One Patient at a Time

Variety doesn't have to mean chaos.

When you arrive at a patient's home, you're there for them.

You're not simultaneously keeping an eye on another treatment table.

You're not wondering whether your next patient has already checked in.

You're not trying to divide your attention between several people.

For that visit, you have one patient and one plan of care.

Treat.