Occupational Therapist Assistant
Occupational Therapist Assistant
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Job Description
Overview
KidsCare Home Health is an ethical therapist owned and operated home health company seeking to immediately hire Occupational Therapy Assistantsto fill PRN PartTime and FullTime positions in multiple locations. We provide therapy services to children with special needs in the comfort of their own homes. If you have a passion for working with pediatrics and making a difference in your community while enjoying worklife balance KidsCare is the place for you!
Our leadership team recognizes the hard work and dedication of our therapists by promoting from within and have added leadership roles that come with minimal stress levels. We have also redesigned our mentorship programs so that everyone gets the guidance they desire; your success is our focus!
At KidsCare we desire to work with individuals who embody the values of the organization which together create our C.A.R.E. culture. In return we offer afull benefits package to include health dental vision disability and life insurance; paid time off 401K professional development funds and tuition reimbursement.
What Sets UsApart:
- Therapist Owned/Operated We understand your challengesfirsthand.
- Ethically Centered Ourclients and therapists are our top priority.
- Work Life Balance Choose your caseload size based on your lifestyle needs.
- Create Your Own Schedule Choose patients and treatment times.
Responsibilities
The Occupational Therapist Assistant will provide medically prescribed occupational therapy services under the supervision of an Occupational Therapist (OT) for pediatric patients within the home health setting. They will direct the patient and the caregiver in selected tasks to restore reinforce and/or enhance performance.
- Provide clinical treatment to patients as directed by the OT supervisor.
- Maintain adequate caseload with appropriate productivity.
- Coordinate patient care with supervisor office staff and other disciplines.
- Maintain appropriate communication with OT supervisor regarding patient progress problems home programs and other issues related to therapeutic process.
- Maintain appropriate documentation and completes it in a timely manner.
- Proactively communicate with administrative office staff for any assistance that may be needed.
- Responsible for the maintenance of supplies and equipment.
- Participate in proactive team efforts to achieve company and departmental goals.
- Actively participate in professional organization and activities.
- Serve as the backup service provider for other caseloads as needed.
- Comply with all company policies practices and procedures.
- Other duites as assigned.
Qualifications
Education and Work Experience Requirements
- Associates Degree as a Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant preferred.
- Current stateissued professional.
- Valid state drivers license.
- CPR certified.
Other Qualifications and Skills
- Ability to read and write in simple correspondence with effective public speaking in small groups.
- Excellent critical thinking and critical thinking skills.
- Detailoriented with strong organizational skills.
- Ability to interpret instruction with the ability to solve practical problems with a variety of concrete variables.
- Proficient computer skills to include Microsoft Office Suite record keeping and routine database activity.
- Manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
Physical Demands/Working Environment
- Spends onethird to twothirds of time in standing walking reaching sitting kneeling and crawling activities.
- Over twothirds of time is spent using hands fingers and will handle feel talk and hear.
- Diverse indoor residential or childcare setting.
- Moderate physical activity performing strenuous activities of a therapy nature.
- Must be able to lift a minimum of twentyfive pounds.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision requirements.
- Moderate noise (i.e. business office with computers phone and printers light traffic).
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Employment Type
Gig
