Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant
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Job Location:
Lufkin, TX - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Where Youll Work
St. Lukes Health - Memorial Hospital in Lufkin TX paves the way for quality innovative health care in East Texas. With hospitals in Lufkin Livingston and San Augustine St. Lukes Health provides more than a quarter of a million patient services each year. Our facility is a collaboration between St. Lukes Health and a team of specialized physicians focused on General and Interventional Cardiology Sports Medicine and Orthopedics including Total Joint Replacement and Spine Care.
Job Summary and Responsibilities
Under the direction of the Occupational Therapist and Market Director of Rehabilitation Services the Occupational Therapist Assistant assists Occupational Therapist in providing occupational therapy services. Screens educates and provides therapeutic intervention for individuals identified with disabilities that interfere with their ability to perform daily life activities
Position Responsibilities:
- Evaluates plans and implements occupational therapy treatment programs according to physician referral and plan of care.
- Performs evaluations tests and measurements of neuromuscular musculoskeletal cognitive/perceptual and sensory /psychological functions.
- Works collaboratively with all members of the interdisciplinary team other departments and disciplines to assure patients needs are met in a timely manner.
- Completes all necessary documentation as outlined by departmental policy and documentation review. This includes but is not limited to patient care charting charge entry completing peer chart and peer reviews and documenting on daily schedule.
- Works collaboratively with all members of the interdisciplinary team other departments and disciplines to assure patients and customers needs are met in a timely manner.
Job Requirements
- Associates degree from accredited Occupational Therapy Assistant program
- Current State Licensure as Occupational Therapist Assistant issued by Executive Council of Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Examiners OTA (ECPTOTE)
- (NBCOT if initial licensure--has COTA designation)
- BLS certification (through an approved AHA program)
Preferred
- Member of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) and the Texas Occupational Therapy Association (TOTA)
- Registered COTA through National Board of Certified Occupational Therapy (NBCOT)
- 2-3 years of professional experience as OTA
Required Experience:
Junior IC
Key Skills
- Employee Evaluation
- HIPAA
- Data Collection
- HTTPS
- Physiology Knowledge
- Physio therapy
- Computer Literacy
- Patient Assessment
- Pediatrics Experience
- Home Care
- Critical Care Experience
- Patient Service Experience
About Company
Dignity Health provides compassionate, high-quality, affordable health care services throughout Arizona, California and Nevada. Schedule an appointment today!
