Temp Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA) Long Term Care (LTC) (Days) Saint Joseph MO

Saint Joseph, MN - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 4 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

An Occupational Therapist Assistant supports the Occupational Therapist in conducting therapy treatments to improve patients mobility and physical health. Their main duties include helping patients perform exercises or treatment plans recording a patients health progress and collecting patients medical history or other personal information. Occupational Therapy Assistants are responsible for treating patients with therapeutic and self-care activities.

The job requires candidates to perform a variety of duties including the following:

Monitoring a patients progress to make sure that theyre successfully completing treatment
Encouraging the patient during their recovery process
Helping patients to improve their quality of life by finding solutions to their problems
Helping injured employees improve their motor skills with the goal of re-entering the workforce
Teaching patients with disabilities to become more independent
Updating patient records for the Occupational Therapist
Keeping the office treatment room and equipment in good order
Teaching patients family members or other Caregivers skills and techniques to help with the patients treatment program

Requirement description :

Active MO Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant (COTA) License - REQUIRED
Active Basic Life Support (BLS) certification - REQUIRED
2 years of OT/COTA experience - HIGHLY PREFERRED
LTC or Rehab Experience - HIGHLY PREFERRED

PROFILE REQUIREMENTS

Resume - REQUIRED
COTA skills checklist from within the last year - REQUIRED DOCUMENT
0-1 supervisory reference from within the last year - REQUIRED DOCUMENT
Active Missouri or Compact license - REQUIRED DOCUMENT
Active American Health Association BLS - REQUIRED DOCUMENT
CLN will be redirected if the submitted rate is higher than the posted bill rate!

CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS :

BLS (AHA)

STATE LICENSE REQUIREMENTS :

Missouri

ADDITIONAL LICENSE REQUIREMENTS :
Weekend Requirements : No weekends
On Call Requirements : No call

Monitoring a patients progress to make sure that theyre successfully completing treatment
Encouraging the patient during their recovery process
Helping patients to improve their quality of life by finding solutions to their problems
Helping injured employees improve their motor skills with the goal of re-entering the workforce
Teaching patients with disabilities to become more independent
Updating patient records for the Occupational Therapist
Keeping the office treatment room and equipment in good order
Teaching patients family members or other Caregivers skills and techniques to help with the patients treatment program

Requirement description :

Active MO Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant (COTA) License - REQUIRED
Active Basic Life Support (BLS) certification - REQUIRED
2 years of OT/COTA experience - HIGHLY PREFERRED
LTC or Rehab Experience - HIGHLY PREFERRED

PROFILE REQUIREMENTS

Resume - REQUIRED
COTA skills checklist from within the last year - REQUIRED DOCUMENT
0-1 supervisory reference from within the last year - REQUIRED DOCUMENT
Active Missouri or Compact license - REQUIRED DOCUMENT
Active American Health Association BLS - REQUIRED DOCUMENT
CLN will be redirected if the submitted rate is higher than the posted bill rate!

CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS :