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Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant (PRN)*: Lifecare Family of Hospitals

Description
General Summary: The Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant (COTA) assists the registered occupational therapist in various types of treatment programs to facilitate functional recovery, as well as administering, monitoring and documenting patient care. The COTA is active in unit activities, transdisciplinary team activities, and LifeCare activities to ensure individualized, patient-centered health care for all patient populations admitted to LifeCare Hospital.

Patient Population: Delivers direct patient care appropriate to the patients served. The ages of the patients served are adult (18-65 years of age) and geriatric (65 and older).
Essential Functions:
1. Demonstrates proper performance of skills reflected and validated by the COTA competency checklist.
2. Assists the occupational therapist as needed when the occupational therapist needs to perform evaluations, reassessments, patient/family education, and complex procedures.
3. Maintains an open communication with the occupational therapist on the patients' performance and progress.
4. Performs documentation in a timely and efficient manner. This includes: progress notes, discharge summaries, patient and family education, staffing sheets, and transdisciplinary plan of care.
5. Trains, educates and documents patient and/or family in administering care pertaining to occupational therapy modalities to ensure understanding and proficiency in care for discharge planning.
6. Demonstrates the ability to maintain an appropriate patient caseload, effectively schedules patient's treatment sessions, and maintains patient's records and charge.
7. Contributes to the improvement of organizational performance by actively participating in performance improvement activities.
8. Adheres to LifeCare policies, procedures, all safety plans, and all standards imposed by regulatory organizations.

Requirements
Experience: N/A
Education: Associate's degree from an accredited occupational therapy assistant school
Licensure/Certification: 1. Currently licensed as Occupational Therapy Assistant in state where currently practicing 2. Current BLS certification required

Additional Information
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