What are the responsibilities and job description for the Occupational Therapy Assistant position at Care Realty?
The Occupational Therapy Assistant's (OTA) overall responsibility is to manage the care of the clients/clients, managing quality of all related outcomes. The OTA participates as an integral part of the interdisciplinary team, manages resources to meet the needs of the clients/clients and related customers balancing outcomes and cost effective and efficient treatment.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provides and directs clients/clients rehabilitation care within all general accepted practice methods, meeting all center, state, federal, and accrediting standards.
- Evaluates clients/clients needs and establishes effective and efficient treatment plans for the clients/clients assigned.
- Manages and coordinates the supervision of treatment plans with all staff and other disciplines as indicated.
- Participates in the screening of all clients according to directed schedules and practices.
- Provides feedback to the designated supervisor on all clinical and rehabilitation issues.
- Participates in all agency directed processes and services.
- Shows effective management of treatment and non-treatment related activities.
- Performs necessary clinical documentation to meet agency, state, federal, and accrediting agency requirements.
- Maintains complete, accurate and timely billing records to meet center, state, federal, and accrediting agency requirements
- Assists with marketing efforts as directed.
- Participates in in-service training programs as requested
- Current and Active Occupational Therapy Assistant license within the state of operations
- Prefer-experience/knowledge in older adult rehabilitation.
- Prefer knowledge in governmental and regulatory guidelines in designated healthcare settings