What are the responsibilities and job description for the Occupational Therapist Assistant position at Bedrock HCS at Fort Atkinson?
Occupational Therapist Assistant
Benefits : On demand pay with Tapcheck, medical, dental, vision, 401k with 10% match, PTO, Holiday pay, tuition reimbursement, and more!
Are you looking for a warm and cozy environment to call your next work home!? Do you want stability and longevity in your career? Are you dedicated to resident care and looking for competitive compensation?! If YES, Fort Atkinson Health Care Center is looking for YOU!
Fort Atkinson Health Care Center is a skilled nursing home facility and takes pride in providing our residents with an amazing experience. We have an incredible tight-knit family of caregivers that serves our residents everyday with compassion, care and a positive attitude! We value and work hard to appreciate our caregivers because we recognize they are the foundation of our organization. We would love for you to join that family!
Fort Atkinson Health Care Center makes it top priority to care for seniors with the respect, compassion, and dignity they deserve. We understand that caring is what makes a community and without a sense of caring, there can be no sense of community. It is what sets us apart from any other skilled nursing facility. At Fort Atkinson , our nursing staff are overly courteous, respectful and maintain a high level of professionalism at all times. Our primary goal is to get you back in a condition to be independent once again while maintaining a friendly environment and providing nutritionally enhanced meals. We are currently recruiting for an Occupational Therapist Aide to join our team!
Purpose of this position
The purpose of this position is to treat and document care for residents with impaired ability to perform at an independent level due to disease process under the supervision of an occupational therapist; participate in the interdisciplinary team meetings as required.
Essential Job Duties & Responsibilities
- Follow physicians' orders for resident care and follow directions of the occupational therapist.
- Provide appropriate treatment to help residents maintain or attain the highest level of function possible within the confines of his / her physical abilities.
- Provide appropriate treatment, preventative measures and adaptive equipment to prevent decline in residents' function.
- Maintain timely and accurate resident reports as required by federal, state and local regulatory agencies and third-party payers.
- Provide adaptive equipment and preventative measures to prevent decline in residents' function.
- Observe infection control procedures.
- Be responsible for the safety of residents under his / her supervision.
- Consistently work cooperatively with residents, residents' representatives, facility staff, physicians, consultants and ancillary service providers.
- Observe all facility policies and procedures.
- Observe all facility safety policies and procedures.
- Observe guidelines in the employees' handbook.
- Follow facility Residents' Rights policies.
- Adhere to Corporate Compliance Program Code of Conduct and policies and procedures.
- Attend Corporate Compliance Program in servicing as required.
- Comply with facility policies and procedures against discrimination and sexual harassment.
- Protect the privacy of resident Protected Health Information.
- Protect the confidentiality and security of all resident and facility information.
- Come to work in clean, neat attire and consistently present a professional appearance.
- Come to work as scheduled and consistently demonstrate dependability and punctuality.
- Accept assigned duties in a cooperative manner
- Preform other related duties as directed by his / her supervisor.
- Preform all duties assigned in an effective, timely and professional manner.
- Support and respect other employees.
- All other duties as assigned
Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to execute each essential physical and intellectual duty as identified. The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill and / or ability required.
