What are the responsibilities and job description for the Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant position at Rehabilitation Services?
Join our Occupational Therapy team today! Our mission is to improve and enhance the health and well-being of those we serve. This position will primarily be for nursing home coverage.
Status: Full-time, 40 hours/week
Shift: Days
Shift Time Schedule: 8:00 am- 4:30 pm
Days: M-F
We offer competitive pay and a great benefits package that includes:
POSITION SUMMARY:
Performs selected patient treatments under the general supervision of the staff occupational therapist. Prepares patient and equipment for treatment; helps perform housekeeping duties of the department/facility; performs other diverse duties as requested or required.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Physical Activity Requirements
Up to 33%
34-66%
67-100%
N/A
Sitting
X
Standing
X
Walking
X
Climbing
X
Bending/Stooping/Kneeling
X
Repetitive Motion
X
Lifting/Carrying
X
Hearing
X
Seeing
X
How often are these weights lifted or carried?
Up to 33%
34-66%
67-100%
N/A
2-10 pounds
X
11-20 pounds
X
21-30 pounds
X
31-40 pounds
X
41-50 pounds
X
51 pounds or more
X
EQUIPMENT/TOOLS:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Good physical stamina in this department/facility; fairly strong, energetic, much walking, standing, writing, stooping, carrying, talking, seeing, bending, handling, color vision, speed; healthy back is necessary; able to be on feet most of the day.
The physical demands described here representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
Hours may vary depending on departmental staffing needs.
Conducts self with professional dignity, pleasant, tactful. Maintains optimum physical and emotional health; understands the importance of good human relations; able to motivate others; broad interest; possess strength of all extremities and back; initiative and good judgment; flexibility; enthusiasm; thoroughness.
Providing and assisting other therapists, COTA, and support personnel in hospital, private home, or rehab setting to provide rehabilitation therapy to patients. The worker occasionally will be required to assist with biohazardous material and will be required to educated in its handling.
Thoughtful of others, gentle, courteous, patient, neat, well-groomed, healthy, friendly, average intelligence, good memory, tactful. Should have ability to organize his or her time in order to treat the maximum number of patients in the allotted working day.
Works inside under normal temperature conditions with adequate light, in a well-ventilated, clean area; some areas are limited in space, usually works around others; sometimes moderate noise.
No unusual hazard risks. May be exposed to muscular strain in supporting, lifting, and assisting patients.
Individual is considered at risk for experience to bloodborne pathogens, infections and infectious wastes, and minimal hazards; re: chemicals used for cleaning/sanitizing/disinfecting.
Vision must be correctable to view computer screens and read printed information. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision and ability to adjust focus.
Hearing must be in the normal range for telephone contacts and other conversations.
The above is intended to describe the general content of and requirements for this job. It is not intended to be a complete statement of duties, responsibilities or requirements.
Status: Full-time, 40 hours/week
Shift: Days
Shift Time Schedule: 8:00 am- 4:30 pm
Days: M-F
We offer competitive pay and a great benefits package that includes:
- Medical Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
- Health Savings Accounts (HSA)
- Life insurance
- Aflac
- Short-term and long-term disability coverage
- Wellness program and reimbursement
- Free access to Boone County Hospital’s onsite fitness room
- Generous PTO Accrual Plan
- Sick Pay
- Iowa Public Employees Retirement System (IPERS)
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Onsite Cafeteria
POSITION SUMMARY:
Performs selected patient treatments under the general supervision of the staff occupational therapist. Prepares patient and equipment for treatment; helps perform housekeeping duties of the department/facility; performs other diverse duties as requested or required.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Aid in the care and safety of patients.
- Prepare equipment for patient treatments as requested by the occupational therapist.
- Performs housekeeping duties of their areas by routine and periodic cleaning; to maintain order and cleanliness throughout the department/facility.
- Assist occupational therapist in selected procedures, according to the occupational therapist's direction, by checking patient and equipment during treatment for both comfort and safety; to aid in patient care in the department facility.
- Of their assigned areas to assure that their area is secure, orderly and organized at all times.
- Technicians to their area.
- Patients receiving treatment in their assigned areas.
- To practice occupational therapy consistent with the AOTA's Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice and Standards of Practice Policy.
- To maintain a patient treatment scheduled consistent with the needs of the department/facility under the supervision of the occupational therapist.
- To confer with the person or persons most closely associated with the active management of the patient and to keep them informed of any additional patient needs, treatment modification, and/or progress.
- To treat patients and functions as a staff therapist as necessary.
- To treat patients of all ages (e.g. infants, children, adolescents, adults, geriatrics, elderly), race, creed, gender, and disability without bias or prejudice. Demonstrates knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the ages of the patients served within the department.
- Respects and understands the patient's right to treatment and right to involvement in treatment decisions.
- Practices ethical responsibility based on the cultural, ethnic, and religious beliefs of the patients served and applicable law.
- Under the supervision of the occupational therapist, he or she is trained to perform certain occupational therapy treatments. This position is one of considerable responsibility.
- Under the supervision of the occupational therapist, he or she is trained to perform certain occupational therapy treatments with homecare patients, and/or in/outpatients.
- He or she would be responsible for bookkeeping procedures and charting of their assigned area, assuring confidentiality of all records.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Qualifications
- Graduate from an accredited occupational therapy assistant program.
- State of Iowa Licensure
- Work experience
- None required, but 1-2 years preferred.
- Education/Certifications/Licenses
- Graduate from an accredited occupational therapy assistant program
- Occupational Therapy Assistant license in Iowa.
- Must maintain state of Iowa continuing education requirements.
- Must have verification card of current instruction in CPR.
- Valid Iowa Driver's License.
- Performance Requirements
- Adaptability to performing a variety of duties often changing from one task to another of a different nature of patients for treatment and other related activities.
- Desire to work with people.
- Ability to know or be taught proper mechanics.
- Communication Skills
- Ability to deal with people beyond giving and receiving instructions.
- Able to work with patients in a tactful and considerate manner to secure cooperation.
- Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers, patients, accurately loudly or quickly.
- Perceiving the nature of sounds at a normal range with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication and to make fine discrimination in sound.
Physical Activity Requirements
Up to 33%
34-66%
67-100%
N/A
Sitting
X
Standing
X
Walking
X
Climbing
X
Bending/Stooping/Kneeling
X
Repetitive Motion
X
Lifting/Carrying
X
Hearing
X
Seeing
X
How often are these weights lifted or carried?
Up to 33%
34-66%
67-100%
N/A
2-10 pounds
X
11-20 pounds
X
21-30 pounds
X
31-40 pounds
X
41-50 pounds
X
51 pounds or more
X
EQUIPMENT/TOOLS:
- Operate office equipment such as computers, printers, copy machine, calculator, facsimile, and scanners.
- Ability to understand oral and written instructions regarding set-up, operations of equipment, preparations of patients for treatment and other related activities.
- Must be able to apply the theory of Occupational Therapy; have the ability and competency to operate the equipment of his or her position and profession.
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Good physical stamina in this department/facility; fairly strong, energetic, much walking, standing, writing, stooping, carrying, talking, seeing, bending, handling, color vision, speed; healthy back is necessary; able to be on feet most of the day.
The physical demands described here representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
Hours may vary depending on departmental staffing needs.
Conducts self with professional dignity, pleasant, tactful. Maintains optimum physical and emotional health; understands the importance of good human relations; able to motivate others; broad interest; possess strength of all extremities and back; initiative and good judgment; flexibility; enthusiasm; thoroughness.
Providing and assisting other therapists, COTA, and support personnel in hospital, private home, or rehab setting to provide rehabilitation therapy to patients. The worker occasionally will be required to assist with biohazardous material and will be required to educated in its handling.
Thoughtful of others, gentle, courteous, patient, neat, well-groomed, healthy, friendly, average intelligence, good memory, tactful. Should have ability to organize his or her time in order to treat the maximum number of patients in the allotted working day.
Works inside under normal temperature conditions with adequate light, in a well-ventilated, clean area; some areas are limited in space, usually works around others; sometimes moderate noise.
No unusual hazard risks. May be exposed to muscular strain in supporting, lifting, and assisting patients.
Individual is considered at risk for experience to bloodborne pathogens, infections and infectious wastes, and minimal hazards; re: chemicals used for cleaning/sanitizing/disinfecting.
Vision must be correctable to view computer screens and read printed information. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision and ability to adjust focus.
Hearing must be in the normal range for telephone contacts and other conversations.
The above is intended to describe the general content of and requirements for this job. It is not intended to be a complete statement of duties, responsibilities or requirements.
Salary : $26 - $32
