Occupational Therapist Assistant Role at Willow Tree Care Center

Job Summary:

The Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant (COTA) will provide therapeutic support and evaluative services to patients, helping them achieve maximum functional independence.

This role includes designing treatment programs, maintaining accurate patient records, and instructing patients in various adaptive techniques.

New hires can expect a supportive environment focused on patient care, competitive pay, and a comprehensive benefits package.

About Us: Willow Tree is part of Stellar Senior Living, a premier skilled nursing and memory care provider in the Western United States.

Responsibilities:

• Provides consultation in areas such as environmental design, adaptive equipment, proper positioning of patients to prevent contractures and splinting.
• Maintains timely and accurate patient records and reports.
• Designs and administers treatment programs to increase patients' levels of functioning.
• Instructs patients in adapted techniques and the use of adaptive equipment for meal preparation, home management, dressing, feeding, and other self-care skills.
• Trains patients in the use of upper-extremity prosthetic devices to resume previous daily routines.
• Participates in home assessments.
• Administers therapy for neurological integration; provides sensor-motor integration treatment techniques and visual perceptual-motor remediation programs.
• Uses activities to increase developmental levels of patients.
• Designs and provides individualized therapy for adult learning-disabled patients.
• Designs and fabricates splints as specified by doctors' prescriptions; designs and/or fabricates slings and adaptive equipment to meet the needs of patients and/or their families.
• Administers treatment programs to traumatic brain-injured patients.
• Provides prevention therapy to maintain functional skills; instructs patients in energy conservation, joint protection, safety techniques for sensory loss, and transferring and visual field deficits; instructs patients' families in personal care for patients, especially proper transfer techniques to avoid back strain.
• Administers prevocational programs to prepare patients to return to or enter a work setting.
• Provides activities to assess patients' organizational skills, attention spans, cognitive abilities, coordination (fine and gross-motor), and adaptive-equipment needs.
• Designs home programs and instructs patients or families in carrying out such programs.
• Participates in patient support groups with other team members.
• Demonstrates ability to read, write, and speak English sufficient to fulfill job requirements.
• Demonstrates the ability to make independent decisions, solve practical problems that may or may not include a variety of concrete variables.
• Demonstrates the ability to listen actively and evaluate social situations in an objective, consistent and fair manner.
• Functions independently with integrity, flexibility and works well with residents, personnel and support agencies.
• Complies with community policies and procedures for workplace safety including infection control procedures, emergency response and safety protocol.
• Complies with all company policies and procedures related to resident rights; abuse prevention and reporting; and resident confidentiality (HIPPA).
• Demonstrates knowledge of Employee Handbook and complies with the policies in the Handbook.
• Performs other related duties as may be assigned.

Benefits:

We offer a comprehensive benefits package, including health, vision, and dental insurance, 401(k) with company match, paid time-off, flexibility with schedules, tuition assistance, company-sponsored training, free meals, referral program, etc.