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Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant - HBS

Halifax Health

#Patient Care #Healthcare #Assistive Devices #Occupational Therapy #Pediatrics #Treatment Plan #Hospital Setting #Geriatrics #Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant

Quick overview

The COTA treats pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients with physical or psychological dysfunction under OTR supervision. Responsibilities include implementing treatment plans, gathering evaluation data, and managing patient progress records.

Requirements summary

Requires an Associate's Degree in Occupational Therapy from an accredited program and completion of a clinical rotation. Candidates must possess the skills to care for diverse patient populations in a hospital setting.

associate degreeInventory ManagementCustomer ServiceInterpersonal CommunicationTreatment PlanningGeriatric CareClinical DocumentationData GatheringPatient TreatmentPediatric CarePatient CounselingPatient ReassessmentOrthotics Design

Job description

Day (United States of America) Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant - HBS The Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant treats and/or trains pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients with physical or psychological dysfunction under the supervision of the registered Occupational Therapist (OTR). - Associates Degree in Occupational therapy from accredited program, approved by the American Occupational Therapy Association. - Clinical rotation included in the COTA degree. - Possesses knowledge and skills to care for the pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients in a hospital setting. - Professionalism in interpersonal communication skills with patients, patient families, colleagues, physicians and ancillary department personnel. - Customer-service oriented; able to effectively communicate verbally and written to build relationships with peers and key stakeholders at all levels in the organization. - Contributes to the evaluation process by gathering data, administering structured tests and reporting observations while under supervision of OTR. - Contributes to the development of the treatment plan and carries out implementation of the treatment plan. - Tracks the need for patient reassessment, reports changes in patient status and contributes to the reassessment process. - Counsels and instructs patients and patient's family in home program in collaboration with OTR. - Designs, corrects, or adjusts orthotics or assistive devices in collaboration with OTR. - Records patient's progress in charts.
Gives oral reports as needed to related personnel. - Assists in planning, organizing and coordinating in-service education. - Maintains inventory of supplies, orders and stocks.
Processes patient charges, files, and performs other tasks.
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Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant - HBS

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