Certified Occupational Therapist Assistant (COTA)

Title: Certified Occupational Therapist Assistant (COTA)

Job Type: Full time

Your experience matters!

At The Hospitals of Providence Rehabilitation Hospital East, we are driven by a profound commitment to prioritize your well-being so you can provide exceptional care to others. Here, you’re not just valued as an employee, but as a person.

• The Hospitals of Providence Rehabilitation Hospital East in El Paso, Texas, is a dedicated inpatient rehab facility focused on helping patients regain independence after serious illness, injury, or surgery.
• 24/7 Availability: Open around the clock to support patients through every stage of recovery.
• Comprehensive Rehab Services: Offers intensive physical, occupational, and speech therapy for individuals recovering from stroke, brain injury, orthopedic trauma, and other complex conditions.

As a Certified Occupational Therapist Assistant (COTA) joining our team, you’re embracing a vital mission dedicated to making communities healthier. Join us on this meaningful journey where your skills, compassion, and dedication will make a remarkable difference in the lives of those we serve.

How you’ll contribute

The Certified Occupational Therapist Assistant (COTA) provides direct patient care under the supervision of an occupational therapist, assisting with therapeutic interventions and documentation while supporting quality and compliance standards in rehabilitation services.

• Essential Functions
• Communicate patient progress or concerns to the supervising occupational therapist and interdisciplinary team.
• Instruct patients’ families or nursing staff in follow-through programs and home exercises.
• Assist with patient scheduling and post treatment charges to patient records daily.
• Document patient care accurately and in accordance with all regulatory, licensing, payer, and accrediting requirements.
• Maintain treatment equipment and work areas in a clean and safe condition.
• Ensure compliance with the Company’s Code of Business Conduct, Corporate Compliance Agreement, and applicable laws and professional standards.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Additional Information

• Must demonstrate strong communication, time management, and clinical documentation skills.
• Familiarity with electronic medical records preferred.

Qualifications

• and requirements:
• License: Licensed and eligible to practice as a COTA in the state where services are rendered.
• Certifications: CPR certification required.

About us The Hospitals of Providence Rehabilitation Hospital East is located in El Paso, TX, and is part of Lifepoint Health [https://lifepointhealth.net/locations], a diversified healthcare delivery network committed to making communities healthier® with acute care, rehabilitation, and behavioral health facilities from coast to coast. From your first day to your next career milestone—your experience matters.

EEOC Statement

“The Hospitals of Providence Rehabilitation Hospital East is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The Hospitals of Providence Rehabilitation Hospital East is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment in employment.”

• Lifepoint Health is a leader in community-based care and driven by a mission of Making Communities Healthier.
• Our diversified healthcare delivery network spans 29 states and includes 63 community hospital campuses, 32 rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals, and more than 170 additional sites of care across the healthcare continuum, such as acute rehabilitation units, outpatient centers and post-acute care facilities.
• We believe that success is achieved through talented people.
• We want to create places where employees want to work, with opportunities to pursue meaningful and satisfying careers that truly make a difference in communities across the country.
• We employ and provide care to people from all walks of life.
• We are committed to promoting healing, providing hope, preserving dignity and producing value with an inclusive workforce in which diversity is leveraged, respected, and reflective of the patients, family members, customers and team members we serve.