Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant - Oakland CA

CareerNation

Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant - Oakland CA

Oakland, CA
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    CareerNation is hiring Certified Occupational Therapy Assistants on a part-time, full-time, and per-diem basis for Assisted Living Facilities and Rehabilitation Centers in Northern California.

    Shifts: Day, Evening, and Overnight

    Pay: $34/hour - $40/hour

     

    Occupational Therapy Assistant Job Responsibilities:

    • Helps occupational therapy clients by providing rehabilitative services to persons with mental, physical, emotional, or developmental impairments.
    • Provides services under the direction of licensed occupational therapist.
    • Verifies client information by interviewing client, reviewing and recording medical history, confirming purpose of treatment.
    • Helps clients improve their quality of life by helping them compensate for limitations, such as, helping injured workers improve their motor skills and re-enter the labor force, and teaching persons with learning disabilities to prepare meals or to use public transportation and increase their independence.
    • Follows treatment plan developed in collaboration with occupational therapist by teaching techniques, such as, the proper method of moving from a bed into a wheelchair, and the best ways to stretch and limber muscles.
    • Monitors activities to make sure they are performed correctly and provides encouragement, bringing treatment that is not having the intended effect to the attention of the therapist.
    • Maintains patient occupational therapy records by recording client’s progress for use by the occupational therapist.
    • Generates revenues by recording billing information of services rendered.
    • Maintains safe, secure, and healthy work environment by establishing, following, and enforcing standards and procedures and complying with legal regulations.
    • Keeps supplies ready by inventorying stock, placing orders, and verifying receipt.
    • Keeps equipment operating by following operating instructions, troubleshooting breakdowns, maintaining supplies, performing preventive maintenance, and calling for repairs.
    • Serves and protects the occupational therapy practice by adhering to professional standards, policies and procedures, federal, state, and local requirements, and Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) standards.
    • Enhances occupational therapy practice reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests and exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.

    Occupational Therapy Assistant Qualifications / Skills:

    • Documentation skills
    • Scheduling
    • Verbal communication
    • Patient services
    • Health care administration
    • Hospital environment
    • Teamwork
    • Use of medical technologies
    • Bedside manner
    • Dependability
    • Health promotion and maintenance

    Education, Experience, and Licensing Requirements:

    • High school diploma or equivalent, preferred
    • Current licensure as Occupational Therapy Assistant in California and/or nationally certified
    • Current CPR certification