PRN -COTA

Helps occupational therapy patients by providing rehabilitative services, under the direction of occupational therapists, to persons with mental, physical, emotional, or developmental impairments.

• Verify client information by interviewing client, reviewing and recording medical history, confirming purpose of treatment.
• Help 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.
• Follow 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.
• Monitor activities to make sure they are performed correctly and provide encouragement, bringing treatment that is not having the intended effect to the attention of the therapist.
• Maintain patient occupational therapy records by recording client’s progress for use by the occupational therapist.
• Generate revenues by recording billing information of services rendered.
• Maintain safe, secure, and healthy work environment by establishing, following, and enforcing standards and procedures and complying with legal regulations.
• Serve and protect the occupational therapy practice by adhering to professional standards, policies and procedures, federal, state, and local requirements.

Qualifications

• Must be a graduate of an accredited Occupational Therapy Assistant Program.
• Must have state of Florida licensure and the national certification requirements met.
• Must have valid BLS certification, required.
• One year in a hospital is preferred with the ability to fabricate all varieties of splints, required.

Salary:  Negotiable and based on Certification and experience.