Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant

Company:

Providence at Home with Compassus

 

Position Summary 

This Certified Occupational Therapist Assistant (COTA) provides Occupational Therapy services under the direction of an OTL/R according to the attending physician's Plan of Care. As a member of the multi-disciplinary team, the therapist assumes responsibility for communication of client related issues for appropriate team members or other facility/agency staff and participates in the collection and evaluation of data necessary to assess the appropriateness of care at home. The COTA works with the clients and family in the home setting without direct supervision. 

 
Position Specific Responsibilities 
 

• Demonstrates competency in providing quality therapy services including intervention, implementation of the treatment plan established by the OT, related documentation and communication with clients and OT on a frequent basis. 
• Also demonstrates competency with identifying and making appropriate referrals regarding medical, social and emotional factors influencing care. 
• Communicate with the multidisciplinary team to form a collaborative client care plan. 
• Provides care in accordance with physician orders and the established plan of care. 
• Assesses the effectiveness of treatment and notifies OT if treatment needs to be modified to achieve goals. 
• Documents all treatment and coordination of care contacts in appropriate facility/agency format. 
• Meets agency time guidelines for completing documentation. 
• Documentation reflects good clinical documentation as well as meeting agency billing and reimbursement requirements. 
• Produces expected results given present skills, knowledge, abilities, training and education for the following age groups: neonate, pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric. 
• Demonstrates an ability to treat the wide range of diagnoses and be knowledgeable in therapy treatments, goals and contraindications for treatment. 
• Treatments are adapted to the unique home setting and to the client and/or caregiver's ability to follow through safely and correctly. 
• Request consultation supervision or continuing education when appropriate, to learn specialized techniques or treatment approaches. 
• Communicates pertinent medical and clinical information to the interdisciplinary team, including information regarding the client's care plan, implementation of changes per physician order and assuring adequate medical follow-up. 
• Also communicates pertinent information to team members, supervisor, facility/agency staff and external sources as appropriate. 
• Plans for discharge. 
• Participates in team reassessments and discharge planning. 
• Teaches client or family discharge therapy program. 
• Recommends and facilitates appropriate medical and/or rehabilitation followed up once Home Services/Home Infusion/Hospice services have been discontinued. 
• Assists in obtaining adaptive equipment. 
• Fabricates adapt