Licensed Occupational Therapist Assistant

Prava Therapy•San Diego, CA

22h

About The Position

Prava Therapy is hiring a part-time Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant (COTA) to join its embedded therapy team at ActivCare Mission Bay in Mission Bay, California. The role provides occupational therapy in the context of residents’ everyday lives, using meaningful daily routines and the resident’s environment to support functional progress, independence, and participation. The schedule may flex into evening hours when clinically appropriate to address evening activities of daily living and related goals. Working under the direction and supervision of an Occupational Therapist, the COTA will provide skilled interventions, support residents with cognitive, physical, and functional needs—including residents living with dementia—and collaborate with families, caregivers, community staff, and the interdisciplinary team. Prava supplies technology, clinical standards, AI-enabled documentation, credentialing, billing and revenue-cycle support, and operational systems.

Requirements

Be a Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant (COTA).
Be willing to flex the schedule into the evening when resident goals and clinical needs call for it.
Be comfortable collaborating with OTs, PTs, nursing, caregivers, and community leadership.

Nice To Haves

Enjoy working with older adults and residents living with dementia.
Enjoy working directly with residents and building genuine relationships.
Be creative and naturally look for functional solutions.
Value clinical judgment, creativity, resident dignity, and therapy integrated into everyday life.

Responsibilities

Provide skilled occupational therapy interventions under the direction and supervision of the Occupational Therapist.
Help residents improve independence and participation in meaningful daily activities.
Address ADLs and IADLs, including dressing, grooming, toileting, bathing, transfers, functional mobility, and other daily routines as appropriate.
Use real-life activities and the resident’s environment as opportunities for therapeutic intervention.
Work into evening hours when clinically appropriate to address evening ADLs and functional goals.
Help residents practice skills at the time and in the environment where those skills matter most.
Support residents with cognitive, physical, and functional needs, including residents living with dementia.
Adapt activities and environments to help residents succeed.
Provide caregiver and community staff education to reinforce strategies outside therapy sessions.
Communicate observations, progress, and changes in resident status to the supervising OT and interdisciplinary team.
Build meaningful relationships with residents and families.
Document using Prava’s technology and AI-enabled tools.
Measure progress based on meaningful functional outcomes.
Contribute to a collaborative, clinically curious, and resident-centered therapy culture.