Occupational Therapist Assistant - PRN COTA

Pate Rehabilitation • ANNA, TX

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About The Position

Pate Rehabilitation is seeking a PRN Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant (COTA) to support customized treatment plans that improve patients’ quality of life. The role assists the Occupational Therapist with rehabilitation activities and helps individuals restore task performance, increase self-sufficiency, and participate in their programs and communities.

The assistant adapts equipment for work and living environments, provides training to individuals and others involved in rehabilitation, documents training outcomes, and reports changes in individuals’ status to appropriate members of the treatment team. Pate Rehabilitation provides evidence-based physical, occupational, speech/language, and neurocognitive therapies, along with vocational rehabilitation, to support recovery following acquired brain injury.

Requirements

• Degree from a certified occupational therapy assistant training program.
• Current Occupational Therapist Assistant certification.
• Knowledge of complex neurologic injury and neuro-rehabilitation techniques.
• At least 2 years of clinical experience assisting in the assessment and management of traumatic brain injury or related neurological conditions.
• Current CPR certification.
• Knowledge of complex neurologic injury and orthopedic rehabilitation techniques.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Occupational Therapist in implementing vocational and educational activities designed to restore and reinforce task performance and promote health and self-sufficiency.
• Design and adapt equipment for working and living environments, including fabricating assistive devices to improve participation in the program and/or community.
• Conduct community reintegration activities to address individuals’ occupational therapy needs during physical activity.
• Provide training to individuals and others involved in their rehabilitation, and document training results.
• Support individuals’ treatment plans by documenting and reporting status changes to the rehabilitation specialist, clinical coordinator, attending physician, and other treatment team members as appropriate.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Education Level: Associate degree