Occupational Therapy Assistant

UnitedHealth Group•Titusville, FL

34d•$24 - $43•Onsite

About The Position

Explore opportunities with CPS, part of the Optum family of businesses. We’re dedicated to crafting and delivering innovative hospital and pharmacy solutions for better patient outcomes across the entire continuum of care. With CPS, you’ll work alongside our team of more than 2,500 pharmacy professionals, technology experts, and industry leaders to drive superior financial, clinical, and operational performance for health systems nationwide. Ready to help shape the future of pharmacy and hospital solutions? Join us and discover the meaning behind Caring. Connecting. Growing together. As a full time, nonexempt Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant with CPS Solutions, LLC Rehabilitation Services team at Parrish Medical Center, you will be responsible for administering occupational therapy (OT) modalities of treatment as directed by the Occupational Therapist. You will assist with restoration of patient functioning to prevent disability following injury or disease; participate in operational aspects of the department; and maintain department performance improvement activities. This position may also support our location in Port St John Schedule: This full time, nonexempt position is scheduled to work 40 hours per week in an outpatient setting. Position may float to outpatient setting as needed About the Facility: Parrish Medical Center (PMC) is a public, not-for-profit acute care healing hospital with 210 beds located on the Space Coast of Florida. PMC is a nationally recognized industry leader having earned a number of prestigious recognitions, including Modern Healthcare Magazine's Top 100 Best Places to Work in Healthcare and Spirit of Excellence Awards, America's #1 Healing Hospital for three consecutive years, HealthGrades® Outstanding Patient Experience Award™, Hospital of Choice Award, National Spirit of Women Premier Hospital, and more Joint Commission disease-specific Gold Seal® certifications for quality than all but one other hospital in Florida About the Rehabilitation Department: Department core hours are Monday-Sunday from 8:00am-4:300pm and as needed to support acute care hospital rehab staff. Specialty services include Vestibular Rehab and hand therapy to those who are 18 year of age and older. Department hours are Monday-Friday from 7:00am-4:00pm and as needed to provide support for Parrish Medical Center outpatient services.

Requirements

Associate Degree (AS) in Occupational Therapy Assisting
Ability to obtain FL OTA license prior to start (within 4 weeks of ooffer)
Basic knowledge of anatomy and physiology to provide patient exercise, massage, paraffin baths, hot and cold packs, traction, ultrasound, and ADL retraining

Nice To Haves

Current Florida OTA license in good standing
Lymphedema Certified
1+ years of experience
Recent inpatient acute and outpatient treatment experience

Responsibilities

Administers treatments and occupational agents as directed by the Staff OT after patient evaluation, observes and evaluates treatment effects and reviews observations with Staff OT
Provides treatment and rehab services to patients who have experienced injury or disabling disease
Assists patients in reaching maximum performance and level of function while learning to live within the limits of their capabilities
Monitors and documents patient treatment and response according to current standards and policies
Assess patient progress with treatment and requests re-assessment from Staff OT as per policy. This includes treatment in all patient populations
Engages patient and family members in the educational process of designed home exercise programs for therapy that identifies and takes into consideration psychosocial, cultural, and ethical/religious special needs for patient and family members