Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA)

Bedrock Healthcare•Watertown, WI

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Watertown Health Care Center is recruiting an Occupational Therapy Assistant to provide and document care for residents who have impaired ability to function independently due to a disease process. The position works under the supervision of an occupational therapist and participates in interdisciplinary team meetings as required. The goal is to help residents maintain or attain the highest level of function possible within their physical abilities, including through treatment, preventative measures, and adaptive equipment. The role also requires following physicians’ orders and the occupational therapist’s directions; maintaining accurate, timely reports; following infection-control, safety, resident-rights, privacy, confidentiality, and facility policies; and working cooperatively with residents, families, facility staff, physicians, consultants, and other service providers. The posting lists full-time and part-time schedules and describes eight-hour shifts with flexible hours.

Requirements

Associate degree from an accredited Occupational Therapy Assistant program.
Excellent verbal and written communication and organizational skills.
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common medical information.
Ability to communicate effectively with residents, their families, and other healthcare professionals, and to present information to a supervisor.
Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw conclusions.
Ability to execute the essential physical and intellectual duties of the job.

Responsibilities

Follow physicians’ orders for resident care and the occupational therapist’s directions.
Provide appropriate treatment to help residents maintain or attain the highest level of function possible within their physical abilities.
Provide treatment, preventative measures, and adaptive equipment to help prevent declines in residents’ function.
Maintain timely and accurate resident reports as required by regulators and third-party payers.
Observe infection-control procedures and ensure the safety of residents under supervision.
Work cooperatively with residents, their representatives, facility staff, physicians, consultants, and ancillary service providers.
Follow facility policies and procedures, safety policies, Residents’ Rights policies, and employee handbook guidelines.
Follow the Corporate Compliance Program Code of Conduct and policies, and attend required compliance in-service training.
Comply with policies and procedures against discrimination and sexual harassment.
Protect resident Protected Health Information and the confidentiality and security of resident and facility information.
Maintain clean, neat attire and a professional appearance; report to work as scheduled and demonstrate dependability and punctuality.
Accept assigned duties cooperatively, perform duties effectively, promptly, and professionally, and support and respect other employees.
Perform other related duties as directed by the supervisor and other duties as assigned.
Participate in interdisciplinary team meetings as required.