Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant
Covenant Health
- Tazewell, TN
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Clinical practice – Administers treatment programs, including specialized treatment
- Adheres to the "Definition and Utilization of the Occupational Therapy Assistant" as stated in the current American Occupational Therapy Association policy.
- Monitors patient progress and makes recommendations to the occupational therapist in accordance with patient needs and evidence based practice.
- Documents patient progress in medical records for assigned patients.
- Provides input for patient care and discharge planning with other health professionals.
- Meets established targets for passive/active treatment ratios
- Involves patient and family in treatment, education and goal setting. Coordinates with other medical personnel regarding patient’s progress, needs and discharge planning.
- Demonstrates knowledge and competency including providing for age-specific needs of the population served.
- Serves as a resource person for support staff and other health system staff
- Assists with training, orientation and supervision of support staff.
- Assumes responsibility for the educational development of assigned COTA students.
- Maintains and updates patient documentation in accordance with professional, departmental, organizational, and payer guidelines and timeframes. Maintains established targets for compliance with chart audits.
- Meets established target for:
- Quality/outcome measures
- Service/patient satisfaction measures'
- Financial/productivity measures
- Growth/patients-per-day measures
- Demonstrates leadership including, but not limited to:
- Supervision of support staff
- Participates in professional organization/meetings (TOTA, AOTA)
- Volunteers for Covenant Health activities such as the marathon, golf tournament, sports physicals, employee education, etc.
- Completes partnering activities per established targets per month
- Physician office visits
- Community lectures/volunteer
- Case Manager visits/marketing
- Provide in-service
- Follows policies, procedures, and safety standards. Completes required education assignments annually. Works toward achieving goals and objectives, and participates in quality improvement initiatives as requested.
- Performs other duties as assigned