Occupational Therapy Assistant - Inpatient Acute, 40hrs/wk, Mon - Fri

Job Title: Inpatient Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant                  
Job Location: Lincoln        
                       
JOB OVERVIEW

• Responsible for implementing occupational therapy treatment for assigned patients under the supervision of an occupational therapist
• Responsible for assisting with specific assessment measures, maintaining accurate and timely documentation
• Work assignment will be on the patient care unit with collaborative strategies to promote occupational therapy within the unit setting between occupational therapy and nursing
  
  ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
• Records pertinent patient information in order to document changes and comply with legal and ethical standards, including but not limited to daily charting.
• Contributes to the assessment process under the supervision of a licensed occupational therapist; independently performs parts of assessment using standardized and criterion referenced tests.
• Records treatment charges, per facility guidelines.
• In coordination with a supervising occupational therapist, analyzes and revises treatment programs as needed to insure continuing appropriate intervention.
• Monitors patient's response to treatment and reports information to appropriate supervisor.
• Informs occupational therapist to co-sign discharge summaries, home assessments, plan of care, and home exercise program.
• Modifies therapeutic interventions to accommodate the age of the patient population within plan of care established by supervising therapist.
• In coordination with supervisor provides occupational therapy treatment to patients including but not limited to activities of daily living, functional activities, therapeutic exercise, fine and gross motor coordination, and equipment adaptations/modifications, and appropriate utilization of group therapies, in order to facilitate patient recovery.
• Communicates effectively with patients, families, staff, outside contacts/sources.
• Follows instruction from supervisor and/or director to perform other functions as assigned in order to achieve the goals within the department and the program
  
  QUALIFICATIONS
• Associate degree from an occupational therapy assistant program.
• Must possess current Nebraska licensure or temporary Nebraska license pending successful completion of licensing examination.
• CPR for Health Care Provider/CPR for Professional Rescuer preferred.
• Valid Nebraska driverâ??s license and proof of good driving record preferred.