Assistant Director of Rehab (OTA)

Bedrock Healthcare; Beaver Dam (WI); On-site; USD 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On demand pay

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401k with 10% match

PTO

Holiday pay

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Beaver Dam Health Care Center is seeking an Occupational Therapy Aide to support residents under the supervision of an occupational therapist. You will assist with treatment, documentation, and adaptive equipment to help residents achieve the highest possible level of function within their abilities.

The role emphasizes teamwork with the interdisciplinary staff, compliance with infection control, and adherence to facility policies. A degree from an accredited OTA program is required.

Qualifications

• Excellent verbal and written communication and organizational skills.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common medical information.
• Ability to communicate with residents, families, and healthcare professionals.

Responsibilities

• Follow physician orders and supervision by the occupational therapist.
• Provide treatment to help residents maintain or attain highest possible function.
• Provide adaptive equipment and preventative measures to prevent decline.
• Maintain timely and accurate resident reports per regulatory requirements.
• Observe infection control procedures and facility safety policies.
• Collaborate with residents, families, staff, and providers.

Skills

Communication

Reasoning

Verbal and written communication

Education

Associate degree from an accredited Occupational Therapy Assistant program

Job description

Occupational Therapist Aide

Benefits: On demand pay with Tapcheck, medical, dental, vision, 401k with 10% match, PTO, Holiday pay, tuition reimbursement, and more!

Are you looking for a warm and cozy environment to call your next work home!? Do you want stability and longevity in your career? Are you dedicated to resident care and looking for competitive compensation?! If YES, Beaver Dam Health Care Center is looking for YOU!

Beaver Dam Health Care Center is a skilled nursing home facility and takes pride in providing our residents with an amazing experience. We have an incredible tight-knit family of caregivers that serves our residents everyday with compassion, care and a positive attitude! We value and work hard to appreciate our caregivers because we recognize they are the foundation of our organization. We would love for you to join that family!

Purpose of this position

The purpose of this position is to treat and document care for residents with impaired ability to perform at an independent level due to disease process under the supervision of an occupational therapist; participate in the interdisciplinary team meetings as required.

Essential Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Follow physicians’ orders for resident care and follow directions of the occupational therapist.
• Provide appropriate treatment to help residents maintain or attain the highest level of function possible within the confines of his/her physical abilities.
• Provide appropriate treatment, preventative measures and adaptive equipment to prevent decline in residents' function.
• Maintain timely and accurate resident reports as required by federal, state and local regulatory agencies and third-party payers.
• Provide adaptive equipment and preventative measures to prevent decline in residents' function.
• Observe infection control procedures.
• Be responsible for the safety of residents under his/her supervision.
• Consistently work cooperatively with residents, residents' representatives, facility staff, physicians, consultants and ancillary service providers.
• Observe all facility policies and procedures.
• Observe all facility safety policies and procedures.
• Observe guidelines in the employees' handbook.
• Follow facility Residents' Rights policies.
• Adhere to Corporate Compliance Program Code of Conduct and policies and procedures.
• Attend Corporate Compliance Program in servicing as required.
• Comply with facility policies and procedures against discrimination and sexual harassment.
• Protect the privacy of resident Protected Health Information.
• Protect the confidentiality and security of all resident and facility information.
• Come to work in clean, neat attire and consistently present a professional appearance.
• Come to work as scheduled and consistently demonstrate dependability and punctuality.
• Accept assigned duties in a cooperative manner
• Preform other related duties as directed by his/her supervisor.
• Preform all duties assigned in an effective, timely and professional manner.
• Support and respect other employees.
• All other duties as assigned

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to execute each essential physical and intellectual duty as identified. The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required.

• Communication/Language Skills — Must have excellent verbal and written communication and organizational skills. Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common medical information. Ability to effectively communicate with residents, their families and other healthcare professionals. Ability to present information to supervisor.
• Reasoning Ability — Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw conclusions.
• Associates degree from an accredited Occupational Therapy Assistant program

Additional duties assigned by DOR