COTA

HCA Healthcare, Inc.; Pensacola (FL); On-site; USD 52,000 - 68,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

401(k) with match

Tuition assistance

Job summary

HCA Florida West Hospital in Pensacola is seeking a Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant (COTA) for full-time day shifts. The role provides direct patient care, participates in care planning and supervises support staff within an interdisciplinary team.

The ideal candidate holds an Associate Degree, is a licensed COTA, and has CPR/BLS within 30 days of start. This position offers comprehensive benefits and opportunities for professional growth within the HCA Florida network.

Qualifications

• Associate degree required and demonstrated ability to collaborate with an interdisciplinary team.
• Documentation and communication of evaluations, progress notes and discharge summaries.
• Strong patient education and home program instruction skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct patient care and implement individualized care plans under the supervising Occupational Therapist.
• Maintain accurate and timely documentation including evaluations, progress notes and discharge summaries.
• Collaborate with staff on patient care conferences, family education, and discharge planning.
• Instruct patients/families in home treatment programs and participate in rehabilitation development projects and quality improvement activities.
• Support program evaluations, peer reviews, and other rehab-related initiatives.

Skills

Interdisciplinary teamwork

Documentation

Patient education

Education

Associate Degree

Job description

Experience the HCA Healthcare difference where colleagues are trusted, valued members of our healthcare team. Grow your career with an organization committed to delivering respectful, compassionate care, and where the unique and intrinsic worth of each individual is recognized.

Job Summary and Qualifications

Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant (COTA) - Full-time, DAYS

Functions as an interdisciplinary team member providing direct patient care and individualized care planning/implementation and oversight of support staff. Performs daily treatments as outlined by Primary Occupational Therapist. Maintains accurate and pertinent documentation, including evaluations, progress notes, and discharge summaries on all scheduled patients in a timely and professional manner. Confers with staff members about patient care conferences, family education activities, and D/C planning. When needed, instructs patient/family in home treatment program. Participates in rehabilitation development projects, including quality assessment and improvement program procedures, program evaluations, peer reviews.

What qualifications you will need:

• Associate Degree
• State Licensed Occupational Therapy Assistant, (COTA) Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant
• Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date

Benefits

HCA Florida West Hospital, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources , including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Learn more about Employee Benefits (https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/employee-benefits-and-rewards)

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

HCA Florida West Hospital is a 515-bed facility. We are proud to be the area's leading health care facility in quality outcomes performance. We are the area's first Accredited Chest Pain Center and Breast Imaging Center of Excellence. Our hospital is the first in the state of Florida to have earned Atrial Fibrillation with Electrophysiology Services Accreditation. We have an Advanced Primary Stroke Center. We provide a specialized Emergency Department tailored to the needs of seniors and children. We have an Kid's ER dedicated to our youngest patients. We are the area's only comprehensive CARF-accredited physical rehabilitation hospital. Our facility has a behavioral health facility. We offer services including cardiology, cardiovascular surgery, oncology, and orthopedics. Other services that we offer include robotic-assisted surgery, critical care, and neurology/neurosurgery. We also offer urology, gastroenterology, obstetrics, and pulmonary and rehabilitative medicine.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

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HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

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