COTA (Certified Occupational Therapist Assistant)

Career Strategies; Angier (NC); On-site; USD 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Career Strategies in Angier, NC is seeking a Certified Occupational Therapist Assistant to join our clinical team and help develop individualized treatment plans for each patient. You will collaborate with therapists to ensure effective, patient-centered care and coordinate on carrying out plans tailored to the needs and abilities of every patient.

You will guide patients through therapeutic activities, encourage engagement in tasks, teach equipment use when needed, and document progress for

Qualifications

• Must hold an active COTA credential.

Responsibilities

• Help patients perform therapeutic activities, such as stretching and other support exercises.
• Encourage patients to complete activities and tasks as part of their treatment plan.
• Teach patients how to use special equipment when needed.
• Lead children with developmental disabilities in play activities that promote coordination and socialization.
• Record patients' progress throughout treatment and report back to Occupational Therapists.
• Occasionally perform administrative tasks, such as scheduling appointments or helping patients with insurance forms.
• Prepare treatment areas prior to appointments and clean areas and equipment between appointments.
• Transport patients when needed, which may involve supporting patient weight, bending, and lifting.
• Instruct patients, families, and other caregivers how to carry out the skills and techniques of the occupational therapy treatment plan.

Skills

COTA Certification

Job description

COTA (Certified Occupational Therapist Assistant)

• Angier, NC

We are in immediate need of a Certified Occupational therapy assistants to collaborate with team to develop treatment plans for each patient, as well as coordinate on carrying out each plan. Treatment plans are all unique, depending on a patient’s needs and capabilities:

Responsibilities include:

• Helping patients perform therapeutic activities, such as stretching and other support exercises
• Encouraging patients to complete activities and tasks as part of their treatment plan
• Teaching patients how to use special equipment when needed
• Leading children with developmental disabilities in play activities that promote coordination and socialization – for example, picking up small foods and eating them, building block towers, or matching games with colors and shapes
• Recording patients’ progress throughout treatment and reporting back to Occupational Therapists
• Occasionally performing administrative tasks, such as scheduling appointments or helping patients with insurance forms
• Preparing treatment areas prior to appointments (e.g., setting up therapy equipment for a specific patient) and cleaning treatment areas and equipment between appointments
• Transporting patients when needed, which may involve supporting patient weight, bending, and lifting
• Instructing patients, families, and other caregivers how to carry out the skills and techniques of the occupational therapy treatment plan