Home Health Occupational Therapist Assistant

Well Care Home Health of the Southern Triangle, Inc.; Spring Lake (NC); On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Well Care Home Health of the Southern Triangle, Inc. seeks an Occupational Therapy Assistant to deliver prescribed OT treatments across life stages and support program operations.

This role emphasizes safety, documentation, and collaboration with the care team. The successful candidate will hold an OTA associate degree, a valid NC license (SC acceptable), CPR certification, and preferably one year of experience in home health or rehab settings.

Qualifications

• Education: Associate degree from an accredited occupational therapy assistant program.
• Licensure: Licensure in NC/SC and CPR certification.
• Experience: Prefer one year in home health or related field.
• Knowledge of home health and occupational therapy procedures.
• Ability to transfer and guard patients, and use manual therapy techniques.
• Interpersonal skills to work with patients, families, physicians, and staff.
• Physical requirements: lifting, mobility, and transfers as described.
• Mental abilities: clinical reasoning, prioritization, learning new skills, and computer use.
• Sensory requirements: see and communicate clearly for clinical techniques.

Responsibilities

• Administers prescribed occupational therapy treatments to patients in all life stages.
• Assists with program development and discipline-specific operations.
• Communicates and documents information per agency policies and guidelines.
• Contributes to program effectiveness.
• Organizes and performs work efficiently.
• Maintains and adjusts schedule to enhance agency performance.
• Demonstrates daily commitment to agency values.
• Maintains positive interpersonal relations with all members of the agency.
• Maintains and promotes customer satisfaction.
• Demonstrates the mission, vision, and values of the Agency daily.
• MUST have a valid North Carolina driver’s license and an operational vehicle.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Professional communication

Patient care

Manual therapy techniques

Computer literacy

Education

Associate degree in OTA program

Job description

PRIMARY JOB DUTIES

1. Administers prescribed occupational therapy treatments to patients in all stages of life.

2. Assists with program development and discipline specific operations efficiently and productively.

3. Appropriately communicates and documents information in accordance to agency policies and procedures and discipline specific guidelines.

4. Contributes to program effectiveness.

5. Organizes and performs work effectively and efficiently.

6. Maintains and adjusts schedule to enhance agency performance.

7. Demonstrates a daily commitment to the values of the agency

8. Demonstrates positive interpersonal relations in dealing with all members of the agency.

9. Maintains and promotes customer satisfaction

10.Effectively demonstrates the mission, vision, and values of the Agency on a daily basis.

JOB SPECIFICATIONS

1. Education: Associate degree from an accredited occupational therapy assistant program.

2. Licensure / Certifications: Licensure in the state in which providing therapy (NC/SC); CPR certification.

3. Experience: Prefer one year.

4. Essential Technical / Motor Skills: Knowledge of home health and occupational therapy procedures, ability to manipulate patient care equipment, including modalities and assistive devices; ability to properly transfer and guard patients; ability to apply other manual therapy techniques.

5. Interpersonal Skills: Ability to deal with the public, co-workers, patients, families, and physicians in a professional and positive manner.

6. Essential Physical Requirements: Requires significant locomotion, frequent lifting greater than 50 lbs and transferring patients greater than 100 lbs. Also repeated reaching in front of the body, bending and stooping, pushing and pulling. Occasionally requires reaching overhead, stair climbing, sitting and fine motor manipulation.

7. Essential Mental Abilities: Ability to apply rehabilitation clinical principles and use professional reasoning to develop appropriate treatment programs. Ability to prioritize duties, learn new skills and techniques in patient care. Ability to learn and use computer technology and supportive services.

8. Essential Sensory Requirements: Ability to see and communicate clearly in order to perform basic clinical techniques.

9. Exposure to Hazards: Noise, congestion, communicable disease, exposure to blood borne pathogens, patient assault, and injury resulting from improper body mechanics, uncooperative patients, families, and community hazards.

10.Hours of Work: 40 hour work weeks, variable Monday-Friday, weekends and holidays as needed.

11.Population Served: Adolescents, adults, geriatrics, and pediatrics.

12.Must have a valid North Carolina driver’s license and an operational vehicle.