Occupational Therapy Assistant

UNC Health Care; Hillsborough (NC); On-site; USD 34,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

UNC Health Care is seeking a dedicated Occupational Therapy Assistant for the Acute Care team at Hillsborough. The OTA will provide skilled treatments, contribute to discharge planning, and work closely with a team of therapists to support orthopedic, cardiac, geriatric, and general medical patients.

Requirements include graduation from an accredited OTA program and NC licensure. The position emphasizes teamwork, time management, and effective communication in a fast-paced hospital setting.

Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited two-year Occupational Therapy Assistant program.
• Licensed as an Occupational Therapy Assistant in North Carolina.

Responsibilities

• Contributes to interdisciplinary team meetings to plan for patient needs, discharge plans, and family education.
• Documents patient treatment and progress toward goals in the medical record; maintains department records for team communication, billing, and statistics.
• Instructs OT and OTA students; precepts learners per department guidelines.
• Provides skilled OT treatments to a wide variety of patients and designs activities to meet OT goals; fabricates splints and teaches adaptive techniques.
• Facilitates discharge planning and home technique instruction for patient independence.

Skills

Time management

Communication

Organizational skills

Education

OTA program completion (accredited two-year)

Job description

Description

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Summary:
Performs a wide variety of skilled occupational therapy treatments for patients based upon the occupational therapy evaluations and goals completed by the occupational therapist. Advances the patient's treatment plan in response to the patient's progress. Assists with discharge planning.

The Acute Care Therapy Team at UNC Hospital Hillsborough is accepting applications for an acute care OTA position. This position will offer therapy services within a variety of acute care patient population at our Hillsborough Hospital. The OTA will work closely with a team of experienced therapists focused on post surgical orthopedic, general surgery, cardiac, cardio pulmonary, geriatric and medicine patients. This therapist must have excellent time management, communication and organizational skills and remain flexible in a fast paced environment. Clinical experience in acute care with orthopedic patients is required.

The selected candidate will work Sunday to Thursday with occasional holiday coverage.

Responsibilities

• Contributes to various interdisciplinary team meetings to plan for patient needs, discuss family education plans, and discharge plans.
• Documents patient treatment and progress toward goals in the medical record. Completes department records for team communication, billing, and statistics.
• Instructs occupational therapy and occupational therapist assistant students.
• Precepts occupational therapist assistants and evaluates the learner's competency per department guidelines.
• Provides skilled occupational therapy treatments to a wide variety of patients. Designs activities or exercises to meet OT goals. Fabricates a wide range of splints. Teaches patients techniques and use of adaptive equipment to increase independence in activities of daily living. Uses group techniques to facilitate therapeutic groups to reach a variety of OT goals. Instructs patient and family in home techniques for discharge.
• Participation - Contributes to quality of clinical services through attendance and participation in departmental meetings and in-services.
• Quality-Contributes to quality of clinical services through maintenance of valid & reliable records of patient procedures & progress. Participates in quality improvement initiatives with the clinical specialist and other healthcare professionals. Participates in continuous quality improvement efforts in conjunction with the department director

Other Information

Education Requirements

• Graduation from an accredited two-year Occupational Therapy Assistant program.

Licensure/Certification Requirements

• Licensed as an Occupational Therapy Assistant in the state of North Carolina.

Professional Experience Requirements

• Clinical experience in acute care with orthopedic patients is required.

Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements

Job Details

Legal Employer: STATE

Entity: UNC Medical Center Hillsborough

Organization Unit: Occupational Therapy Acute HBO

Work Type: Full Time

Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00

Salary Range:$24.98 - $35.91 per hour (Hiring Range)

Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity

Work Assignment Type: Onsite

Work Schedule: Day Job

Location of Job: US:NC:Hillsborough

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No

This is a State position employed by UNC Health Care System with UNC Health benefits. If, however, you are presently an employee of another North Carolina agency and currently participate in TSERS or the ORP, you will be eligible to continue participating in those plans at UNC Health.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.

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