Occupational Therapy Assistant - Rex RRNCC Raleigh Therapy

UNC Health; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 34,000 - 49,000; Full time

Job summary

UNC Health in Raleigh, NC is seeking a full-time Occupational Therapy Assistant to provide skilled OT services in a Skilled Nursing Facility, following established evaluations and goals. You will contribute to discharge planning, document patient progress in the medical record, and support student education while collaborating with an interdisciplinary team to optimize outcomes for diverse patients.

Qualifications include graduation from an accredited two-year OTA program and NC licensure; no

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Participates in interdisciplinary team meetings to plan patient needs.
• Documents patient treatment progress in the medical record and department records.
• Instructs occupational therapy and occupational therapist assistant students.
• Precepts OTAs and evaluates learner competency per department guidelines.
• Provides skilled OT treatments, designs activities, fabricates splints, and teaches home techniques.
• Participates in quality improvement initiatives and departmental meetings.
• Maintains valid and reliable records of procedures and progress for continuous quality improvement.

Education

Graduation from an accredited two-year Occupational Therapy Assistant program

Job description

Description

Your passion belongs at UNC Health. Join more than 56,000 teammates working together to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve across North Carolina.

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.

This position is located in a Skilled Nursing Facility.

Responsibilities:
1. Contributes to various interdisciplinary team meetings to plan for patient needs, discuss family education plans, and discharge plans.
2. Documents patient treatment and progress toward goals in the medical record. Completes department records for team communication, billing, and statistics.
3. Instructs occupational therapy and occupational therapist assistant students.
4. Precepts occupational therapist assistants and evaluates the learner's competency per department guidelines.
5. 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.
6. Participation - Contributes to quality of clinical services through attendance and participation in departmental meetings and in-services.
7. 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

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:

• No prior experience required.

Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:

Job Details

Legal Employer: NCHEALTH

Entity: UNC REX Healthcare

Organization Unit: Rex RRNCC Raleigh Therapy

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:Raleigh

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No

This position is employed by NC Health (Rex Healthcare, Inc., d/b/a NC Health), a private, fully-owned subsidiary of UNC Heath Care System. This is not a State employed position.

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. UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email [e-mail] if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.