Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant / COTA

About the role

Join our team as a Day Shift, Regular Part Time, Outpatient Certified Occupational Therapist Assistant at INTEGRIS Health Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City, OK. INTEGRIS Health, Oklahoma’s largest not-for-profit health system, is seeking a dedicated caregiver to join us in our mission to partner with people to live healthier lives. Take the first step toward growing your career by joining us.

Benefits

• Front-loaded PTO
• Medical benefits through the extensive INTEGRIS Health network
• Financial assistance for continued education
• 24/7 mental health support

Responsibilities

• Assesses patient performance commensurate with their training and qualifications.
• Recommends equipment or alteration to architectural barriers to the therapist of record for their respective discipline.
• May act as clinical instructor and or assist with orientation of new employees or volunteers.
• Intervenes with self-care, home management; therapeutic activities, performing and interpreting manual muscle and range of motion tests; positioning/seating, transfers, fine motor and gross motor skill, coordination; neuromuscular facilitation; motor control; design, fabrication or application of selected orthotics or prosthetic devices; pressure garment fitting; guidance in the selection and use of adaptive equipment; exercises to enhance functional performance; functional training for integration and reintegration in the community, home, and work, work simulation, and ergonomics; energy conservation; joint protection; feeding techniques and oral motor facilitation; functional mobility; therapeutic modalities; sensorimotor activities; psychosocial skills and behavior management; cognitive retraining; and appraisal and adaptation of environments for patients with mental and/or physical disabilities.
• Educates persons served and other stakeholders.
• Communicates and documents treatment and appropriate charges for treatment per policy and procedure.
• Reports to the therapist delegating and the assigned Manager or Director.
• Moderate exposure to hazardous risks, including potential for exposure to infections, communicable diseases, blood and body fluids, mechanical and electrical equipment, variety of chemicals, and sharp equipment (debridement, splinting, and kitchen equipment).
• Potential for bodily injury related to lifting and cumulative stress.
• Potential for workplace violence (agitated, confused, combative patients, angry family members).
• Must follow universal safety precautions.
• Frequent exposure to hydrocollator.
• Moderate to frequent exposure to oven, stove, microwave, and heat