Occupational Therapist Assistant (OTA)

About the role

We are currently recruiting for an Occupational Therapist Aide to join our team at Watertown Health Care Center. The purpose of this position is to treat and document care for residents with impaired ability to perform at an independent level due to disease process under the supervision of an occupational therapist; participate in the interdisciplinary team meetings as required.

Responsibilities

• Follow physicians’ orders for resident care and follow directions of the occupational therapist.
• Provide appropriate treatment to help residents maintain or attain the highest level of function possible within the confines of his/her physical abilities.
• Provide appropriate treatment, preventative measures and adaptive equipment to prevent decline in residents' function.
• Maintain timely and accurate resident reports as required by federal, state and local regulatory agencies and third-party payers.
• Provide adaptive equipment and preventative measures to prevent decline in residents' function.
• Observe infection control procedures.
• Be responsible for the safety of residents under his/her supervision.
• Consistently work cooperatively with residents, residents' representatives, facility staff, physicians, consultants and ancillary service providers.
• Observe all facility policies and procedures, safety policies and procedures, and guidelines in the employees' handbook.
• Follow facility Residents' Rights policies.
• Adhere to Corporate Compliance Program Code of Conduct and policies and procedures.
• Attend Corporate Compliance Program in servicing as required.
• Comply with facility policies and procedures against discrimination and sexual harassment.
• Protect the privacy of resident Protected Health Information and the confidentiality and security of all resident and facility information.
• Come to work in clean, neat attire and consistently present a professional appearance.
• Come to work as scheduled and consistently demonstrate dependability and punctuality.
• Accept assigned duties in a cooperative manner and perform other related duties as directed by his/her supervisor.
• Perform all duties assigned in an effective, timely and professional manner.
• Support and respect other employees.

Qualifications

• Excellent verbal and written communication and organizational skills.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common medical information.
• Ability to effectively communicate with residents, their families and other healthcare professionals.
• Ability to present information to supervisor.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw conclusions.
• Associates degree from an accredited Occupational Therapy Assistant program.

Benefits

• Health, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Paid Time Off
• Great Work Environment
• 401k matched at 10%
• Flexible Hours (8 hour shifts)
• Paid Holidays
• Same day pay with Tapcheck