Occupational Therapist Assistant (--X) (HH & WK)

About the role

Work Kare is the leader in occupational health for Northwest Louisiana. We are hiring a Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant (COTA) for our Work Conditioning department.

Responsibilities

• Assisting the Occupational Therapist (OT) in providing therapy to patients to help them improve, maintain, or regain skills from a work-related injury
• Implementing treatment plans
• Conducting therapeutic activities
• Documenting patient progress
• Educating patients
• Initiating therapeutic activities as directed by the supervising OT to assist injured workers
• Performing screenings and pre-employment assessments
• Maintaining accurate and timely records of patient progress and treatment and reporting findings to the supervising OT
• Preparing therapy equipment and treatment areas for sessions
• Auxiliary clerical and administrative tasks as needed

Requirements

• Certified in the State of Louisiana
• Experience preferred, but not required
• Excellent communication, organization, and time management skills