Occupational Therapist Assistant

About This Role

Implement and administer occupational therapy treatment programs for pediatric patients with physical, cognitive, sensory, and social/emotional disabilities or delays in a home and community setting.

Responsibilities

• Provides high quality care and meets the needs of the patient and family by implementing occupational therapy treatment plans in conjunction with the occupational therapist supervisor.
• Assists pediatric and young adult patients in the areas of physical, neurological, cognitive, sensory, feeding, ADL’s, and social/emotional development and improves their level of independence by implementing skilled interventions to maximize the potential of each individual child.
• Participates in educating, coaching, and empowering caregivers and families to develop skills to carry over therapeutic activities into the child's daily routine.
• Assures continuation of therapeutic plan following discharge by designing and instructing patients, families, and caregivers in home exercise programs.
• Documents patient care services and care coordination in an intuitive electronic medical record system.
• Maintains patient confidence by keeping information confidential.

Requirements

• Texas State COTA license
• Current CPR certification

Qualifications

• Minimum of 1 year of experience preferred

Nice to Have

• Minimum of 1 yr. of experience

Benefits

Certifications