Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant •COTA • PRN

At Paramount Health and Rehabilitation, we provide a continuum of care for our residents as well as diverse opportunities for you! We are a rehabilitation unit and long term care. We believe that through supporting you and creating an atmosphere of a home away from home you can truly do your best work and give the up most care to each resident. We know that through putting our employees first you can give that great tailored care and feel the support you need to succeed.

We are looking for a dedicated COTA to work with our amazing, dynamic and talented team of therapists! Come join our team, changing the way skilled nursing is done.

• Interested? Call or text Whitney at 801-599-8906 to schedule and interview today!
• Occupational Therapy Assistant Job Responsibilities :
• Helps occupational therapy clients by providing rehabilitative services to persons with mental, physical, emotional, or developmental impairments.
• Provides services under the direction of licensed occupational therapist.
• Verifies client information by interviewing client, reviewing and recording medical history, confirming purpose of treatment.
• Helps clients improve their quality of life by helping them compensate for limitations, such as, helping injured workers improve their motor skills and re-enter the labor force, and teaching persons with learning disabilities to prepare meals or to use public transportation and increase their independence.
• Follows treatment plan developed in collaboration with occupational therapist by teaching techniques, such as, the proper method of moving from a bed into a wheelchair, and the best ways to stretch and limber muscles.
• Monitors activities to make sure they are performed correctly and provides encouragement, bringing treatment that is not having the intended effect to the attention of the therapist.
• Maintains patient occupational therapy records by recording clients progress for use by the occupational therapist.
• Generates revenues by recording billing information of services rendered.
• Maintains safe, secure, and healthy work environment by establishing, following, and enforcing standards and procedures and complying with legal regulations.
• Serves and protects the occupational therapy practice by adhering to professional standards, policies and procedures, federal, state, and local requirements, and Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) standards.
• Enhances occupational therapy practice reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests and exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.

Pay : $25.00 - $31.00 per hour

Benefits :

401(k)

401(k) matching

Dental insurance

Flexible schedule

Health insurance

Health savings account

Life insurance

Paid time off

Referral program

Tuition reimbursement

Vision insurance

Ability to Commute :

Salt Lake City, UT 84107 (Required)

Work Location : In person

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