Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant For Home Health Visits

Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant

Physicians Choice Home Health is recruiting for a Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant (COTA) to join our Home Healthcare Team. In this role, you will be responsible for providing quality home health visits to our patients in the comfort of their home. You will be joining a team of compassionate and dedicated healthcare professionals who are committed to providing the highest level of care to our members.

Physicians Choice Home Health is an Obran Cooperative Company. Obran Health is building the largest worker-owned home-based healthcare company in the US. We know the frustrations that come when working at a traditional healthcare employer - we've been there. That is why we created Obran Health. Obran Cooperative businesses give voice, power, and a share of the profits to each of our employee members. We are recruiting for healthcare professionals that want the chance to really own their work and have a say in the organization where they work.

Objectives

• Participates in the ongoing evaluation of patient's functional status (muscle function, endurance, visual coordination, written and verbal communication skills, self-care ability, work capacity, etc.) as delegated by the registered occupational therapist. Participates in the ongoing evaluation of the home environment for hazards or barriers to more independent living as delegated by the registered occupational therapist.
• Participates in teaching new skills or retraining patients in once familiar daily activities that have been lost due to illness or injury, in accordance with organization policy.
• Maintains appropriate clinical records, clinical notes, and reports to the registered occupational therapist any changes in the patient's condition.
• Submits clinical documentation in accordance with Physicians Choice Home Health policy.
• Follows treatment program and goals for improved patient function as established by the registered occupational therapist. Documents patient's response to treatment plan and progress toward established goals.
• Maintains contact / communication with other personnel involved in the patient's care to promote coordinated, efficient care. Documents such communication in accordance with Physicians Choice Home Health policy.
• Attends and contributes to in-services, case conferences, and other meetings as required by Physicians Choice Home Health policy to ensure coordinated and comprehensive plans of care for the patients of the Physicians Choice Home Health.
• Identifies patient and family / caregiver needs for other home care services. Consults with the supervising registered occupational therapist and assists with necessary referrals, as appropriate.
• Participates in instructing patient's family / caregiver and other Physicians Choice Home Health health care personnel in patient's treatment regimen as delegated by the registered occupational therapist.
• Is supervised by the registered occupational therapist no less than every thirty days. Documentation in the clinical record will reflect ongoing communication between the registered occupational therapist and certified occupational therapy assistant, the patient's condition, the patient's response to services provided by the assistant, any need to change the plan of care, and patient outcomes.