Occupational Therapist Assistant

Job Summary:
Assists in providing rehabilitative services to persons with mental, physical, emotional, or developmental impairments in a home, school or daycare setting.

Essential Functions:

- Help clients with rehabilitative activities and exercises in their treatment plan, as prescribed by an occupational therapist

- Teach patients how to move from bed to wheelchair and how to utilize muscles.

- Monitor individual’s activities to ensure they are performed correctly

- Record client’s progress and conditions

- Alter treatments as needed if intended effect is not evident

Requirements
Job Qualifications:
Education: Degree in occupational therapy or related field and appropriate certifications and/or licensures
Licensure: Current Texas State License as an Occupational Therapy Assistant, current Texas Driver’s License.
Experience: 1-2 years’ experience in acute care or rehabilitation setting, home health preferred.
Skills: Therapy skills as defined as generally accepted standards of practice. Good interpersonal skills.
Transportation: Reliable transportation and valid and current auto liability insurance.

Environmental and Working Conditions
Works in a patient’s home in various conditions; possible exposure to blood and bodily fluids and infectious diseases; ability to work flexible schedule; ability to travel locally; some exposure to unpleasant weather.

Physical and Mental Efforts:
Requires working under some stressful conditions to meet deadlines and patient needs and to meet patient/family individualized psycho social needs