Home Health- COTA

Join Sunrise Home Health as a Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant (COTA)! Location: Maricopa, Casa Grande, Coolidge, Florence, and the surrounding areas. Flexible Schedule Part time or Full time At Sunrise Home Health, we are dedicated to providing compassionate, high-quality care that helps patients maintain their independence and achieve their goals in the comfort of their own homes. We are seeking a motivated and compassionate Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant (COTA) to join our growing therapy team. As a COTA with Sunrise Home Health, you’ll work closely with our Occupational Therapists and interdisciplinary care team to provide individualized, patient-centered therapy focused on improving daily function, safety, independence, and overall quality of life. If you enjoy building meaningful relationships with patients while having the independence and flexibility that home health offers, we’d love to hear from you! Key Deliverables Assists the physician in evaluating the patient's level of function. Assess patient's home environment for safety hazards and architectural barriers identify equipment needs. Identifies functional problems and establishes goals and a plan of care designed to improve the patient's functional status (revising as necessary). Performs patient tests, measurements, and evaluations, such as range of motion and manual muscle tests, gait and functional analysis, and body parts measurement, and records and evaluates findings to aid in establishing or revising specifics of treatment programs. Performs and completes start-of-care, and ongoing assessments and associated paperwork in accordance to agency policy. Periodically re-evaluates and upgrades the patient's program to maximize functional improvement. Administers the exercise program utilizing specialized therapeutic exercise techniques and equipment. Plans and administers prescribed physical therapy treatment programs for patients to restore function, relieve pain and prevent disability following disease, injury, or loss of body parts. Recommends prosthetic/orthotic devices for patients or evaluates their devices and makes minor adjustments or recommends modifications by the prosthetist/orthotist. Confers with the family, referring physician, and other agency professional staff to obtain information to promote coordinated, efficient, and quality patient care. Performs and submits required documentation of patient's evaluations, plan of care, clinical notes, and progress reports, summaries along with changes in orders. All patient visit notes must be turned in the next scheduled workday, not to exceed forty-eight (48) hours. Performance Responsibilities Although each position has its own unique duties and responsibilities, the following listing applies to every employee. All employees of the organization. Will exercise necessary cost control measures. Will strive to maintain positive internal and external customer service relationships. Must be able to demonstrate effective leadership skills. Must demonstrate effective communication skills by conveying necessary information accurately, listening effectively and asking questions when clarification is needed. Must be able to be depended upon to plan and organize work effectively and ensure its completion. Must be able to demonstrate reliability by arriving to work on time and taking breaks in expected time frames. Will be expected to meet all productivity requirements. Must be able to demonstrate team behavior and must be willing to promote a team-oriented environment. Is expected to represent the organization professionally at all times. Must be able to demonstrate initiative, strives to continually improve processes and relationships. Qualifications Education and Experience: Must be a graduate from an accredited Occupational Therapy program and licensed by the state of Arizona. #J-18808-Ljbffr Centrix Health Resources