COTA / Occupational Therapist Assistant

Job Description

Job Description

Overview

Make an impact where life happens. As a COTA/PRN with Rehab Without Walls, you have the opportunity to be the consistent treating therapist throughout your client’s plan of care —building relationships, tracking progress, and providing meaningful therapy from evaluation through discharge.

Why COTA with Rehab Without Walls?

• Continuity of care – Be the primary treating COTA throughout the plan of care
• 1:1 functional therapy – Focus on the client, not a high-volume clinic schedule
• Home & community-based – Help clients reach goals where they actually live and participate
• Flexible PRN scheduling – No weekends or Holidays
• Paid drive time at your clinical hourly rate
• Mileage reimbursement
• Collaborative interdisciplinary team with OT, PT, SLP and other clinicians
• Meaningful neurorehab – Help clients regain independence and return to the activities that matter most

Responsibilities

• Assisting the Occupational Therapist in the implementation of vocational and educational activities designed to restore and reinforce individuals' task performance and promote their overall health and self-sufficiency
• Designing and adapting equipment for working and living environments, including fabricating assistive devices to improve participation in the program and/or community
• Conducting community reintegration activities to assist individuals with their occupational therapy needs during physical activity
• Providing training to individuals and any others involved in their rehabilitation, and documenting results of the training
• Supporting individuals' plan of treatment by documenting and reporting status changes to the rehabilitation specialist, clinical coordinator, attending physician, and other treatment team members as appropriate
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Degree from a certified occupational therapy assistant training program
• Current Occupational Therapist Assistant certification
• Knowledge of complex neurologic injury and neuro-rehabilitation techniques
• Minimum of 2 years of clinical experience assisting in the assessment and management of traumatic brain injury or related neurological conditions
• Current CPR certification
• Knowledge of complex neurologic injury and orthopedic rehabilitation techniques