Occupational Therapy Assistant

Pearland & Kingwood
  • Atascosita, Texas
    30+ days ago

    Job Description

    Benefits:
    • Dental insurance
    • Health insurance
    • Signing bonus
    Job description

    • Facilitates development and rehabilitation of patients with mental, emotional, and physical disabilities by planning and administering medically prescribed occupational therapy.
    • Meets the patient’s goals and needs and provides quality care by assessing and interpreting evaluations and test results and determining occupational therapy treatment plans in consultation with physicians or by prescription.
    • Helps patient develop or regain physical or mental functioning or adjust to disabilities.
    • Implements programs involving manual arts and crafts, practice in functional, pre-vocational, vocational and homemaking skills and fosters activities of daily living.
    • Promotes maximum independence by selecting and constructing therapies according to individual’s physical capacity, intelligence level, and interest.
    • Prepares patient for return to employment by consulting with employers; determining potential employee difficulties; retraining employees; and helping employers understand necessary physical and job accommodations.
    • Evaluates results of occupational therapy by observing, noting, and evaluating patient’s progress and recommending and implementing adjustments and modifications.
    • Completes discharge planning by consulting with physicians, nurses, social workers, and other health care workers.
    • Assures continuation of therapeutic plan following discharge by designing and instructing patients, families, and caregivers in home exercise programs, recommending and/or providing assistive equipment and recommending outpatient or home health follow-up programs.
    • Documents patient care services by charting in patient and department records.
    • Maintains patient confidence and protects hospital operations by keeping information confidential.
    • Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations.
    Compensation: $50.00 - $55.00 per hour




    Numbers & Facts

    LocationAtascosita, Texas
    Websitehttps://www.nursenextdoor.com/

    Skills

    • Activities of Daily Living (ADLs)unmatched
    • Consultingunmatched
    • Customer Relationsunmatched
    • Dental Insuranceunmatched
    • Discharge Plansunmatched
    • Health Insuranceunmatched
    • Healthcareunmatched
    • Healthcare Qualityunmatched
    • Home Careunmatched
    • Home Economicsunmatched
    • Hospitalunmatched
    • Medical Recordsunmatched
    • Needs Assessmentunmatched
    • Nursingunmatched
    • Occupational Therapyunmatched
    • Outpatient Careunmatched
    • Patient Assessmentunmatched
    • Patient Careunmatched
    • Patient Educationunmatched
    • Prescription Drugsunmatched
    • Regulationsunmatched
    • Safety/Work Safetyunmatched
    • Social Workunmatched
    • Special Needsunmatched
    • Testingunmatched
    • Treatment Planunmatched

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