Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant - COTA - Inpatient

• Assists the Occupational Therapist with evaluation, directing, planning, and providing Occupational Therapy treatment for patients of all ages.
• Adheres to all unit-specific standards of care, clinical guidelines, and protocols in rendering patient care as described in department policies and procedures.
• Assists with assessments that are established by unit standards and addresses physical, social, and psychological needs of patient and family.
• Assessments are completed on all admissions and discharges.
• Assists with formulating plan of care based on identified patient problem areas in conjunction with the patient, family, and other health care team members.
• Administers treatments according to priority and department procedure.
• Evaluates effectiveness of therapy interventions and revises plan of care based upon patient response to interventions or because lack of progress.
• Coordinates and provides patient care, discharge planning, and patient and family education through initiation and participation in care conferences.
• Provides education and instructions to the patient and family specific to the patient's needs and individual treatment program.
• Thoroughly documents standardized assessments, reassessments, treatments, response to treatment, discharge summary, patient and family education in a timely and accurate manner.
• Provides for patient equipment and therapy needs when applicable after discharge.
• Makes patient assignments in collaboration with other team members.
• Directs and alters assignments in response to changes in patient situations.
• Utilizes patient and employee occurrence and incident reports.
• Interprets and follow policies and guidelines to define procedures and meet goals and deadlines.

Work is typically performed in a clinical environment. Accountable for satisfying all job specific obligations and complying with all organization policies and procedures. The specific statements in this profile are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements considered necessary to successfully perform the job. Additional competencies and skills outlined in any department-specific orientation will be considered essential to the performance of the job related to that position.