Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant

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* • Demonstrates competency in providing quality therapy services including intervention, implementation of the treatment plan established by the OT, related documentation and communication with clients and OT on a frequent basis.

• Also demonstrates competency with identifying and making appropriate referrals regarding medical, social and emotional factors influencing care.

• Communicate with the multidisciplinary team to form a collaborative client care plan.

• Provides care in accordance with physician orders and the established plan of care.

• Assesses the effectiveness of treatment and notifies OT if treatment needs to be modified to achieve goals.

• Documents all treatment and coordination of care contacts in appropriate facility/agency format.

• Meets agency time guidelines for completing documentation.

• Documentation reflects good clinical documentation as well as meeting agency billing and reimbursement requirements.

• Produces expected results given present skills, knowledge, abilities, training and education for the following age groups: neonate, pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric.

• Demonstrates an ability to treat the wide range of diagnoses and be knowledgeable in therapy treatments, goals and contraindications for treatment.

• Treatments are adapted to the unique home setting and to the client and/or caregiver's ability to follow through safely and correctly.

• Request consultation supervision or continuing education when appropriate, to learn specialized techniques or treatment approaches.

• Communicates pertinent medical and clinical information to the interdisciplinary team, including information regarding the client's care plan, implementation of changes per physician order and assuring adequate medical follow-up.

• Also communicates pertinent information to team members, supervisor, facility/agency staff and external sources as appropriate.

• Plans for discharge.

• Participates in team reassessments and discharge planning.

• Teaches client or family discharge therapy program.

• Recommends and facilitates appropriate medical and/or rehabilitation followed up once Home Services/Home Infusion/Hospice services have been discontinued.

• Assists in obtaining adaptive equipment.

• Fabricates adaptive equipment as needed.

• Adapts equipment and techniques for use to the home setting assuring optimum function and safety.

• Provides consultation or makes appropriate referrals regarding resources and barriers in the community.

• Independently manages case load under supervision of an occupational therapist, plans and schedules home visits coordinating with other team members as needed to maximize effectiveness of overall care plan.

• Organizes weekly schedule to attend required meetings within schedule of client care needs.

• Responds to urgent client needs by prioritizing and triaging treatments.

• Communicates schedule and work plan to scheduling coordinator, supervisor and other team members as appropriate.

• Organizes and coordinates transfer of client information when additional complementary therapies are requested and when client care is provided by another clinical facility/agency.

• Educates facility/agency staff, hospital staff and community resources regarding therapy services for home care/hospice clients in the home.

• Demonstrates a working knowledge of home care/hospice nursing, MSW, volunteer, chaplain, HHA, and other rehabilitation disciplines in order to make appropriate referrals for those services.

• Provides consultation regarding COTA services to other disciplines, as needed or as requested.

• Participates in agency in-service programs and community continuing education needed to remain clinically current in treatment techniques, documents all treatment and coordination of care contacts in appropriate agency format.

• Completes documentation on the day of the visit per the agency time guidelines for completing documentation.

• Meets agency productivity standards established for therapy.

• Uses time efficiently and effectively.

• Attends required team meetings.

• Participates in agency committees as assigned by supervisor.

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