Occupational Therapy Assistant (COTA)

All Care Therapies is currently seeking a Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant (COTA) to join our team in a dynamic Outpatient Clinic setting!  We are looking for a clinician to deliver compassionate care to our pediatric patients, contribute to the multidisciplinary team, and collaborate with families to deliver a plan of care. Bilingual in Spanish highly preferred. 

This is a 1099 part time position to work 15-20 hours per week M-F. This is an onsite clinic at 810 S Mason Rd, Katy, TX 77450 Ste 315. 

$3,000 sign on bonus now offered! 

Responsibilities

• Treat clients by using therapeutic and self-care activities designed to improve function under the direction of the licensed occupational therapist (OTR).
• Monitor the clients’ activities to make sure they are performing them correctly and to offer encouragement and suggestions to improve performance.
• Contribute to supervision meetings with OTR and collaborate on progress reports and status updates.  
• Document client’s session results in the SOAP note format using point of service documentation.  
• Instruct clients, their families and any other caregivers in skills and techniques of the client’s treatment program, under supervision of the Occupational Therapist.
• Demonstrate exercises that can help clients perform everyday tasks better and progress towards their goals.
• Verifies client information by interviewing client, reviewing, and recording changes to medical history, confirming purpose of treatment.
• Follows plan of care developed by occupational therapist & collaborates on changes to the POC.  
• Direct teaching of therapy techniques, such as positioning techniques, environmental adaptations and strengthening activities.
• Maintains occupational therapy records by recording client’s progress for use by the occupational therapist.
• Generates revenues by recording billing information of services rendered.
• Maintains safe, secure, and healthy work environment by establishing, following, and enforcing standards and procedures and complying with legal regulations.
• Keeps equipment operating by following operating instructions, troubleshooting with others, maintaining supplies, performing preventive maintenance, and removing equipment in need of repair. 
• Notify management of dwindling supplies or equipment needs.  
• Serves and protects the occupational therapy practice by adhering to professional standards, policies and procedures, federal, state, and local requirements.