Occupational Therapy Assistant - 743017

* Help clients with rehabilitative activities and exercises outlined in a treatment plan developed in collaboration with an occupational therapist.
* Monitor an individual's activities to make sure that they are performed correctly and to provide encouragement.
* Record their client's progress for the occupational therapist.
* Document the billing of the client's health insurance provider.
* Prepare materials and assemble equipment used during treatment.
* Schedule appointments, answer the telephone.
* Restock or order depleted supplies, and fill out insurance forms or other paperwork.
* Alter treatment programs to obtain better results if treatment is not having the intended effect.
* Assemble, clean, and maintain equipment and materials for patient use.
* Design, fabricate, and repair assistive devices and make adaptive changes to equipment and environments.
* Demonstrate therapy techniques, such as manual and creative arts, and games.
* Evaluate the daily living skills and capacities of physically, developmentally or emotionally disabled clients.
* Implement, or assist occupational therapists with implementing, treatment plans designed to help clients function independently.
* Instruct, or assist in instructing, patients and families in home programs, basic living skills, and the care and use of adaptive equipment.
* Monitor patients' performance in therapy activities, providing encouragement.
* Observe and record patients' progress, attitudes, and behavior, and maintain this information in client records.
* Order any needed educational or treatment supplies.
* Report to supervisors, verbally or in writing, on patients' progress, attitudes and behavior.
* Select therapy activities to fit patients' needs and capabilities.
* Work under the direction of occupational therapists to plan, implement and administer educational, vocational, and recreational programs that restore and enhance performance in individuals with functional impairments.
* Assist educational specialists or clinical psychologists in administering situational or diagnostic tests to measure client's abilities or progress.

Education

Required:

Associates

Preferred:

Technical/other training

Licenses & Certifications

Required:

C-Cert Occ Therapy Asst

Preferred:

C-CPI

C-BLS