COTA WH Opt 1

Company: Beaumont Hospitals
Location: Grosse Pointe
Posted on: August 7, 2022

Job Description:

GENERAL SUMMARY: Under the supervision of the OTR, the COTA implements treatment programs for patients with physical, cognitive, or psychosocial dysfunction. The individual in this position is required to appropriately interact with all patients regardless of age or culture and to adhere to the Beaumont customer service standards. Works weekends and holidays. ESSENTIAL DUTIES: 1. Under the supervision of an OTR, implements treatment and discharge plans. Collaborates with the OTR in determining treatment methods and media, assists with re-evaluating and updating treatment plans. Instructs and trains family or significant others. Meets productivity. 2. Documents patient treatment according to all applicable laws, rules, regulations, and professional standards of documentation. Submits charges for services provided. 3. Maintains verbal, electronic and written communication with treatment team, including supervising OTR for purposes of goal setting, active problem-solving, treatment and discharge planning. Communicates observations of patient#s conditions and reactions to treatment. 4. Participates in non-patient care activities including educational events, community outreach, marketing, cost containment, student supervision, staff orientation, program development, CQI. Attends staff meetings. Maintains and improves competence through self-study, attending in-services and continuing education programs. Assists in determining equipment and supply needs. Is responsible for monthly meetings with mentoring OTR to discuss case studies for professional development in order to meet licensure requirements for supervision. Will provide documentation of meetings according to dept compliance guidelines. This document represents the major duties, responsibilities, and authorities of this job, and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and functions. It should be understood, therefore, that incumbents may be asked to perform job-related duties beyond those explicitly described. STANDARD QUALIFICATIONS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties. A. Education / Training: # Associates Degree in Occupational Therapy from an accredited college or university occupational therapy assistant program. B. Work Experience: # Workability: familiar with industrial rehab and ergonomics preferred. # Hands: familiar with U/E hand dysfunction and injuries. C. Certification, Licensure, Registration: # Must be certified or eligible for certification with NBCOT. # Must be registered or eligible for licensure with the State of Michigan. WORKING CONDITIONS: A. Physical Effort: # Standing/moving while performing duties. # Assisting patients with standing, walking, therapeutic procedures, etc. # Balancing, transferring patients. # Sitting. # Reaching to access equipment or assist patients. # Fine motor skills (to perform therapeutic procedures, operate equipment). # Motor skills to lift. # Lifting/Positioning patients for procedures. # Pushing/Pulling patients in wheelchairs, carts, equipment. # Lifting/pushing/pulling while standing. # Manual dexterity. # Visual Demands: Near vision to operate equipment as well as decipher notes, orders; depth perception, fine discriminate detail to read monitors/graphs, labels, reports. # Acuity/Auditory Demands: distinguish sounds to respond to patients, staff, equipment, instrumentation, hear speech. # Sensory demands: distinguish hot and cold, manual dexterity. # Verbal Demands: make sounds to verbally communicate with patients or staff what is required, form words, speak loudly, speak softly. Beaumont Health grants equal employment opportunity to all qualified persons without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, religion, genetic information, marital status, height, weight, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other legally protected category. #

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