Occupational Therapist Assistant (COTA)
Full time | 30-40 hours/wk
Mobile Out patient: Facility and Community based
Dracut | Tyngsboro | Westford
Massachusetts
At Powerback, we're on a mission to improve lives. As the leader in physical, occupational, speech, and respiratory therapies, we help older adults stay active and thrive while providing essential therapy for children at home and in school.
With over four decades of trusted service, our reach spans skilled nursing centers, assisted and independent living facilities, outpatient clinics, and home-based care. We're proud to deliver personalized care exactly where and when it's needed most.
Join an industry-leading team that restores hope and makes a lasting impact. If you're passionate about making a meaningful difference and want to be part of the future of rehabilitation and wellness, Powerback is the place for you.
Why Powerback?
Powerback is a new way of delivering recovery, rehabilitation, respiratory, and wellness services to patients across the nation. We deliver an empowered approach to achieving your full potential by providing integrated and individualized solutions. Our reimagined approach to rehabilitation connects directly to the patient experience, which is centered on transforming the road to recovery for everyone and helping patients get their power back. It's patient-centered care that provides a sustainable way of feeling better, moving better, breathing better, and living better.
The Occupational Therapy Assistant will primarily provide outpatient rehabilitation services in an in-home setting for the older adult population. The in-home setting could be a patient's private residence or in a patient's room in an independent living facility. Powerback Rehabilitation To You allows the Occupational Therapy Assistant to treat in the most functional environment which is the patient's home. The Occupational Therapy Assistant implements occupational therapy programs and provides occupational therapy treatments to patients to facilitate increased independence and functioning, under the supervision of an Occupational Therapist. This position provides a flexible schedule and work environment in various settings.
1. Attends and contributes to patient care, staffing conferences and other required meetings as a representative of occupational therapy, under the direction of the Occupational Therapist.
2. Responsible for adherence to department and patient treatment schedule, timely clinical and billing documentation requirements as well as work related meetings.
3. Works with other members of the rehabilitation team to develop programs and activities consistent with the needs and capabilities of each patient.
4. Instructs patients, families and other caregivers in the skills and techniques of the occupational therapy treatment program under the supervision of the Occupational Therapist.
5. Maintains appropriate and timely documentation for all patients treated.
6. Cleans, maintains, identifies, and reports the need for repair of equipment, as necessary.
7. Puts Patient Service First: Ensures that patients and families receive the highest quality of service in a caring and compassionate atmosphere which recognizes the individuals' needs and rights.
8. Implements a patient's individualized treatment plan as established by the primary Occupational Therapist.
9. Provides individualized occupational therapy interventions including application of therapeutic techniques in such areas as, but not limited to:
* cognitive skills
* muscle strength
* coordination
* endurance
* mobility
* perceptual abilities
* sensory awareness
* sitting and standing tolerance
* balance
* activities of daily living
* joint protection
* work simplification
* orientation
* physical agent modalities
* low vision
* falls risk management
* medication management
* health and wellness
* community integration and reintegration
10. Performs other related duties as required.
Qualifications:1. Must have a valid license in the state(s) of practice, or proof of license eligibility.
2. Must have a valid driver's license or reliable, independent transportation to and from the patients' residence.
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