Occupational Therapy Asst (Per Diem) Job in Tustin 92780, California US
This is a per diem position. The per diem rate is $32.50p/h. The per diem minimum work requirement is 12-hours per week with 8 of those hours on the weekend.
The Occupational Therapist Assistant provides occupational therapy treatment and patient care according to hospital, state, professional and federal regulations and guidelines. To provide high quality care to our patients, we employ numerous professionals in “pool” or per diem roles to provide coverage during a temporary vacancy or vacations in our schedule.
In addition, the position:
- Requires effective communication skills for working with patients, families, and caregivers. - Requires effective communication skills for departmental and interdepartmental relationships. - Requires competency in occupational treatment. - Performs occupational therapy treatment tasks as delegated by and supervised by occupational therapists. - Maintains open and on-going communication with hospital departments to ensure patient, staff, and hospital needs are met.
Being an inpatient rehabilitation hospital our Occupational Therapist Assistants enjoy treating a broad clinical patient population and working with numerous other OT, PT and SLP therapists toward our common goal of providing the highest level of clinical care possible.
The Occupational Therapist Assistant creates an environment and culture that enables the hospital to fulfill its mission by providing patient safety and patient-centered treatment. Who will you treat? We are an acute rehabilitation hospital setting. Typically our therapist can expect to spend an average of 2-4 weeks with our patients treating a wide clinical caseload such as: stroke, spinal cord injury, brain injury, various neurological disorders, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, amputation, joint replacement, fractures, multiple trauma, cardiac conditions, and pulmonary conditions. 80% of our patients are discharged directly home. We use evidence-based practice guidelines to treat our patients. We utilize our clinical outcomes to asses and improve our treatment interventions and programs. We participate in a national outcomes database, which provides benchmarks and sophisticated outcome reports to help us continually analyze and improve our patient outcomes. You will use standard and advanced therapy technologies- depending on hospital location, some equipment used such as Auto Ambulators, Bioness, Interactive Metronome, Hand Mentor, SmartStep, Anodyne, Wii and CAPs may be available. Helping you become a better therapist is critical to our success - You will be paired with mentors; attend in-house as well as external educational programs. The treatment team is made up of full time therapists, nurses, social workers, pharmacists and medical staff; a great way to learn beyond your own discipline.
Key words: Certified Occupational Therapist Assistant, Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant, OTA, COTA, PRN, Per Diem
Requirements:
- Must have current CA state OTA license
- CPR certification required (American Heart Association approved)
Education, Training and Experience: - Successful completion of an Associate's degree from an accredited Occupational Therapy Assistant program
Physical Requirements: - Good visual acuity and ability to communicate - Ability to lift, lower, push, pull, and retrieve objects weighing a minimum of 30 pounds of medical supplies and equipment and the transferring and repositioning of patients. Reasonable assistance may be requested when lifting, pushing, and/or pulling are undertaken which exceeds these minimum requirements
