Home Health Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant – AdventHealth Home Health

All the benefits and perks you need for you and your family:

• Benefits from Day One
• Paid Days Off from Day One
• Career Development
• Whole Person Wellbeing Resources
• Mental Health Resources and Support

Our promise to you:

Joining AdventHealth is about being part of something bigger. It’s about belonging to a community that believes in the wholeness of each person, and serves to uplift others in body, mind and spirit. AdventHealth is a place where you can thrive professionally, and grow spiritually, by Extending the Healing Ministry of Christ. Where you will be valued for who you are and the unique experiences you bring to our purpose-minded team. All while understanding that together we are even better.

Schedule: Full Time

Shift: Days 8am-5pm with weekend rotation.

Location: Coverage area is Buncombe County, Henderson County, Polk County, Transylvania County (our service area). 

Possibility  of Rutherford, McDowell, Madison, Yancy and Haywood counties.

The role you’ll contribute:

Responsible for administering occupational therapy modalities of treatment per Plan of Care and as supervised by the Occupational Therapist. The COTA assists with restoration of patient functioning to prevent disability following injury, disease or physical disability.

The value you’ll bring to the team:

• Provide treatment as directed by the Occupational Therapist. Adhere to standards of occupational medicine practice.
• Observe and evaluate treatment effect, discuss observations with staff Occupational Therapist.
• Perform components of an appropriate assessment on all patients as related to the therapy requested and provided and reassess as per policy.
• Assess patient pain interfering with optimal level of function or participation in rehabilitation - make appropriate physician contact for intervention.
• Perform all aspects of patient care in an environment that optimizes patient safety and reduces the likelihood of medical/health care errors.
• Assisting with a teaching plan based upon identified learning needs and assess effectiveness of learning, include family in teaching as appropriate. Apprise staff Occupational Therapist of conclusions.
• Demonstrate knowledge of occupational therapy modalities.

The expertise and experiences you’ll need to succeed:

Minimum qualifications:

• Occupational Therapist Assistant Current NC certification
• Active American Heart Association BLS

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About AdventHealth

At AdventHealth, Extending the Healing Ministry of Christ is our mission. It calls us to be His hands and feet in helping people feel whole. Our story is one of hope — one that strives to heal and restore the body, mind and spirit. More than 100,000 skilled and compassionate caregivers in physician practices, hospitals, outpatient clinics, skilled nursing facilities, home health agencies and hospice centers provide individualized, wholistic care.Our Christian mission, shared vision, common values and focus on whole-person health is our commitment to making communities healthier with a unified system: 51 hospital campuses and hundreds of care sites in diverse markets throughout nine states.

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