OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSISTANT (Part Time, Per Diem) - Part-time

div h4Job Details/h4 divstrongJob Location/strong: nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Chester, CA/div divstrongEducation Level/strong: nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;CA Occupational Therapy (COTA)/div divstrongSalary Range/strong: nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;$27.55 - $36.25 Hourly/div divstrongJob Shift/strong: nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Day Shift/div /div h4Description/h4pspan style="font-size:12px"span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"strongspan style="color:#000000"Summary/span/strong/span/span/p pspan style="font-size:12px"span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"span style="color:#000000"The Certified Occupational Therapist Assistant (COTA), under the supervision of a registered Occupational Therapist, assists in providing occupational therapy services. The OT Assistant assists in evaluations to determine patientrsquo;s daily living skills and capacities; helps plan and implement remedial tasks or activities for patients to meet treatment goals; trains and assists patients in developing skills, interests and lifestyles that develop self-sufficiency in overcoming disabilities and encourage independent functioning. /span/span/span/p p style="margin-left:1px"span style="font-size:12px"span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"strongspan style="color:#000000"Essential Functions /span/strong/span/span/p ul li pspan style="font-size:12px"span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"Assists in providing developmental exercises, multiple sensory stimulation, and self-care activities./span/span/p /li li pspan style="font-size:12px"span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"Observes and reports patient response to treatment./span/span/p /li li pspan style="font-size:12px"span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"Prepares work materials and assists in maintaining treatment areas and equipment in satisfactory operating condition. /span/span/p /li li pspan style="font-size:12px"span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"Maintains safe environment for patient./span/span/p /li li pspan style="font-size:12px"span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"Keeps progress notes and post-treatment data in records./span/span/p /li li pspan style="font-size:12px"span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"May perform clerical activities related to occupational therapy./span/span/p /li li pspan style="font-size:12px"span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"Help patients relearn and perform daily living tasks. /span/span/p /li li pspan style="font-size:12px"span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"Assesses the patientrsquo;s environments and makes necessary adjustments if needed./span/span/p /li li pspan style="font-size:12px"span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"Advises on what equipment would suit the patient for their everyday activities and helps them utilize them. /span/span/p /li li pspan style="font-size:12px"span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"Instructs and trains patients in therapeutic exercises./span/span/p /li li pspan style="font-size:12px"span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"Recommend special equipment, such as mobility aids and eating aids, and instruct patients and families on how to use the equipment./span/span/p /li /ul p style="margin-left:1px"span style="font-size:12px"span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"strongspan style="color:#000000"Safety/span/strong/span/span/p ul li pspan style="font-size:12px"span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"Follows safe work practices, takes an active interest in preventing injury or illness and promoting a safe and healthful environment for self and others, and complies with Hospital and governmental safety regulations./span/span/p /li /ul p style="margin-left:1px"span style="font-size:12px"span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"strongspan style="color:#000000"Professional Development/span/strong/span/span/p ul li pspan style="font-size:12px"span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"Promotes professional growth of self and co-workers by participating in on-the-job training, continuing education, and assisting with training of new employees./span/span/p /li /ul p style="margin-left:1px"span style="font-size:12px"span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"strongspan style="color:#000000"Compliance/span/strong/span/span/p ul li pspan style="font-size:12px"span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"Assumes personal responsibility to comply with all Federal, State and local laws governing business conduct, conducts business in an ethical and trustworthy manner, and displays the qualities and characteristics of a professional at all times when dealing with patients, visitors, physicians, volunteers, and fellow employees./span/span/p /li /ul p style="margin-left:1px"span style="font-size:12px"span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"strongspan style="color:#000000"Quality of Work/span/strong/span/span/p ul li pspan style="font-size:12px"span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"Assumes responsibility for professional customer service when working with the public, physicians, and other departments.nbsp; /span/span/p /li li pspan style="font-size:12px"span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"Strives for excellence in following policies and procedures. /span/span/p /li li pspan style="font-size:12px"span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"Utilizes positive communication skills when interacting with people who work for, are serviced by, or associated with the hospital, to ensure that persons receive the highest degree of attention and courtesy./span/span/p /li li pspan style="font-size:12px"span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"Maintains confidentiality of information received in the department and throughout the hospital by complying with strict confidentiality regulations per HIPAA requirements./span/span/p /li /ul pspan style="font-size:12px"span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"span style="color:black"strongPhysical Requirements, Safety, and Environmental Conditionsnbsp;nbsp; /strong/span/span/span/p ul li pspan style="font-size:12px"span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"Follows safe work practices, takes an active interest in preventing injury or illness and promoting a safe and healthful environment for self and others, and complies with Hospital and governmental safety regulations./span/span/p /li li pspan style="font-size:12px"span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"Must function independently, have personal integrity, have flexibility and the ability to work effectively with other personnel, clients, and support agencies/span/span/p /li li pspan style="font-size:12px"span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"Sits, stands, bends, lifts, walks, and moves intermittently during working hours and ability to lift up to 20 lbs./span/span/p /li /ul pspan style="font-size:12px"span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"span style="color:black"strongCompliance/strong/span/span/span/p ul li pspan style="font-size:12px"span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"Assumes personal responsibility to comply with all Federal, State and local laws governing business conduct, conducts business in an ethical and trustworthy manner, and displays the qualities and characteristics of a professional at all times when dealing with patients, visitors, physicians, volunteers, and fellow employees./span/span/p /li li pspan style="font-size:12px"span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"Exemplifies the Seneca Core Values in all aspects of work responsibilities and demonstrates these values to fellow employees and supervisors./span/span/p /li /ul p style="margin-left:1px"span style="font-size:12px"span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"span style="color:black"strongQuality of Work/strong/span/span/span/p ul li pspan style="font-size:12px"span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"Assumes responsibility for professional customer service when working with the public, physicians, and other departments.nbsp; /span/span/p /li li pspan style="font-size:12px"span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"Strives for excellence in following policies and procedures. /span/span/p /li li pspan style="font-size:12px"span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"Utilizes positive communication skills when interacting with people who work for, are serviced by, or associated with the hospital, to ensure that persons receive the highest degree of attention and courtesy./span/span/p /li li pspan style="font-size:12px"span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"Maintains confidentiality of information received in the department and throughout the hospital by complying with strict confidentiality regulations per HIPAA requirements./span/span/p /li li pspan style="font-size:12px"span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"Promotes professional growth of self and co-workers by participating in on-the-job training, continuing education and assisting with training of new employees./span/span/p /li /ul p style="margin-left:1px"span style="font-size:12px"span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"span style="color:black"strongWhy Seneca Healthcare District?/strong/span/span/span/p p style="margin-left:1px"span style="font-size:12px"span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"span style="color:black"Seneca employees are united in our quest to improve the health and well-being of our patients, and we empower each of our team members to fulfill this mission and reach their full potential regardless of job title or experience level./span/span/span/p p style="margin-left:1px"span style="font-size:12px"span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"span style="color:black"To this end, we offer:/span/span/span/p ul li pspan style="font-size:12px"span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"Leading benefits package for full-time and part-time employees, inclusive of health, prescription drug, dental, vision and life insurance coverage./span/span/p /li li pspan style="font-size:12px"span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"Sponsored 403(b) plan, with up to 3% matching contribution, and eligibility to participate in the District-funded pension program following one year of service./span/span/p /li li pspan style="font-size:12px"span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"Accrued Paid Time Off (PTO) and Extended Sick Leave (ESL)./span/span/p /li li pspan style="font-size:12px"span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"A quot;One Teamquot; culture of deep respect and admiration across all teams and functions, regardless of role or background./span/span/p /li /ul h4Qualifications/h4brp style="margin-left:1px"span style="font-size:12pt"span style="background-color:#ffffff"span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"span style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"span style="color:#000000"Minimum:/span/span/span/span/span/span/p ul lispan style="font-size:12pt"span style="background-color:#ffffff"span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"span style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"span style="color:#000000"One year experience in acute care, extended care, rehabilitation, mental health, or outpatient setting/span/span/span/span/span/span/li /ul pspan style="font-size:12pt"span style="background-color:#ffffff"span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"span style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"span style="color:#000000"Licenses / Certifications:/span/span/span/span/span/span/p pspan style="font-size:12pt"span style="background-color:#ffffff"span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"span style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"span style="color:#000000"Minimum: /span/span/span/span/span/span/p ul lispan style="font-size:12pt"span style="background-color:#ffffff"span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"span style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"span style="color:#000000"Certification by the CA Board of Occupational Therapy as a Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant (COTA)/span/span/span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:12pt"span style="background-color:#ffffff"span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"span style="font-size:11pt"span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"span style="color:#000000"Current CPR recognition/span/span/span/span/span/span/li /ul