Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant - Cephas Consultancy Services Private Limited

Occupational Therapy Assistant Job Responsibilities:

? Helps occupational therapy clients by providing rehabilitative services to persons

with mental, physical, emotional, or developmental impairments.

? Provides services under the direction of licensed occupational therapist.

? Verifies client information by interviewing client, reviewing and recording medical

history, confirming purpose of treatment.

? Helps clients improve their quality of life by helping them compensate for

limitations, such as, helping injured workers improve their motor skills and re-

enter the labor force, and teaching persons with learning disabilities to prepare

meals or to use public transportation and increase their independence.

? Follows treatment plan developed in collaboration with occupational therapist by

teaching techniques, such as, the proper method of moving from a bed into a

wheelchair, and the best ways to stretch and limber muscles.

? Monitors activities to make sure they are performed correctly and provides

encouragement, bringing treatment that is not having the intended effect to the

attention of the therapist.

? Maintains patient occupational therapy records by recording client’s progress for

use by the occupational therapist.

? Generates revenues by recording billing information of services rendered.

? Maintains safe, secure, and healthy work environment by establishing, following,

and enforcing standards and procedures and complying with legal regulations.

? Keeps supplies ready by inventorying stock, placing orders, and verifying receipt.

? Keeps equipment operating by following operating instructions, troubleshooting

breakdowns, maintaining supplies, performing preventive maintenance, and

calling for repairs.

? Serves and protects the occupational therapy practice by adhering to

professional standards, policies and procedures, federal, state, and local

requirements, and Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare

Organizations (JCAHO) standards.

? Enhances occupational therapy practice reputation by accepting ownership for

accomplishing new and different requests and exploring opportunities to add

value to job accomplishments.