Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant

Methodist Senior Services is seeking a PRN Weekend Occupational Therapy Assistant (COTA) to join our rehabilitation team at Traceway Retirement Community in Tupelo, Mississippi. If you're looking for flexible weekend hours where you can build relationships with residents and help them maintain or regain their independence, we'd love to connect with you.

As a faith-based, non-profit organization, Methodist Senior Services is committed to providing quality, resident-centered care. You'll have the opportunity to work alongside an experienced rehabilitation team, collaborate with facility staff, and make a difference in residents' daily lives.

• Competitive compensation
• Supportive and experienced therapy team
• Collaborative interdisciplinary environment
• Clinical support and professional collaboration
• Opportunity to positively impact residents' quality of life
• A faith-based organization with a resident-centered mission

The Occupational Therapy Assistant plays an important role in helping residents maintain or regain the skills needed for everyday living. Under the supervision of an Occupational Therapist, the COTA provides skilled interventions to support residents' functional abilities, safety, and independence.

• Implementing individualized treatment plans established by the supervising Occupational Therapist
• Providing skilled occupational therapy interventions to improve residents' ability to perform activities of daily living and other functional tasks
• Assisting residents with self-care, coordination, mobility, and functional activities to promote independence
• Monitoring residents' responses to treatment and communicating progress or concerns to the supervising Occupational Therapist
• Documenting treatments and resident progress in accordance with professional and regulatory standards
• Collaborating with residents, families, nursing staff, and the interdisciplinary care team
• Following established plans of care and reporting changes in residents' functional status
• Promoting resident safety, functional independence, and overall quality of life

• Current license or eligible for license under statutes in the state of Mississippi. Graduate of an approved Occupational Therapy Assistant program.

• Prefer minimum of one (1) year rehabilitation experience in a setting serving the same age/type of patient population served by this facility. Prefer active membership in the state and national American Occupational Therapy Association.

• Graduate of an approved Occupational Therapy Assistant program. Current license/certification in the state of Mississippi. Excellent oral and written communication and interpersonal skills. Adequate computer skills in order to complete required job duties and computerized documentation. Ability to understand and follow the directions of the Occupational Therapist and the policies and procedures of Mississippi Methodist Senior Services.

• Ability to walk, bend, drive, stand, sit and reach constantly during an eight (8) hour day/shift. Ability to speak and hear to understand and give directions. Visual and auditory acuity sufficient to assess and monitor patient/resident needs, maintain accurate records, understand directions and recognize people. Fine and gross motor skills. Ability to push wheeled equipment throughout the facility and in the community.
  
  Work endurance ability to work eight (8) hour days/shifts. Ability to participate in sustained activity for up to three and one-half (3.5) hours at a time. Reading and comprehension skills for analyzing reports, charts and correspondence. Possesses highly developed communication and problem-solving skills.

• Working conditions:
  
  Typical therapy clinic environment. Requires ability to work occasional evenings and/or weekends. Strong organizational skills in order to effectively maintain multiple projects simultaneously. Requires creativity as well as the ability to work independently. Ability to be discreet and maintain confidential information.

Reasonable accommodation which does not create undue hardship will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.