COTA- PRN

Overview

COTA- PRN- Arlington, Texas

Arlington Regional Rehabilitation Hospital is a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation hospital serving Arlington and the greater Dallas–Fort Worth region. We provide specialized, intensive rehabilitation for patients recovering from serious illness, injury, surgery, and other complex medical conditions, with a focus on restoring function, independence, and quality of life.

Our interdisciplinary team combines physician-led care, rehabilitation nursing, advanced therapy services, and individualized treatment planning to help each patient achieve meaningful outcomes and successfully transition to the next level of care.

We are seeking a COTA to join our team of passionate patient caregivers!

As a participating hospital of Ernest Health, we offer robust recognition, wellness, and retention programs.  These programs focus to enhance the employees’ work experience, recognize, and celebrate achievements.  We also encourage employees to share their work experience through “My Ernest Journey” and through our Engagement Survey, where our approach is “You Spoke, We Listened”.  These platforms provide additional avenues for employees to give feedback about their work experience and share what is important to them.

Qualifications

• Required Skills: Current licensure as a COTA required per state guidelines.
• Current Basic Life Support/CPR card required.
• One year of direct patient care experience in rehabilitation hospital setting preferred.
• Additional Qualifications/Skills: Demonstrates critical thinking skills: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Demonstrates an understanding of treatment costs and financial support as they relate to quality and efficiency.
• Knowledge of clinical operations and procedures.
• Ability to maintain quality, safety, and/or infection control standards.
• Demonstrates general computer skills including: data entry, word processing, email, and record management.
• Effective organizational and time management skills.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to maintain proper levels of confidentiality.
• Ability to work closely and professionally with others.
• Ability to move quickly from one task to another and to prioritize tasks.
• Ability to use appropriate equipment necessary for the job

Responsibilities

• Under the direction of an occupational therapist, provides rehabilitative services to individuals with physical impairments. Monitors the patient's program and records patient's progress for the occupational therapist.  Integrates the hospital’s mission and “Guiding Principles” into daily practice.

Responsibilities

• Under the direction of an occupational therapist, provides rehabilitative services to individuals with physical impairments. Monitors the patient's program and records patient's progress for the occupational therapist.  Integrates the hospital’s mission and “Guiding Principles” into daily practice.

Qualifications

• Required Skills: Current licensure as a COTA required per state guidelines.
• Current Basic Life Support/CPR card required.
• One year of direct patient care experience in rehabilitation hospital setting preferred.
• Additional Qualifications/Skills: Demonstrates critical thinking skills: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Demonstrates an understanding of treatment costs and financial support as they relate to quality and efficiency.
• Knowledge of clinical operations and procedures.
• Ability to maintain quality, safety, and/or infection control standards.
• Demonstrates general computer skills including: data entry, word processing, email, and record management.
• Effective organizational and time management skills.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to maintain proper levels of confidentiality.
• Ability to work closely and professionally with others.
• Ability to move quickly from one task to another and to prioritize tasks.
• Ability to use appropriate equipment necessary for the job