Location: Carmel,IN, USA
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Select Home Health Services is a central Indiana, clinician based, locally owned and operated, medical home health care agency providing you with skilled nursing and therapy services.
The Occupational Therapist Assistant provides skilled therapy intervention and treatments to patients in the home setting supervised by theRegistered Occupational Therapist. Care includes providing direct patient care according to the treatment plan established by the registered OT. Careful monitoring of patient status, progress toward goals and compliance with physicians orders. Responsible for teaching patients and their caregivers while preparing the patient and family for discharge as appropriate.
Responsibilities
Qualifications
Graduated after successful completion of an occupational therapy assistant education program accreditedby the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education, (ACOTE) of the American OccupationalTherapy Association, Inc. (AOTA) or its successor organizations, and has successfully completed the entrylevel certification examination for occupational therapy assistants developed and administered by theNational Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy, Inc. (NBCOT), or2. If prior to January 1, 2010 - (A) Completed certification requirements to practice as an occupational therapy assistant established by a credentialing organization approved by the American Occupational Therapy Association, or3. If educated outside the United States, on or after January 1, 2008 - Graduated after successful completion of an occupational therapy assistant education program that is accredited as substantially equivalent to occupational therapist assistant entry level education in the United States by: 1) The Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE), its successor organizations, The World Federation of Occupational Therapists, or by a credentialing body approved by the American Occupational Therapy Association; and 2) Successfully completed the entry level certification examination for occupational therapy assistants developed and administered by the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy, Inc. (NBCOT) [If licensed or registered prior to 1978, meets the alternative qualifications cited in the Medicare Conditions of Participation, Section 484.115].4. Licensed as a Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant in this Agency's practicing State.5. Minimum of two years experience as an occupational therapy assistant.
Fortis Health and our affiliated companies (Valeo Home Health and Hospice, Select Home Health&Hospice), are an equal employment opportunity agency. Our policy is to hire and promote for all jobs without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual preference, age, marital status, veteran, or physical or mental disability, or any other protected status under applicable laws, unrelated to ability perform the work required. Decisions on employment and promotion are based solely upon an individual's qualifications, with reference to the skills and abilities of the position for which the individual is being considered. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability you may contact is at...@fortishh.com
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