Full-Time and Part-Time positions available, weekend availability preferred

Sonoma Specialty Hospital, as the county’s only Long-Term Acute Care Hospital, is dedicated to caring for patients that require an extended acute care stay due to severe illness or catastrophic injury. We accept patients from the ICU, Step-Down and Telemetry units of partner hospitals and continue their care for as long as 45 days. This care focuses on the challenges of getting patients off of ventilator support, healing severe wounds, aiding their recovery following surgical procedures, and providing rehabilitation to speed their return to daily life. Our Hospital provides ICU, Surgical, and Step-Down care with dialysis, multi-specialty therapies and ongoing planning for the patient’s transition back home or into a lower level of care. Please contact us with any questions, and welcome to Sonoma Specialty Hospital.

Summary:

The Occupational Therapy Assistant provides direct patient care under the supervision of an Occupational Therapist, using occupational therapy modalities and procedures as ordered by the patient's physician.

Education, Training, and Licenses Required:

• Graduate of an accredited school of Occupational Therapy.
• Valid Occupational Therapy Assistant State License.
• Current BLS certification.
• Must be able to communicate in English verbally and in writing.

Experience Required: 

• No previous work experience is required.
• Two years experience in an acute care facility or outpatient clinic is preferred.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities Required:

• Under the direction of the licensed Occupational Therapist, optimize the functional abilities and skills of patients in facilities by assisting in screening and providing input to the initial evaluation of all patients as appropriate.
• Must possess sufficient knowledge of anatomy, physiology, and mobility in health and disease combined with standard rehabilitation practice to provide safe, effective assessment and treatment as directed by the Occupational Therapist to patients of all ages and developmental stages.
• Attends required meetings, in-services, and functions as designated by the Director of Rehab or ADOR.
• The OTA ensures that patient care follows the OT Plan of Care and the organizational guidelines, meets professional standards, and community needs, and follows Federal and State guidelines.

Equipment Knowledge Required:

The COTA will demonstrate competency in theory and practical use of all electrical, thermal, and mechanical equipment used in this department.

Safety Requirements:

Employees are responsible for all aspects of the hospital safety and health program including compliance with safety rules and regulations, remedying unsafe working conditions, and for continuously practicing safety while performing duties. SSH’s policy prohibits employees with patient contact or those who prepare products for patient use from wearing artificial nails.

Physical Requirements: While performing the duties of this job, the position is frequently required to do the following:

• Stoop, kneel, crouch, reach, and stand for a sustained period of time.
• Walk, push, pull, lift, carry objects from a lower to a higher position or horizontally from position to position or otherwise move objects.
• Feel sizes, shapes, temperatures, and textures by touching the skin, particularly that of the fingertips.
• Express or exchange ideas orally and potentially loudly, accurately, or quickly.
• Perceive the nature of sound with no less than a 40 db loss @ 1000 Hz and 2000 Hz with or without correction.
• Exert up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently.
• Minimum standard of visual acuity with or without correction.
• While a worker may possibly be subjected to temperature changes, the worker is generally not substantially exposed to adverse environmental conditions as the work is predominantly inside.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to hospital areas and the general office environment. The work environment is a clean, well-lit, well-ventilated, and temperature-controlled environment. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. The hours of duty are lengthy and irregular.

It is the policy of Sonoma Specialty Hospital not to discriminate against any applicant for employment, or any employee because of age, color, sex, disability, national origin, race, religion, or veteran status.