What are the responsibilities and job description for the COTA Per Diem position at Ernest Health?
Overview
COTA - Per Diem
Join Our Team at Mountain Valley Regional Rehabilitation Hospital – Prescott Valley, AZ
Mountain Valley Regional Rehabilitation Hospital is a 44-bed, modern inpatient facility specializing in stroke, spinal cord and brain injuries, orthopedic trauma, and other complex conditions. We also provide Home Health services to patients in the communities of Northern Arizona. We're dedicated to delivering personalized, high-quality care that restores independence and improves lives.
—just 90 minutes from Phoenix—you'll enjoy the perfect mix of small-town charm, outdoor adventure, and access to big-city amenities. With nearby destinations like Sedona, Prescott, and the Grand Canyon, this is more than a job—it's a career with purpose in a place that supports your well-being and work-life balance.
Our hospital offers comprehensive benefits, designed to support your health and financial well-being.
Wellness & Work Life Balance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Wellness Program with quarterly wellness challenges with participation incentives.
• Earned Time Off - Start accruing vacation time on start date.
Professional Growth
• Clinical Career Ladder bonus program
• Continuing education opportunities
As a participating hospital of Ernest Health, we offer robust recognition, wellness, and retention programs. These programs focus on enhancing the employees' work experience, recognizing, and celebrating 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:
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.
COTA - Per Diem
Join Our Team at Mountain Valley Regional Rehabilitation Hospital – Prescott Valley, AZ
Mountain Valley Regional Rehabilitation Hospital is a 44-bed, modern inpatient facility specializing in stroke, spinal cord and brain injuries, orthopedic trauma, and other complex conditions. We also provide Home Health services to patients in the communities of Northern Arizona. We're dedicated to delivering personalized, high-quality care that restores independence and improves lives.
- Our hospital has been ranked in the Top 10% nationally for rehabilitative care for 15 years and has earned The Joint Commission's Stroke Certification and Brain Injury Certification.
—just 90 minutes from Phoenix—you'll enjoy the perfect mix of small-town charm, outdoor adventure, and access to big-city amenities. With nearby destinations like Sedona, Prescott, and the Grand Canyon, this is more than a job—it's a career with purpose in a place that supports your well-being and work-life balance.
Our hospital offers comprehensive benefits, designed to support your health and financial well-being.
Wellness & Work Life Balance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Wellness Program with quarterly wellness challenges with participation incentives.
• Earned Time Off - Start accruing vacation time on start date.
Professional Growth
• Clinical Career Ladder bonus program
• Continuing education opportunities
As a participating hospital of Ernest Health, we offer robust recognition, wellness, and retention programs. These programs focus on enhancing the employees' work experience, recognizing, and celebrating 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.
- 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
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.