Occupational Therapy Assistant

• Provides occupational therapy services to assigned clients under the direct supervision of a licensed occupational therapist.
• Provides goal-directed and activity-oriented intervention to promote independence in activities of daily living, cognition, social skills, sensory processing, fine/gross motor development, and other areas across development.
• Builds and maintains rapport with family members and provides caregiver education as needed.
• Communicates and collaborates with team members about occupational therapy services.
• Completes professional documentation according to facility policies and procedures.
• Enters appropriate billing for patient services into electronic medical system.
• Maintains treatment environment and supplies to support occupational therapy services.
• Develops, writes, and instructs clients and families in therapy home programs.
• Assists in orientation and training of other staff members.
• Assists in projects related to development of clinical programs and/or accomplishment of department goals.

• Current CA Occupational Therapy Assistant Licensure.
• Preferred but not required: 1-2 years of experience in pediatrics, experience providing feeding therapy, fluency in Spanish.
• Ability to meet deadlines; detailed and task-oriented.
• New grads welcome to apply.

• $30-34/hour, depending on experience.
• 30 hours per week.
• Schedule is flexible; 4- to 6-hour days.
• Caseload includes medically-fragile infants and children 0-21 years old in a subacute setting as well as children 6 months to 15 years in an outpatient clinic.
• Paid full hourly rate for cancels.
• Manageable billing expectation.
• Hour-long outpatient appointments.
• Benefits include: Paid Time Off, Medical, Dental and Vision, 401K, paid time for CEUs.

Sun Valley Specialty Healthcare is a small pediatric sub-acute hospital with 45 patients. We are the ONLY long-term care hospital dedicated entirely to children. Our residents' ages range from newborn to 21 years of age and we are dedicated to enriching the health and quality of life for our kids. We are always striving to meet the medical, developmental, social, psychological, and spiritual needs of our kids. Be part of a TEAM that passionately cares about the ongoing improvement of our residents.