Job Title
Travel Occupational Therapy Assistant (COTA)
Location
Wichita, KS | Acute Care
Schedule / Job Type
Contract | Travel | 13-Week Assignment | Full-Time | Onsite | Day Shift (8:00 AM – 4:00 PM)
Key Responsibilities
- Provide occupational therapy treatments to patients within a high-volume acute care setting with approximately 250 active consults per day
- Manage a daily caseload of approximately 9–13 assigned patients as a COTA
- Utilize general acute care DME and document within a Meditech EMR system
- Collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to develop and implement individualized care plans
- Work with a large therapy team serving a wide variety of diagnosis groups, including trauma and stroke populations
- Operate with a high degree of autonomy in care planning while maintaining strong communication and accountability
Required Qualifications
- Minimum 6 months of acute care hospital occupational therapy experience
- Active Kansas (KS) COTA licensure
- BLS certification
Preferred Experience / Skills
- Trauma experience in an acute care setting
- Comprehensive stroke experience
- Ability to work independently with minimal oversight and strong accountability
- Flexibility and adaptability to the dynamic nature of acute care practice
Why Join Us
- Join a large, experienced, and highly collaborative therapy team in a complex acute care environment offering flexible scheduling and significant clinical autonomy
- Work alongside an interdisciplinary team serving a diverse patient population with a wide variety of diagnosis groups in a supportive and team-oriented culture