{"id":4959,"date":"2024-03-20T11:49:33","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T18:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/?page_id=4959"},"modified":"2025-05-22T14:00:43","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T21:00:43","slug":"occupational-therapy-assistant-1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/v1cypwr8vx2.c.updraftclone.com\/comp\/classified-staff\/occupational-therapy-assistant-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Occupational Therapy Assistant 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>UW CODE AND REPRESENTATIVE GROUP<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>18138 (NE S SEIU 925 HCP\/LT)<br \/>\n22521 (NE H NI SEIU 925 HCP\/LT)<\/p>\n<p><strong>CLASS SERIES CONCEPT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Assist in the practice of occupational therapy under the supervision of an occupational therapist.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DEFINITION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Perform occupational therapy assessment and treatment procedures such as dressing and other self-care skills, maintain therapeutic equipment and supplies, perform clerical duties.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Under general supervision, provide and assist with routine occupational therapy services.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TYPICAL WORK<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Assist occupational therapist with the patient assessment process; prepare patients and environment for therapy;<\/p>\n<p>Implement treatment; motivate and encourage the patient toward independence in activities of daily living;<\/p>\n<p>Assist in leadership of occupational therapy groups;<\/p>\n<p>Monitor and report patient&#8217;s response to treatment; modify treatment as directed;<\/p>\n<p>Assist in therapeutic adaptation and\/or fabricate equipment and orthotics;<\/p>\n<p>Participate in team reporting and schedule assigned patients;<\/p>\n<p>Document patient progress in medical chart; maintain services related records;<\/p>\n<p>Maintain supplies and therapeutic equipment in a clean, safe working environment;<\/p>\n<p>Participate in orienting student helpers, students, and volunteers;<\/p>\n<p>Perform clerical duties as assigned;<\/p>\n<p>Perform related duties as required.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Graduate of an approved educational program for Certified Occupational Therapy Assistants<\/p>\n<p>AND<\/p>\n<p>Successful completion of the American Occupational Therapy Association&#8217;s Occupational Therapy Assistant certification examination<\/p>\n<p>AND<\/p>\n<p>Current Washington State license, or license eligible to practice as an Occupational Therapy Assistant.<\/p>\n<p>Physical ability to move patients and equipment.<\/p>\n<p>Equivalent education and\/or experience may substitute for minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license, certification, and\/or registration.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CLASSIFICATION HISTORY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>02\/22\/1988: New Class<br \/>\n07\/02\/1990: Revise MQ<br \/>\n07\/01\/2007: Revised class code: (formerly 6138) effective 07\/01\/2007.<br \/>\n06\/22\/2011: New to SEIU<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UW CODE AND REPRESENTATIVE GROUP 18138 (NE S SEIU 925 HCP\/LT) 22521 (NE H NI SEIU 925 HCP\/LT) CLASS SERIES CONCEPT Assist in the practice of occupational therapy under the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":96,"featured_media":0,"parent":12,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4959","page","type-page","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/v1cypwr8vx2.c.updraftclone.com\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/v1cypwr8vx2.c.updraftclone.com\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/v1cypwr8vx2.c.updraftclone.com\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/v1cypwr8vx2.c.updraftclone.com\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/96"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/v1cypwr8vx2.c.updraftclone.com\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4959"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/v1cypwr8vx2.c.updraftclone.com\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4959\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9419,"href":"https:\/\/v1cypwr8vx2.c.updraftclone.com\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4959\/revisions\/9419"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/v1cypwr8vx2.c.updraftclone.com\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/v1cypwr8vx2.c.updraftclone.com\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}