Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant - Inpatient

How do you keep your documentation accurate and timely when you're seeing a full caseload?

What they are checking: Whether they finish notes on time, since inpatient rehab depends on current records.

This role covers weekends and holidays. How do you feel about that schedule?

What they are checking: Whether they can meet the coverage the department requires as a per diem COTA.

Tell me about a time you supervised a rehab tech or a student.

What they are checking: Whether they can guide others clearly while still owning patient safety.

The OT's plan of care says one thing, but the patient seems ready for more. What do you do?

What they are checking: Whether they stay within the plan and talk to the supervising OT instead of changing it on their own.

A stroke patient gets frustrated and wants to stop halfway through a session. How do you handle it?

What they are checking: Whether they can keep patients motivated in acute rehab without pushing past what is safe.

Your patient's oxygen drops during a standing activity. What do you do?

What they are checking: Whether they stop, respond and report safely instead of finishing the task.

Walk me through a session working on lower body dressing with a patient after a hip replacement.

What they are checking: Whether they know hip precautions and the adaptive tools that keep a patient safe while building independence.

How do you measure and report progress toward a patient's goals?

What they are checking: Whether they track function in clear terms the OT and team can use for decisions.

How would you work on cognition and safety awareness with a patient who has had a brain injury?

What they are checking: Whether they can address thinking and judgment, not only physical function.

How do you involve a patient's family in getting ready for discharge home?

What they are checking: Whether they train caregivers so gains in therapy carry over at home.