Senior Occupational Therapist, Inpatient Pediatrics, PICU & NICU

Overview

Job Summary:

Provides independent occupational therapy management of patients, under the direction of the Director of Rehabilitation or designee. Provides occupational therapy services in specialized patient care clinics, and assists in the development, implementation, and review of departmental patient care programs.

• Evaluates patients and interprets evaluation findings to determine the nature and extent of dysfunction. Establishes treatment goals and plans treatment to achieve established goals. Initiates discharge planning for occupational therapy. Implements the treatment plan through direct treatment of the patient, delegates a portion of the treatment plan to appropriate supportive personnel, and coordinates the treatment program with other health care personnel as appropriate.
• Provides advice and education to patient and family. Evaluates need for and trains patient/family in the use of special equipment or devices and adapts as necessary (e.g., splints, slings, prosthesis, A.D.L equipment) or refers to other disciplines as necessary for effective treatment. Regularly reassesses clinical signs and symptoms to determine effectiveness of treatment, progress of patients towards goals, and the need for modifying goals and treatment.
  
  Discharges patient from occupational therapy when the patient has received maximum benefit from occupational therapy. Provides accurate, timely documentation of occupational therapy patient management.
• Participates in appropriate and approved educational and clinical research activities in occupational therapy. Participates in specialized patient care clinics outside the department. Assists in the development, implementation, and review of departmental patient care programs. Performs other duties as needed in the areas of staff education, departmental operations, and departmental projects. Demonstrates ongoing progress toward meeting the criteria for professional practice.

• Experience
  • Minimum two (2) years of experience as an occupational therapist required.
• Education
  • Graduate of an accredited occupational therapy curriculum with a bachelors or masters degree with certification in occupational therapy or foreign-trained equivalent.
• License, Certification, Registration
  • Occupational Therapist License (California) required at hire
  • National Provider Identifier required at hire
  • Basic Life Support required at hire

• Ability to perform both routine and complicated therapy under general supervision.
• Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.

• Acute care work experience and Pediatric clinical knowledge including foundation of normal development stages, experience with handling infants/toddlers/young children, and pediatric medical conditions. Feeding Specialty/Advanced Practice in Swallowing Assessment.

COMPANY: KAISER

TITLE:
Senior Occupational Therapist, Inpatient Pediatrics, PICU & NICU

LOCATION:
Santa Clara, California

REQNUMBER: 1320282

External hires must pass a background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with arrest and/or conviction records will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with Federal, state and local laws, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran, or disability status.