Occupational Therapist

Job Details

Job Location:

Childrens Clinics - Tucson, AZ 85712

Position Type:
Full Time Education Level: 4 Year Degree Salary Range: $35.37 - $53.05 Hourly Travel Percentage:
None Job Shift: Day Job Category:
Health Care Children's Clinics is seeking a full-time Occupational Therapist.

This position is responsible for providing comprehensive occupational therapy assessment, treatment, and coordination to eligible patients.

• Provides comprehensive occupational therapy services to eligible patient’s age birth to young adult, including those with feeding/swallowing limitations, developmental delays and congenital conditions, sensory integration impairments, fine motor coordination, vision/perception Activity of Daily Living limitations, custom or pre-fabricated splinting, and DME needs
• Evaluates for and fabricates upper extremity splints; provides patient/family instruction in care and use
• Conducts age-appropriate evidenced based clinical and functional occupational therapy assessments and develops therapy treatment plans based upon objective findings and progress in therapy; while also including patient and family input and goals
• Provides Occupational Therapy consultations, screenings, and care coordination while attending multidisciplinary specialty clinics
• Serves as educator in appropriate areas to patients, families, clinic staff, school staff, and others involved in patient care and programming
• Supervises support personnel, including COTA, according to state, national, and professional guidelines
• Documents all assessments, treatments, consultations, patient/family education, and all relevant and required patients care information in the electronic health record in an accurate and timely manner, in accordance with clinic policies
• Participates in new staff orientation and ongoing staff education; mentors and provides training on areas of expertise or specialty as requested by Department Manager, Performs other duties as required and assigned

• Knowledge of a variety of therapeutic treatment techniques for pediatric occupational therapy
• Ability to assess and treat feeding/swallowing disorders of patients with complex medical conditions, and to make recommendations about feeding to families, physicians, and other professionals
• Knowledge of fundamentals of pediatric upper extremity splinting and ability to assess patient’s splinting needs as part of an interdisciplinary team (physician, orthotist, and therapist)
• Ability to assess patient’s needs for adaptive tools/equipment and durable medical equipment, and to determine patient’s optimal access to environmental controls, communication devices, and mobility
• Ability to participate in collaborative opportunities with other clinical providers in Aquatic Therapy and Adaptive Recreation programs at offsite facilities
• Skills in appropriate and safe use of suspended equipment and other equipment typically used in management of patients with sensory integration difficulties
• Ability to demonstrate safe patient lifting and transfers practices including, including the use of equipment (ex: sliding board, Hoyer lift) to assist with patient lifting
• Ability to safely and effectively use mechanical equipment for the provision of occupational therapy care
• Knowledge of evidence-based approaches to planning and providing pediatric occupational therapy; experience in measuring and reporting clinical and functional outcomes of care to parents, physicians, and other professionals
• Knowledge of corporate, local, state, and national regulatory requirements and ability to execute job duties consistent with them
• Ability to reliably select billing codes for therapy services rendered that are accurate and consistent with payer…