Pediatric Occupational Therapist

Employee Type: Regular Work Shift: Day - 8 hour shift (United States of America) Join Team Tidelands and help people live better lives through better health! Position Summary: Responsible for providing a full range of therapeutic services including assessment, treatment planning and therapeutic interventions in an interdisciplinary environment consistent with the position’s qualification, professional practices and ethical standards. The incumbent shall also demonstrate accountability for the contribution to program development, quality improvement, problem solving, and productivity enhancement in a flexible interdisciplinary fashion. The employee may have job functions where they will handle and deliver medications based on the requirements of their job in the assigned work facility. Essential Functions: Performed documentation per clinical / department guidelines and meets expectations of monthly department chart audits. Achieve the established average monthly patient care productivity metric year to date. Promote / educate NextStep Rehabilitation programs to referring physicians and healthcare providers Proactively impact his or her cancel / no show percentage as it relates to improving quality care and patient outcomes The employee will complete other duties as assigned. QUALIFICATIONS Education / Experience: Licensure: OT License by the state of South Carolina Board of Occupational Therapy Examiners. Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required ACLS preferred. Special Skills: Ability to utilize therapy equipment an outpatient rehabilitation setting to provide treatment and procedures preferred. Physical Requirements: Medium / Heavy: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently (activity or condition exists from 1/3 to 2/3 of the time) required to stand, sit, and walk; occasionally (activity or condition exists up to 1/3 of the time) to use hands, fingers; and frequently to talk or hear. The employee must exert 35 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 15 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Tidelands Health is an equal opportunity employer (EOE). Tidelands Health does not discriminate against employees or applicants for employment on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, age, national origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, gender, genetic information, familial status, or any other legally protected status. #J-18808-Ljbffr