Occupational Therapist I (FT) Jefferson Bucks Campus

Number of Positions In Requisition

1

Job Details

The Staff Leve I Occupational Therapist is responsible for the evaluation treatment and discharge planning of all patients referred for their given services. The Occupational Therapist is an integral healthcare provider accountable to assist the patient to their highest level of function. The Staff Level I Therapist will uphold the mission vision and values of Jefferson Health. Works in conjunction with other health care professionals to coordinate treatment plans and care.

Job Description

Essential Functions:

Provide therapy evaluations treatment planning treatment interventions and discharge planning for a full patient caseload in acute care skilled facility acute rehab outpatient settings as appropriate.

Participate in student education

Participates in education and teaching commensurate with novice clinician.

Plans organizes and delivers treatment programs that help clients/patients recover and rehabilitate.

Utilizes tools and techniques to administer safe therapeutic interventions and trainings for patient and families.

Records and documents clients/patients health progress information for evaluation all therapeutic interventions including daily treatments progress notes evaluations and discharge summaries.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

Education: Bachelors Masters or Doctoral Degree from an accredited Occupational Therapy Program.

Experience: 0-2 years of clinical practice required. 1 year preferred

Valid state license in Occupational Therapy. Valid certification from the National Board of

Certification in Occupational Therapy (NBCOT) is required.

CPR certification required-American Heart Association for Healthcare Providers BLS

Work Shift

Workday Day (United States of America)

Worker Sub Type

Regular

Employee Entity

Jefferson Health Northeast

Primary Location Address

380 North Oxford Valley Road Langhorne Pennsylvania United States of America

Nationally ranked Jefferson which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65000 people strong dedicated to providing the highest-quality compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrows professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College Jefferson College of Nursing and the Kanbar College of Design Engineering and Commerce dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200 undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8300 students. Jefferson Health nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age race color religion creed sexual orientation gender gender identity marital status pregnancy national origin ancestry citizenship military status veteran status handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.

Benefits

Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues including medical (including prescription) supplemental insurance dental vision life and AD&D insurance short- and long-term disability flexible spending accounts retirement plans tuition assistance as well as voluntary benefits which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts. Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service. All colleagues including those who work less than part-time(including per diem colleagues adjunct faculty and Jeff Temps ) have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.

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Required Experience:

IC