Occupational Therapist, Senior

Make a Lasting Impact in Pediatric Therapy

Our UPMC Children's Satellite location in Erie, PA is seeking a compassionate and creative Occupational Therapist to join our multidisciplinary team. This is a meaningful opportunity to help children reach their fullest potential through personalized, play-based, and evidence-informed therapy. We're looking for a dedicated professional who thrives in a collaborative environment and is passionate about supporting children and their families on their developmental journey. This is an exciting opportunity to help grow a new satellite location, collaborate with physicians and be part of a large academic medical center with a large therapy department!

UPMC offers a robust career ladder - Title and Rate of Pay will be based on Education and Experience. Starting rate of pay for an Occupational Therapist is 32.46/hour.

Responsibilities:

• Maintains written documentation for all occupational therapy services rendered, including documentation of initial assessment, follow-up visits, and discharge summary consistent with department standards.
• Communicates patient status to the referring physician and other health care team members.
• Completes necessary charge and statistical information to accurately reflect the service rendered to the patient.
• Schedules patients to achieve and maintain a level of productivity which meets or exceeds the standard established for the facility by the organization while ensuring delivery of quality patient care.
• Provides verbal and/or written home instructions to patients and/or family members when applicable.
• Performs occupational therapy assessment, reassessment, and treatment for pediatric patients referred by a physician to the clinic.
• Develops a plan of care including goals and treatment plans in accordance with physician referral, nature of injury/illness and results of occupational therapy assessment.
• Modifies or adjusts plan of care based on patient's response to treatment and/or changes in patient's status.
• Rotates through selected treatment areas when necessary to facilitate organizational needs.

Qualifications:

• Graduate of an accredited program approved by The Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE)
• Minimum of 3 years clinical experience preferred.
• Previous pediatric experience preferred.
• Demonstrated clinical expertise in a specialty area preferred.
• Previous clinical teaching experience preferred.
• Program development experience and ability preferred.
• Six months experience with Rehabilitation Institute preferred.
• Must possess knowledge and skills required to provide quality customer service.
• Must possess knowledge of normal human growth and development over the lifespan.
• Must be able to read, understand, analyze, and interpret medical record documents.
• Must be skilled in planning/organization, follow up/control, delegation, problem solving, self-development orientation, organizational behaviors/competencies, and stress tolerance.
• Must possess the ability to apply principles of logic and strategic thinking to a wide range of problems, and to deal with a variety of abstract and concrete variables.
• Must possess effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Must possess the ability to identify referral growth opportunities.
• Demonstrated ability to interact with healthcare team, coworkers, supervisors, and all members of the Corporate Management Team.
• Active participation with health care industry professional organizations is preferred.
• Must complete all mandatory competencies for system, RI business unit and/or facility.
• Must complete RIOrientation, Facility-specific Orientation, and Department Specific Orientation(s) where appropriate.
• May in the course of their job duties be in rooms where medications are stored. No contact with medications is allowed.
• Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:
• CPR required based on AHA standards that include both a didactic and skills demonstration component within 30 days of hire
• Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
• National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy (NBCOT)
• Occupational Therapist (OT)
• Act 31 / Act 33 / Act 34 / Act 73 with renewal

UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran