Occupational Therapist - Pediatric Neurology

Occupational Therapist

What we do here changes the world. UTHealth Houston is Texas' resource for healthcare education, innovation, scientific discovery, and excellence in patient care. That's where you come in.

Join our team as an Occupational Therapist and help transform the lives of children navigating neurological challenges. This role blends hands-on clinical care with meaningful involvement in pediatric neurology research. You will coordinate therapy services, ensuring each child receives thoughtful, consistent, and developmentally appropriate treatment. You'll also lead consultations, evaluations, and personalized care planning for patients in our Neurology Clinic. If you're excited to grow your expertise in pediatric neurology and contribute to a collaborative, compassionate care environment, we'd love to meet you.

Once you join us you won't want to leave. It's because we reward our team for the excellent service they provide. Our total rewards package includes the benefits you'd expect from a top healthcare organization (benefits, insurance, etc.), plus:

• 100% paid medical premiums for our full-time employees
• Generous time off (holidays, preventative leave day, both vacation and sick time all of which equates to around 37-38 days per year)
• The longer you stay, the more vacation you'll accrue!
• Longevity Pay (Monthly payments after two years of service)
• Build your future with our awesome retirement/pension plan!

We take care of our employees! As a world-renowned institution, our employees' wellbeing is important to us. We offer work/life services such as...

• Free financial and legal counseling
• Free mental health counseling services
• Gym membership discounts and access to wellness programs
• Other employee discounts including entertainment, car rentals, cell phones, etc.
• Resources for child and elder care
• Plus many more!

Position Summary:

Provides professional, educational, and clinical skills in organizing and directing occupational therapy services.

Position Key Accountabilities:

• Coordinates all Occupational therapy to ensure appropriate patient treatment in research and clinic consulting.
• Conducts patient consultation, evaluation, and program planning for patients being seen in the Neurology clinic.
• Develops home exercise programs to instruct patients in the required exercise for treatment.
• Reassesses patient status on an ongoing basis to ensure that treatment goals, plans, and program are appropriate.
• Participates in the development and writing of clinical research protocols; utilizes knowledge of area of expertise (e.g. therapy) to promote safety and efficacy in research questions, protocol development, interventions, and outcomes.
• Develops educational programs to increase patient/family and community awareness of Occupational therapy treatment including department faculty, staff, researchers.
• Recruits and screens patients, enrolls suitable candidates for participation in research protocols.
• Provides all study related activities related to rehabilitation therapies per research protocol.
• Assists in the preparation of progress reports and grant proposals to both private foundations and governmental agencies.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Certification/Skills:

• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
• Working knowledge of MS Office.
• Occupational Therapy (OT) by Executive Council of Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Examiners - Texas Board of Occupational Therapy Examiners (ECPTOTE) required

Minimum Education:

Bachelor's Degree from an accredited school of Occupational Therapy required Master's Degree preferred Doctorate Degree preferred

Minimum Experience:

3 years of experience required

Physical Requirements:

Exerts up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 20 pounds frequently and/or up to 10 pounds constantly to move objects.

Security Sensitive:

This position is a security-sensitive position pursuant to Texas Education Code 51.215 and Texas Government Code 411.094. To the extent that a position requires the holder to research, work on, or have access to critical infrastructure as defined in Texas Business and Commerce Code 117.001(2), the ability to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure is a minimum qualification to be hired for and to continue to be employed in that position. Personnel in such positions, and similarly situated state contractors, will be routinely reviewed to determine whether things such as criminal history or continuous connections to the government or political apparatus of a foreign adversary might prevent the applicant, employee, or contractor from being able to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure. A foreign adversary is a nation listed in 15 C.F.R. 791.4.

Veteran Information:

Military occupations that relate to the initial selection criteria and registration or licensure requirements for this position may include but are not limited to: 0873, 0874, 42B1, 42B3, 42B4, 42BX, 42T1, 42T3, 42T4, 42TX, L32A.

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Residency Requirement:

Employees must permanently reside and work in the State of Texas.