Occupational Therapist, Outpatient PEDS (Per Diem)

• Evaluates patients, interprets evaluation findings to determine the nature and extent of dysfunction.


• Establishes treatment goals and plans treatment to achieve established goals.


• Initiates discharge planning for occupational therapy.


• Implements the treatment program through direct treatment of the patient.


• May delegate a portion of the treatment program to the appropriate supportive personnel.


• Coordinates the treatment program with other health care personnel as appropriate.


• Provides advice and education to patient and family.


• Regularly assesses clinical signs and symptoms to determine effectiveness of treatment, progress of patient towards goals, the need for modifying goals and treatment.


• Discharges patient from occupational therapy when the patient has received maximum benefit from occupational therapy.


• Provides accurate, timely documentation of occupational therapy patient management.


• Demonstrates progress toward meeting the criteria for professional practice.

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• Graduate of an accredited occupational therapy curriculum with a Bachelors or Masters degree with certification in occupational therapy or foreign-trained equivalent.

• National Provider Identifier required at hire

• Basic Life Support required at hire from American Heart Association

• Current CA Occupational Therapy License OR License eligibility letter prior to the first day of employment.


• Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.

• Preferred outpatient peds experience including neurological, orthopedic & feeding cases.


• Preferred advanced practice feeding & swallowing certificate

Notes:

• Will need to provide minimum of 2 Saturday availabilities per month.