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 ro help grow a new satellite location, collaborate with physicians and be part of a large academic medical center with a large therapuy 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.

• 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.

• 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