Occupational Therapist

UPMC; Mechanicsburg (Cumberland County); On-site; USD 55,000 - 83,000; Part time

Job summary

UPMC West Shore is seeking a Casual/Per Diem Occupational Therapist to support their acute care patient population. This role provides assessment and treatment with advanced clinical skills in a Rehabilitation Institute setting.

Schedule: 16 weekend hours per month, 7:00 am – 3:30 pm, with the ability to pick up additional shifts. The Occupational Therapist will serve as a clinical resource for staff, supervise students, and maintain licensure through ongoing education.

Qualifications

• Provides occupational therapy assessment and treatment per physician referrals.
• Maintains professional licensure and pursues continuing education.
• Collaborates with health care team to optimize patient care.

Responsibilities

• Maintains written documentation for occupational therapy services rendered including initial assessment, follow-up visits, and discharge summaries.
• Co-signs occupational therapy assistant documentation biweekly.
• Communicates patient's status to the referring physician and other health care team members.
• Completes necessary charge and statistical information to reflect the service rendered.
• Schedules patients to meet productivity standards while ensuring delivery of quality patient care.
• Provides verbal and/or written home instructions to patient and/or family members when applicable.
• Supervises students completing internships from various universities as requested.
• Maintains professional license/registration through continuing education to satisfy licensure renewal requirements.
• Performs OT assessment, reassessment and treatment and supervises OT assistants for pediatric to geriatric patients referred by a physician.
• Develops plan of care including goals and treatment plan in accordance with physician referral.
• Modifies plan of care based on patient response and status.
• Works with OT assistants to adjust patient programs as patient status changes.
• Rotates through treatment areas to meet organizational needs.
• Attends staff meetings and in-service education programs.

Job description

UPMC West Shore is looking for a new Casual/Per Diem Occupational Therapist to support their acute care patient population.

Schedule: 16 weekend hours per month required from 7:00 am - 3:30 pm. Ability to pick up more shifts!

Purpose

Provides occupational therapy assessment and treatment using advanced clinical skills in a specialty area of occupational therapy for patients referred to non-contracted and contracted facilities of the Rehabilitation Institute. Serves as a clinical resource for other staff members. May have an individual agreement with an academic institution for instructional services. Participates in research conducted within the Rehabilitation Institute.

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.
• Co-signs occupational therapy assistant documentation biweekly.
• Communicates patient's 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 patient and/or family members when applicable.
• Participates in the organization's clinical education program by providing clinical supervision of students completing internships from various universities as requested.
• Maintains professional license/registration through steady pursuit and participation in appropriate continuing education and professional development opportunities to satisfy requirements for licensure/registration renewal.
• Performs occupational therapy assessment, reassessment and treatment and supervises occupational therapy assistants in the treatment of pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients referred by a physician to the clinic.
• Develops plan of care including goals and treatment plan 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.
• Works with occupational therapy assistants to adjust patient programs as patient status changes.
• Rotates through selected treatment areas when necessary to facilitate organizational needs.
• Attends and actively participates in staff meetings and in-service education programs.