Speech Language Pathologist, Pediatrics - Per Diem

Virtua Health; Barrington (NJ); On-site; USD 69,725 - 99,306; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/prescription insurance

Dental and vision insurance

Paid time off

Tuition assistance

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Virtua Health is seeking an Occupational Therapist to provide educationally based OT evaluations, treatments, and consultations to pediatric clients in Barrington, NJ. The therapist will work closely with school districts to meet individual education plans and maintain comprehensive documentation.

Qualifications include a Bachelor’s degree in occupational therapy and current NJ licensure. Benefits include medical, dental, vision insurance, paid time off, and more.

Qualifications

• Educationally based pediatric experience preferred.
• Current licensure in the State of NJ.
• CPR certification required.

Responsibilities

• Provide OT evaluations, treatments, and consultations to pediatric clients.
• Evaluate effectiveness of interventions and modify care plans.
• Maintain documentation in accordance with guidelines.
• Consult with the educational team to ensure quality care.
• Attend and participate in required meetings for student care.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in occupational therapy

Job description

Job Summary

Provides educationally based OT evaluations, treatments and consultations to pediatric clients within the educational environment. Provide services in conjunction with the school district’s child study teams and teachers, ensuring that the services delivered are relevant and useful in meeting the student’s individual education plans (IEP).

Position Responsibilities

Demonstrates comprehensive evaluation skills and interventions. This includes evaluating the effectiveness of interventions and modification of plan of care as appropriate. Therapist will meet IEP mandates per student.

Maintains and completes all student documentation, records and reports ensuring they are educationally based, timely, thorough and professional. All documentation must be in accordance with regulatory and department guidelines.

Consults with student’s child study team, teacher, family, paraprofessionals, district and non‑district therapists, CST staff, contract coordinator, supervisors and offsite director to provide optimum quality patient care and effective operations.

Attend and participate in required meetings including school team meetings, student IEP meetings, required CST meetings and any other required meeting. Will be flexible and adjust schedule to accommodate without negative impact to student treatment time/schedule.

Required Experience

Educationally based pediatric experience preferred

Required Education

Minimum Bachelor’s degree in occupational therapy from a program accredited by the AOTA.

Training / Certification / Licensure

Current licensure in the State of NJ

CPR certification

School certification by the NJ Department of Education

Salary

$61.35 - $61.35 Hourly

Benefits

Virtua offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full‑time and part‑time colleagues, including, but not limited to: medical/prescription, dental and vision insurance; health and dependent care flexible spending accounts; 403(b) (401(k) subject to collective bargaining agreement); paid time off, paid sick leave as provided under state and local paid sick leave laws, short‑term disability and optional long‑term disability, colleague and dependent life insurance and supplemental life and AD&D insurance; tuition assistance, and an employee assistance program that includes free counselling sessions. Eligibility for benefits is governed by the applicable plan documents and policies.