Occupational Therapist (OT)

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Day - 08 Hour (United States of America)

This is a Stanford Health Care job.

A Brief Overview

The Occupational Therapist II is an experienced therapist who is fully competent with all essential functional and job duties of an Occupational Therapist I but also has expertise and experience in evaluating and developing treatment plans for more complex patients and for a wide variety of ages and diagnoses utilizing advanced skills and techniques to solve patient care needs in an accurate and efficient manner. The Occupational Therapist II takes an active role in multi-disciplinary care team discussions recommending the most appropriate treatment plan for the needs of the patient. The Therapist II serves as a clinical advisor to less experienced therapists by consulting on complex clinical presentations reviewing treatment plans and collaborating to develop and implement complex Occupational Therapy care plans. Supervises patient care responsibilities of Occupational Therapy interns Occupational Therapy Assistants and duties of Rehabilitation Aide. Functions as a Clinical Instructor in the Occupational Therapy student program. Contributes to program development performance improvement development of departmental policies and procedures and other specialized programs. Completes required classes and in-service programs which support work as Occupational Therapists as needed.

Locations

Stanford Health Care

What you will do

• Must meet and be proficient in performing all of the essential functions of Occupational Therapist I with a more complex patient population as well as the following :
• Participates in clinical teaching including the clinical instruction of occupational therapy interns / students residents and other staff.
• Prepares and presents an in-service (at least one annually).
• Provides input regarding the educational needs of the staff and serves as a resource in meeting those needs.
• With the support of the manager may initiate clinical research within area of clinical expertise.
• Provides mentoring to others when appropriate and serves as a role model / resource / teacher / mentor to less experienced occupational therapists.
• Leads patient care conferences communicating with and teaching other care providers.
• Identifies departmental performance improvement issues and participates in performance improvement activities e.g. chart reviews revision of documentation forms workflow studies etc.
• Contributes to the development of departmental policies and procedures.
• Identifies needs for equipment repair or upgrade to maintain quality of care; makes recommendations for selection and purchase of specific equipment and supplies.

Education Qualifications

Experience Qualifications

Required Knowledge Skills and Abilities

Licenses and Certifications

These principles apply to ALL employees :

SHC Commitment to Providing an Exceptional Patient & Family Experience

Stanford Health Care sets a high standard for delivering value and an exceptional experience for our patients and families. Candidates for employment and existing employees must adopt and execute C-I-CARE standards for all of patients families and towards each other. C-I-CARE is the foundation of Stanfords patient-experience and represents a framework for patient-centered interactions. Simply put we do what it takes to enable and empower patients and families to focus on health healing and recovery.

You will do this by executing against our three experience pillars from the patient and familys perspective :

Equal Opportunity Employer Stanford Health Care (SHC) strongly values diversity and is committed to equal opportunity and non-discrimination in all of its policies and practices including the area of employment. Accordingly SHC does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race color sex sexual orientation or gender identity and / or expression religion age national or ethnic origin political beliefs marital status medical condition genetic information veteran status or disability or the perception of any of the above. People of all genders members of all racial and ethnic groups people with disabilities and veterans are encouraged to apply. Qualified applicants with criminal convictions will be considered after an individualized assessment of the conviction and the job requirements.

Base Pay Scale : Generally starting at $55.85 - $74.00 per hour

The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors including but not limited to internal equity experience education specialty and training. This pay scale is not a promise of a particular wage.

Key Skills

Body Mechanics,Early Intervention,Acute Care,Communication skills,HIPAA,Autism Experience,Computer Literacy,Pediatrics Experience,Home Care,Heavy Lifting,Patient Service Experience,Medicare

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

Hourly Salary Salary : 55 - 74