What are the responsibilities and job description for the Pediatric Occupational Therapist (OT) - Full Time - Bayonne, NJ position at RWJBarnabas Health?
Job Overview:
The Occupational Therapist treats patients with disabilities and considers responses as related to the patient s functional adaptation to the environment.
Qualifications:
Required:
- Graduation from an accredited Occupational Therapy program
- NJ State Occupational Therapy License
- Maintained registration by the American Occupational Therapy Certification Board
- Satisfactory completion of Certification Examination of National Board for Certification of Occupational Therapists (NBCOT) and maintenance of registration
- AHA BLS Provider Certification
- Twelve-week pediatric affiliation or pediatric experience
- Detailed knowledge of developmental theory and the effects of physical and percepto-cognitive disabilities as well as the psycho-social aspects of functional adaptation to the environment
- Ability to evaluate disruptions in performance and plan treatment to minimize disabling effects of these conditions
- Tact and judgment in performance of duties
- Commitment to improving skill level
- Ability to work effectively with others
- Good verbal and written English communication skills
Preferred:
- Master s degree
Certifications and Licenses Required:
- NJ State Occupational Therapy License
- AHA BLS Provider Certification
- American Occupational Therapy Certification Board registration
- NBCOT registration
- Experience working in outpatient setting
Scheduling Requirements:
- Full-Time (40 hours/week)
- After school hours, 3pm-6:30pm
Essential Functions:
- Selects, administers, and interprets assessment tools as designated in competency expectations including: History, Screening, Observations, and Evaluations as appropriated to patients
- Identifies and prioritizes time realistic functional goals for remediation, compensation, adaptation or prevention of deficits
- Selects|utilizes|evaluates the effectiveness of appropriate treatment methods (as designated in competency expectations)
- Applies principles of activity analysis for grading physical|perceptual-cognitive|psycho-social demands to produce an optimal mesh of child's or family's abilities to meet environmental demand
- Communicates effectively with patients, families, & team in oral and written formats in both formal and non-formal situations. Communicates effectively with referring physicians and community contacts
- As designated in competency expectations, assists in training others. This may include staff, COTAs, aides and students
- Takes responsibility for seeking supervision or consultation in relationship to clinical performance. Actively contributes to improvement plans effectively utilizes feedback
- Meets competency expectations in explaining symptoms, prognosis and functional limitations for a variety of diagnostic groups
- Makes discharge recommendations appropriate to the child and their family in consideration of child s prognosis, role expectations, and knowledge of community resources (as designated in competency expectations)
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