Occupational Therapist (Fulltime/Days)

Penn Medicine is dedicated to our tripartite mission of providing the highest level of care to patients, conducting innovative research, and educating future leaders in the field of medicine. Working for this leading academic medical center means collaboration with top clinical, technical and business professionals across all disciplines.

About the role

The Occupational Therapist (OTR) is responsible for providing comprehensive occupational therapy evaluation, treatment, and discharge planning for patients across a Level I Trauma Center. This role manages a medically complex caseload, including trauma, neurological, orthopedic, surgical, critical care, and medically fragile patients, while collaborating closely with an interdisciplinary team to optimize patient outcomes and ensure safe transitions of care. The OTR utilizes evidence-based practice, clinical reasoning, and patient-centered interventions to maximize functional independence, promote recovery, and support efficient throughput in a fast-paced acute care environment.

Responsibilities

• Evaluates the patient's history and extracts precautions, contraindications, diagnoses, goals, potential and any pertinent information that would affect treatment.
• Evaluates the patient with objective measurements.
• Interprets evaluation findings and discusses them with the patient, family, significant others, and treatment team.
• Develops treatment goals and plans, which may include intervention/adaptation strategies within the realm of the physician's prescription and makes recommendations to the physician concerning the patient's treatment.
• Supervises occupational therapists' assistants or aides in the performance of treatment procedure.
• Coordinates treatment plan with the patient, family, significant others, and treatment team through active participation in meetings and departmental conferences.
• Implements treatment plans and supervises the patient's use of equipment and takes the necessary precautions in implementing the prescribed treatment.
• Monitors and re-evaluates the patient's response to intervention and modifies treatment in agreement with the physician.
• Maintains documentation in the patient's records of evaluation, treatment, assessment, and plan. Complies with the established standards, policies, procedures; including billing, reimbursement, scheduling and emergency procedures according to departmental guidelines.
• Maintains and monitors own work schedule and that of team.
• Reviews the quality and appropriateness of the services delivered for effectiveness and efficiency using predetermined quality assurance criteria.
• Participates in Occupational Therapy student programs under the supervision of the Center Coordinator of Clinical Education.

Requirements

• Master of Science degree, as well as PA licensure, issued by the State Board of Occupational Therapy.

Qualifications

Preferred: At least one year of acute care or inpatient rehab experience.

Schedule

• Full-time, 40 hours per week
• Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM–4:30 PM
• Participation in weekend and holiday rotations, as assigned, is required to meet the needs of the Occupational Therapy department

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits program that includes one of the finest prepaid tuition assistance programs in the region.