Occupational Therapist II - Neonatal Therapy

Responsibilities

• Completes occupational therapy documentation, billing, and statistics per team guidelines.
• Manages daily caseload with efficiency and efficacy.
• Mets productivity standards per team guidelines.
• Administers standard and advanced evaluation and data interpretation to assist in establishing a plan of care and subsequent modifications and manages resources to accomplish patient goals;
• Identifies expected patient outcomes;
• Communicates relevant information to promote continuity of care.
• Mentors assistive personnel and delegates responsibilities as per licensing board guidelines.
• Affords clinical orientation and competency verification to new staff.
• Develops, coordinates, and evaluates specialized programs for specific clinical service areas; engages in research and quality improvement initiatives for the clinical service team and department.
• Serves as an interdisciplinary liaison.
• Provides clinical education, clinical precepting and mentoring of students, fellows, and other disciplines; participates in competency verification and evaluates the learner’s performance.
• Develops best practices and goals in compliance with departmental and organizational standards.
• Serves as resource to North Carolina government departments and statewide health professionals in specialty areas;
• Presents at local (university/hospital) or state level conferences;
• Participates in community outreach screening and educational events and career promotion efforts.

Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited Occupational Therapy program.
• Licensed as an Occupational Therapist in the state of North Carolina.
• Five (5) years of occupational therapy experience including one (1) year in the specialty field of work to which assigned.

Skills and Abilities

• Advanced level clinical skills as evidenced by specialty certifications, additional training and/or expertise in a given clinical specialty.
• Exhibits effective communication and interprofessional skills;
• Requires physical stamina and repetitive movements, including, but not limited to, sitting, standing, kneeling, walking, and squatting during patient interventions while supporting one's weight;
• Can engage in high-level problem-solving to ensure patient safety during mobilization.