Occupational Therapist (The Retreat)

What to Expect

The Occupational Therapist performs a full range of occupational therapy services according to professional standards. Specific responsibilities include:

• Screens patients/students, provides functional assessments, develops goals and modalities for treatment plans, and provides direct services for individuals and groups for assigned caseload.
• Communicates with patients/students based on an understanding of their developmental needs.
• Documents and reports patient/student progress to treatment/educational team.
• Aids in training, orienting, and evaluating the performance of occupational therapy interns and volunteers.

What You’ll Get from Us

• A commitment to professional development, including a comprehensive tuition reimbursement program to support ongoing education and licensure and/or certification preparation.
• Comprehensive medical, dental and vision benefits for benefit eligible positions.
• 403b retirement match.
• Generous paid-time-off for benefit eligible positions.
• Complimentary Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Generous mileage reimbursement program.

Pay and Benefits

The pay for this position is $62,386.69 minimum to $108,576.83 maximum. Pay for this position is determined on a number of factors, including but not limited to, years and level of related experience.

Qualifications

• Must possess current license to practice as an occupational therapist in the State of Maryland at the time of appointment and continuously throughout tenure in position.
• Maintains professional knowledge and skills through attendance at professional meetings, workshops, courses, and in-service sessions.
• For the Retreat program, position requires valid driver’s license and ability to operate a hospital vehicle at time of appointment and requires experience with neurodivergent/Autism Spectrum Disorder with ability to complete assessments and recommendations for individuals with that diagnosis.
• Work requires three to six months clinical experience supplemented with on-the-job orientation in order to learn assessment and documentation requirements and Sheppard Pratt/program policies and procedures.
• Work requires interpersonal and communication skills to relate effectively to psychiatric patients with a wide variety of problem behaviors, ages, and socioeconomic backgrounds, demonstrate understanding of the O.T. role and the roles of others in multidisciplinary treatment/educational team meetings, and teach patients/students, interns, and volunteers (51-80% of work time).
• Work requires analytical ability to combine own observations of patients/students with those of others to determine functional abilities and deficits and their physical, neurological, developmental, or psychosocial origins and establish appropriate treatment plans.
• Working with emotionally disturbed and often unpredictable patients/students, meeting deadlines and other requirements for documentation, and exercising safety precautions frequently (21-50% of work time) produces a high level of mental/visual fatigue.

About the Role

The Retreat at Sheppard Pratt consists of a 22 bed residential program nationally renowned for expert care. The Retreat is designed for patients seeking a comprehensive evaluation and intensive treatment experience in a psychotherapeutic milieu, unencumbered by the payment policies of third parties in order to give our residents a chance to make meaningful progress toward recovery. The Retreat offers an elegantly appointed setting in a specially renovated space on Sheppard Pratt's main campus in Towson, MD (Baltimore County). Residents stay for an intermediate length of several weeks to several months. The Retreat embodies a multi-disciplinary treatment approach to a variety of psychiatric conditions that can be treated safely and effectively in a voluntary, unlocked environment. These psychiatric conditions may include mood disorders, personality disorders, anxiety disorders, and/or co-occurring disorders including substance-use disorders.