Lead Occupational Therapist III – Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)

Beth Israel Lahey Health

15d • $44 - $61

About The Position

The Occupational Therapist III (OT III) is autonomously responsible for examining, evaluating, diagnosing, and prognosticating patients’ occupational therapy needs, providing intervention, and planning discharge for patients with potential functional impairments, limitations, or disabilities who are referred to occupational therapy. The position provides advanced-level care and clinical leadership for a designated patient care program, and assesses staff clinical performance.

The therapist provides direct patient care approximately 85% of the time and clinical guidance, staff triage, program development, or clinical research as needed for approximately 15% of the time. The role also includes teaching, mentoring, program leadership, outcome review and performance improvement, caseload management, and associated administrative work.

The role requires regular day-to-day patient contact, including face-to-face and hands-on contact within three feet for at least five minutes. Work involves close attention, adaptability, independent judgment, and priority management. There is potential daily exposure to protective equipment requirements, infectious diseases, airborne pathogens, and bloodborne pathogens. The position is physical in nature, involving standing and moving for most of the shift and exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and up to 20 pounds frequently.

The base hourly pay range is $43.80–$61.34. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires all staff to be vaccinated against influenza as a condition of employment.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Occupational Therapy.
• Occupational Therapist license.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• 5–8 years of related work experience.
• Basic familiarity with computers and ability to navigate web-based applications.
• Competence to provide patient care to young adults, middle-aged adults, and elderly patients.
• Ability to make decisions guided by general instructions and practices, interpret guidance, and recommend solutions to moderately complex problems.
• Ability to analyze or interpret varied problems using observation, knowledge, skills, and general precedents.
• Ability to set goals and determine how to achieve results within some guidelines.
• Ability to summarize and communicate moderately complex information in English in varied written formats.
• Ability to comprehend and communicate complex verbal information in English to staff, patients, families, and external customers.
• Working knowledge of standard concepts, practices, procedures, and policies and ability to apply them in varied situations.
• Ability to collaborate in small teams, contribute ideas, identify issues, and respect team members.
• Ability to provide high-level customer service and staff training and resolve service issues in a timely and respectful manner.
• Ability to sustain concentrated effort for up to four hours and adapt to changing work, exercise independent judgment, and manage priorities.
• Ability to meet the position’s physical demands, including standing and moving for most of the shift and exerting up to 50 pounds occasionally and up to 20 pounds frequently.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree.
• AOTA membership.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate patients, discuss findings and the plan of care with patients, implement the plan, and regularly re-evaluate patient status and the plan of care.
• Provide advanced-level independent care to a diverse patient population approximately 85% of the time, and provide clinical guidance, staff triage, program development, or clinical research as needed approximately 15% of the time.
• Teach patients and families; teach and supervise students; and prepare and present in-services and educational lectures within and outside the department and medical center.
• Mentor, orient, and assess the competence and ongoing performance of less experienced therapists, therapy assistants, rehabilitation aides, practice assistants, and support personnel, and communicate assessment results to managers or supervisors.
• Provide leadership to designated clinical programs; collect, analyze, and review statistics and outcome measures; and recommend performance improvements.
• Collaborate with a supervisor or manager to organize, direct, distribute, and coordinate work.
• Seek opportunities and accept additional responsibilities in program development, teaching, quality assurance, performance improvement, research, and administration as appropriate to department or service needs; support idea sharing and feedback exchange.
• Manage a defined caseload and complete administrative responsibilities, including data collection and record keeping, billing, face-time sheets, QAI activities, committee participation as requested, and attendance at required department meetings and in-services.
• Provide patient care to young adults (ages 16–30), middle-aged adults (ages 30–60), and elderly patients (ages 60+).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior