Occupational Therapist III - Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)

Beth Israel Lahey Health•Boston, MA

69d•$44 - $59•Onsite

About The Position

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you're making a difference in people's lives.Job Summary: The Occupational Therapist III (OT III) is autonomously responsible for examination, evaluation, diagnosis, prognosis intervention and discharge planning for the OT needs of patients who have potential for functional impairments, limitations and disabilities and are referred to occupational therapy. Additional responsibilities of an OT III include clinical leadership for a specific patient care program and assessment of staff clinical performance. Job Description:Essential Responsibilities: Evaluate patients, discuss findings and plan of care with patient, implement plan of care, regularly re-evaluate patient status and plan of care. Demonstrate independence at an advanced competence level, providing care to a diverse patient population approximately 85% of the time. Provide clinical guidance, staff triage, program development or clinical research as needed 15% of the time.Perform teaching responsibilities including but not limited to: teaching patients and families, teaching and supervising students, preparing and presenting in-services, and educational lectures in and outside of the department and the medical center.Mentor, orient and assess competence and ongoing performance of less experienced therapists, therapy assistants, rehab aides, practice assistants, and support personnel and communicate results to managers or supervisors.Provide leadership to designated clinical programs. Collect, analyze and review statistics and outcome measures with recommendations for performance improvement. Collaborate with supervisor or manager to organize, direct, distribute and coordinate work.Demonstrate initiative, seek opportunities, accept additional responsibilities and set professional goals in areas of program development, teaching, quality assurance, performance improvement, research, and administration as appropriate to meet identified department or service needs. Support an environment of idea sharing and exchange of feedback with staff across the service and department.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree required in Occupational Therapy.
Master's degree preferred in Occupational Therapy
License required: Occupational Therapist License, and Certificate 1 required: Basic Life Support
5-8 years related work experience required.
Certified Hand Therapist (CHT) certification.
Basic familiarity with computers.
Ability to navigate at a basic level within web-based applications.

Nice To Haves

AOTA membership.

Responsibilities

Evaluate patients, discuss findings and plan of care with patient, implement plan of care, regularly re-evaluate patient status and plan of care.
Demonstrate independence at an advanced competence level, providing care to a diverse patient population approximately 85% of the time.
Provide clinical guidance, staff triage, program development or clinical research as needed 15% of the time.
Perform teaching responsibilities including but not limited to: teaching patients and families, teaching and supervising students, preparing and presenting in-services, and educational lectures in and outside of the department and the medical center.
Mentor, orient and assess competence and ongoing performance of less experienced therapists, therapy assistants, rehab aides, practice assistants, and support personnel and communicate results to managers or supervisors.
Provide leadership to designated clinical programs.
Collect, analyze and review statistics and outcome measures with recommendations for performance improvement.
Collaborate with supervisor or manager to organize, direct, distribute and coordinate work.
Demonstrate initiative, seek opportunities, accept additional responsibilities and set professional goals in areas of program development, teaching, quality assurance, performance improvement, research, and administration as appropriate to meet identified department or service needs.
Support an environment of idea sharing and exchange of feedback with staff across the service and department.