Kennedy Krieger Institute

Occupational Therapist (Inpatient and Day Feeding)

Kennedy Krieger Institute • $74K — $101K *
Baltimore, MD 21215In-Person
Hospitals & Medical Centers
Less than 5 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Current Maryland Occupational Therapist License required
  • CPR certification required
  • Bachelor's degree in Occupational Therapy from an accredited institution is necessary
  • Preferred: Master's degree in Occupational Therapy
  • Experience with pediatric rehabilitation is preferred

Responsibilities

  • Evaluate patients to identify functional skills and treatment needs
  • Develop evidence-based treatment plans grounded in clinical reasoning
  • Implement client-centered and culturally sensitive therapy sessions
  • Select developmentally appropriate intervention strategies
  • Respond therapeutically to environmental stressors and challenging behaviors in a pediatric environment
  • Engage patients and families in collaboratively setting treatment goals
  • Maintain thorough and organized documentation following professional guidelines

Benefits

  • Participation in intra/interdisciplinary training programs
  • Opportunity for supervising Occupational Therapy students and COTAs
  • Engagement in a collaborative team environment
  • Focus on patient-centered care in a pediatric setting
  • Involvement in professional development and community agency partnerships
Full Job Description
Overview

The Occupational Therapist I is an early career professional that will perform evaluation and subsequent planning, execution, and supervision of therapy programs for persons with sensory motor or neuromotor dysfunction. The incumbent will participate in intra-disciplinary and interdisciplinary training programs for affiliating students, staff, and community agencies; clinical supervision of Occupational Therapy students, Certified Occupational Therapy Assistants (COTAs), and volunteers/aides; and maintain appropriate patient records and documentation.

Responsibilities

  1. Evaluate assigned patients using acquired information about the patient's functional skills, roles, and context. Prioritize needs and analyze information obtained from the occupational profile to begin the treatment planning process.
  2. Develop treatment plans consistent with best practices, well-grounded in evidence, and utilizing clinical reasoning.
  3. Execute client-centered, compassionate, culturally sensitive, meaningful, and effective treatment plans that progress client towards long term goals.
  4. Select well-reasoned intervention strategies and approaches that are developmentally appropriate, meaningful, and support the appropriate frame of reference/model.
  5. Recognize and consistently respond in a therapeutic manner to environmental stressors, challenging client behaviors, and the multiple demands of working in a pediatric setting.
  6. Collaborate with patients and families for identification of occupational therapy needs and prioritization of treatment goals and plans with provision of written guidance to caregivers as appropriate.
  7. Produce documentation that is thorough, objective, pertinent, organized, free from grammatical and spelling errors, concise, clinically accurate, readable for multiple audiences, and in adherence to Institute, department, American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA), and Maryland state Occupational Therapy guidelines.
  8. Actively collaborate in inter/intra- disciplinary and supervisory relationships, demonstrating initiative, effective listening, good judgment to manage time and caseload, and communication with peers and supervisor that is professional and respectful.
  9. Actively take a role in ensuring that schedule template is up to date, schedule is full, and make-up sessions are offered as needed. Proactively and respectfully work with the Care Center and supervisor to anticipate schedule needs and changes while meeting productivity standards.
  10. May supervise affiliating level I students and visitors. May provide guidance and direction to Rehabilitation Aide, and Rehabilitation Tech activities.
  11. Perform set-up and clean-up of treatment supplies and treatment space, adhering to all safety and infection control policies and procedures.
  12. Utilize good fiscal judgement with expendable supplies and order requests.


Qualifications

  • Must possess and maintain licensure to practice as an Occupational Therapist in the State of Maryland.
  • Must possess and maintain cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) certification.

EDUCATION:
  • Bachelor's degree from an accredited school of occupational therapy required.
  • Master's degree highly preferred.

EXPERIENCE:
  • Previous experience in pediatrics and/or rehabilitation and treatment is preferred.


Minimum pay range

USD $74,000.00/Yr.

Maximum pay range

USD $101,504.00/Yr.

About Kennedy Krieger Institute

Kennedy Krieger Institute is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) organization located in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, that provides inpatient and outpatient medical care, community services, and school-based programs for children and adolescents with learning disabilities, as well as disorders of the brain, spinal cord, and musculoskeletal system. The Institute is internationally recognized for improving the lives of children and adolescents with pediatric developmental disabilities and disorders of the brain, spinal cord, and musculoskeletal system through patient care, special education, research, and professional training. The Institute's patient care programs offer an interdisciplinary approach to treatment that integrates care from physicians, nurses, therapists, and educators. The Institute's research programs focus on the development of new treatments and therapies for pediatric developmental disabilities and disorders of the brain, spinal cord, and musculoskeletal system. The Institute's professional training programs provide education and training to healthcare professionals, educators, and researchers in the field of pediatric developmental disabilities and disorders of the brain, spinal cord, and musculoskeletal system.
Learn more about Kennedy Krieger Institute
Size
2,000 employees
Industry
Healthcare
Founded
1937
* Ladders Estimates

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