Kennedy Krieger Institute

Outpatient Occupational Therapist II (801 Broadway Location)

Kennedy Krieger Institute • $85K — $105K *
Baltimore, MD 21215In-Person
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Qualifications

  • Licensure as an Occupational Therapist in Maryland required.
  • Current CPR certification essential.
  • Bachelor's degree in occupational therapy required; Master's degree preferred.
  • Minimum three years of experience as a licensed Occupational Therapist needed.
  • At least two years of pediatric or rehabilitation specialty experience required.

Responsibilities

  • Evaluate patients to identify functional skills, roles, and context for treatment planning.
  • Develop evidence-based treatment plans grounded in clinical reasoning.
  • Execute compassionate and client-centered treatment plans focused on long-term goals.
  • Select and implement developmentally appropriate intervention strategies.
  • Respond therapeutically to environmental stressors and client behaviors in a pediatric setting.
  • Collaborate with patients and families to prioritize therapy needs and treatment goals.
  • Produce thorough and clinically accurate documentation adhering to established guidelines.
  • Foster professional development by supervising COTAs and therapy students.
  • Maintain a well-organized treatment space, ensuring compliance with safety standards.
  • Manage scheduling and productivity proactively, anticipating needs.

Benefits

  • Participation in interdisciplinary and intra-disciplinary training programs.
  • Opportunities for clinical supervision and mentorship.
  • Engagement in staff training and specialization development.
  • Involvement in performance improvement projects.
  • Supportive work environment with a focus on professional development.
Full Job Description
Overview

The Occupational Therapist II is an intermediate level clinician 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; provide clinical supervision of Certified Occupational Therapy Assistants (COTAs), Rehabilitation Aides, and occupational therapy students/volunteers; and maintain appropriate patient records. The incumbent will begin to demonstrate advanced proficiency in one or more areas of clinical specialization and will work with the leadership team to develop and implement staff training programs related to clinical specialization. This position will participate in coordinating specific program functions that may include a student-training program, performance improvement projects, or staff training and orientation.

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, meaningful, compassionate, culturally sensitive, 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 supervisors 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 Care Center and supervisor to anticipate schedule needs and changes while meeting productivity standards.
  10. May supervise affiliating students, visitors, COTAs Rehabilitation Aides, and Rehabilitation Techs while fostering professional development of supervisee.
  11. Perform set-up and clean-up of treatment supplies and treatment space, adhering to all policies and procedures related to safety and infection control guidelines.
  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:

Minimum three years of experience as a licensed Occupational Therapist required, with a minimum of two years of pediatric/rehab specialty.

Minimum pay range

USD $85,227.00/Yr.

Maximum pay range

USD $105,504.00/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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