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| n | 1 | Job Description: | n | 1 | JOB SUMMARY |
| 2 | JOB SUMMARY The Staff Therapist, Occupational Therapist II, reports to the Clinical Supervisor, Occu | ||||
| > | pational Therapy and provides both direct and indirect patient care services. The Therapist works pr | ||||
| > | imarily with adult and geriatric patients from diverse socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds, altho | ||||
| > | ugh pediatric and adolescent patients may also be treated. The Therapist demonstrates a solid knowle | ||||
| > | dge base within a wide range of diagnoses including general medicine, orthopedics, neurology, and ca | ||||
| > | rdiopulmonary in the adult and/or pediatric setting. Under general supervision and within a specific | ||||
| > | therapy discipline, the Therapist independently performs complex patient evaluations and therapeuti | ||||
| > | c interventions; serves as a mentor to staff and consultant to other medical professionals in patien | ||||
| > | t evaluations, therapeutic intervention planning or intervention requiring discipline specific skill | ||||
| > | s. The Therapist makes recommendations in patient care procedures, protocols or programs related to | ||||
| > | the discipline specific areas, and instructs therapists and other medical professionals in the theor | ||||
| > | y, application and/or performance of discipline specific skills. While performing job duties, the T | ||||
| > | herapist may also lead support personnel as allowed by discipline specific State Practice Acts inclu | ||||
| > | ding Certified Occupational Therapy Assistants and Rehabilitation Aides as well as O.T. and C.O.T.A. | ||||
| > | students. The Therapist actively participates in departmental and organizational programs, includi | ||||
| > | ng performance improvement activities, clinical education programs, and inservices and staff develop | ||||
| > | ment activities. | ||||
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| t | 4 | Qualifications: | t | 3 | The Staff Therapist, Occupational Therapist II, reports to the Clinical Supervisor, Occupational Th |
| > | erapy and provides both direct and indirect patient care services. The Therapist works primarily wit | ||||
| > | h adult and geriatric patients from diverse socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds, although pediatr | ||||
| > | ic and adolescent patients may also be treated. The Therapist demonstrates a solid knowledge base wi | ||||
| > | thin a wide range of diagnoses including general medicine, orthopedics, neurology, and cardiopulmona | ||||
| > | ry in the adult and/or pediatric setting. Under general supervision and within a specific therapy di | ||||
| > | scipline, the Therapist independently performs complex patient evaluations and therapeutic intervent | ||||
| > | ions; serves as a mentor to staff and consultant to other medical professionals in patient evaluatio | ||||
| > | ns, therapeutic intervention planning or intervention requiring discipline specific skills. The Ther | ||||
| > | apist makes recommendations in patient care procedures, protocols or programs related to the discipl | ||||
| > | ine specific areas, and instructs therapists and other medical professionals in the theory, applicat | ||||
| > | ion and/or performance of discipline specific skills. While performing job duties, the Therapist may | ||||
| > | also lead support personnel as allowed by discipline specific State Practice Acts including Certifi | ||||
| > | ed Occupational Therapy Assistants and Rehabilitation Aides as well as O.T. and C.O.T.A. students. T | ||||
| > | he Therapist actively participates in departmental and organizational programs, including performanc | ||||
| > | e improvement activities, clinical education programs, and inservices and staff development activiti | ||||
| > | es. | ||||
| 5 | REQUIRED - Minimum of 1 year of general patient care experience with a minimum of 1 years in a relev | ||||
| > | ant multi-disciplinary setting, within the past 5 years. - Minimum of 40 hours of professional devel | ||||
| > | opment activities, 50% of which are continuing education credits (CEUs) or relevant academic coursew | ||||
| > | ork. The remainder can include mentoring, Grand Rounds, independent reading, etc. - P rior experienc | ||||
| > | e as a clinical preceptor and prior experience teaching to a wide variety of audiences. - Demonstrat | ||||
| > | es ability to consistently meet clinical caseload requirements of a staff level therapist. - Ability | ||||
| > | to work a minimum of 32 hours and 4 days per week. - Ability to communicate effectively in English, | ||||
| > | both orally and in writing. - Ability to recognize signs of distress. - Possession of or proven eli | ||||
| > | gibility for CPR certification. - Basic computer skills in word processing and online communication. | ||||
| > | - Proven ability to mentor professional behaviors including interpersonal, time management, problem | ||||
| > | solving and self-initiation skills. - This position requires flexibility to orient and work at all | ||||
| > | UCSF Medical Center locations PREFERRED - Prior professional clinical experience in an academic medi | ||||
| > | cal center environment. - Prior experience working on an interdisciplinary health provider team. - A | ||||
| > | bility to work full time, 5 days per week. - Possession of a graduate degree or certificate in Occup | ||||
| > | ational Therapy from an accredited professional educational program. 5. REQUIRED LICENSES/CERTIFICAT | ||||
| > | IONS Possession of or proven eligibility for licensure as an Occupational Therapist by the Occupatio | ||||
| > | nal Therapy Board of California. POPULATIONS SERVED Demonstrated ability to provide appropriate care | ||||
| > | based on the needs of a specific individual, including the patient’s age. When the therapist is pri | ||||
| > | marily working with patients of age groups other than adult and/or geriatric, additional age-specifi | ||||
| > | c performance criteria for neonate, pediatric, and adolescent populations are delineated under the p | ||||
| > | ediatric clinical services mentoring program. | ||||