About this role
Our patients are our number one priority! We're committed to giving children back their childhood!
Job Posting Title: Occupational Therapist (PRN-Dallas) Location: Dallas - Hospital Additional Posting Details: Weekdays, 10 hour shifts + quarterly weekend rotation
Job Description:
Duties/Responsibilities
• Performs examination, evaluation, diagnosis, prognosis, intervention, and outcome in accordance with standards set by profession’s national association, scope of practice and hospital policies and guidelines. • Provides age-appropriate and family-centered care in accordance with current evidence and practice standards, provider’s prescription and protocols and regulatory standards. • Completes documentation per departmental and hospital policy. • Demonstrates skills sufficient for effective verbal and written communication with providers, patients of all ages and their families, hospital staff members, and other professionals. • Supervises therapy aides, students and volunteers in order to maintain patient safety and regulatory standards. • Participates in formal or informal education of new employees, students, volunteers, and members of same and other disciplines. • Collaborates with multi-disciplinary team to enhance outcomes for patient care through individual patient care coordination as well as education and research activities. • Participates in professional development activities. • Expresses interest and ideas for participating in research projects, performance improvement processes, and outcome studies. • Participates in community activities, programs that benefit patients or program that encourage wellness for our staff and the community.
Required Skills/Abilities
• Current licensure to practice in the State of Texas in applicable profession. • Successful completion of training in accredited program in applicable profession. • Certification in BLS. • Recent graduate to 1 year of experience
Work Environment
• Working conditions: both inside and outside. • Working Position: sitting, standing, and walking. • Physical Demands: heavy. • Physical Requirements: lifting/carrying, pushing/pulling, crawling, repetitive movement, stooping/kneeling/bending, climbing, balancing. • An Individual in this position will be required to lift or carry weight in this group: 35-50 lbs. • Sensory/Communicative activities essential to the performance of this position: feeling, hearing, seeing, speaking. • An Individual in this position will be exposed to: inside/outside environment, bloodborne pathogens, loud noise, chemical hazards, respiratory hazards.