Reedsburg Area Medical Center is recruiting a full-time Pediatric Occupational Therapist to join our growing team!
Schedule: Monday - Friday
Hours: Flexible
Position Summary:
The Pediatric Occupational Therapist is a specially trained member of the Rehab team that provides evaluation and treatment to children with physical, developmental and behavioral disabilities in an Outpatient setting.
Job Relationships:
Reports to Director of Rehabilitation Services. Supervises: OT/OTA students. Collaborates with all members of the healthcare team, physicians and support staff. Consultation: Physicians, agencies serving/supporting children and families.
Primary Customer Served:
- Infant (31 days - 1 year)
- Pediatric (1 - 12 years)
- Adolescent (13 - 18 years)
- Young Adult (19-21)
- Family/Visitors
- Physicians
- Community Agencies
Education and Training Required:
- Bachelor degree or beyond.
- Completion of an accredited Occupational Therapy Program, certification by the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy, Inc.
- Licensure in the State of Wisconsin.
Experience:
One to two years' experience with pediatrics preferred.
Special Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Entry level or advanced level clinical skills
- NDT or SI background preferred.
- Ability to create and work in a cooperative teamwork
environment.
- Possesses creativity
- Patience working with children and families
- Ability to change approach based on child's response
- CPR certification
- Basic computer skills necessary.
- Self-motivated and able to work independently.
Physical Requirements:
Physical Demands:
- Frequently stand and walk.
- Occasionally lift up to 50 pounds while transferring and positioning patients, performing patient care and maneuvering equipment.
- Occasionally push/pull with up to 50 pounds of force for transporting patients and maneuvering equipment.
- Occasionally carry up to 50 pounds while performing patient care.
- Occasionally climb stairs/ladders/ramps while performing patient care/instruction.
- Occasionally balance yourself and/or patients while performing patient care.
- Occasionally bend to floor, squat, crouch, reach overhead, handle objects including controls, levers, knobs, and switches while performing patient care.
- Occasionally feel, finger, maintain sustained grip and smell while performing patient assessment and care.
Sight:
- Occasionally use far vision, depth perception, colors and accommodation for patient assessment/care and monitoring treatment sessions.
- Frequently use near sighted visual acuity for reading, writing, using equipment with gauges/thermometers, etc. and patient assessment.
Cognition/Communication:
- Frequently and effectively communicate with physicians, patients, family members, other staff and outside vendors/customers using hearing and writing skills.
- Constantly and effectively communicate with physicians, patients, family members, other staff and outside vendors/customers using comprehensive speech.
- Occasionally use math skills for computation of patient tests, budge and percentages.
- Occasionally be able to communicate effectively while using telephone skills and whispering.
Environmental Conditions:
- Constant indoor, patient environment.
Potential Hazards:
- Occasional exposure to infectious blood/body fluids and disease requiring isolation, red infectious waste, toxic/caustic chemical hazards and hazardous waste, needles/syringes/sharps, potential physical harm and moving mechanical parts while performing patient care.
- Psychological, Situational, Functional Factors:
- Sufficiently use interpersonal skills to work closely with others including patients, family members and coworkers.
- Frequently show flexibility in dealing with frequently changing tasks, schedule and requirements on your time.
- Frequently use problem solving and analyzing skills with speed, consistency and accuracy in job performance.
- Frequently work alone under stressful situations.
- Occasionally be able to commit to a job task for a period of time or with sustained concentration.
- Frequently be creative, be able to direct, plan or monitor activities of others, and be able to use judgment/decision making skills.
- Occasionally be able to manage conflict or difficult situations either with patients, family members or coworkers.