Team Lead Occupational Therapy bei Connecticut Children's Medical Center
Connecticut Children's Medical Center · Hartford, Vereinigte Staaten Von Amerika · Hybrid
- Professional
- Optionales Büro in Hartford
CLINICAL PRACTICE:
Provide direct patient care up to 50% of scheduled hours. Demonstrates advanced clinical practice in Occupational therapy and is a clinical mentor for staff. Provides coaching regarding all clinical and non clinical duties of the physical therapist. Leads patient care teams and represents the department on hospital wide and/or community-based committees.
EDUCATION/RESEARCH: - Models evidence based clinical care and leads staff with performing research endeavors, literature reviews and presents information to enhance staff’s knowledge. Identify opportunities for staff development. Partner with internal/external resources to implement action plans, measuring success with patient outcomes. Leads community education and outreach events.
ADMINISTRATIVE:
Leads assigned staff within the Occupational Therapy department. Responsible for orienting, training, checking the work of others, maintaining workflow status, tracking employee time on the timekeeping system and providing input on performance and hire/fire decisions. Identifies staff equipment, supply and service issues; communicates with appropriate personnel and follows through to resolve resource issues. Assist management with ordering and tracking therapeutic supplies and expenses. Demonstrates commitment to continuous quality improvement; leads change processes by independently coordinating quality improvement activities for the department. Follows through to resolution issues identified in patient satisfaction survey or through patient/parent complaint process.
Demonstrates knowledge of population-specific differences and needs of patients in populations from neonate through adolescence, and applies them to practice. Demonstrates cultural sensitivity in all interactions with patients/families and co-workers.
Demonstrates support for the mission, values and goals of the organization through behaviors that are consistent with the Connecticut Children’s STANDARDS.
Responsibilities
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
Provide feedback and coach assigned staff. Completes performance appraisals to assigned staff.
Assists management with interviewing of staff, orienting/training of new staff.
Monitors assigned department/staff specific clinical and business metrics and holds staff accountable for achieving goals.
Qualifications
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
Education Required: Graduate of an accredited program in Occupational therapy.
Education Preferred: Master’s Degree or Doctoral Degree (DOT) preferred.
Experience Required: Minimum of 5 years experience in pediatric occupational therapy experience that is relevant to the clinical practice of assigned staff. Able to demonstrate advanced clinical practice in pediatric physical therapy
LICENSE and/or CERTIFICATION REQUIRED
Current State of Connecticut Occupational Therapist licensure required
Current certification in Basic Life Support (BLS) / CPR in adult, child & infant is required
Professional membership with AOTA preferred
