What are the responsibilities and job description for the Pediatric Occupational Therapist (OT) - Per Diem - Bayonne, NJ position at RWJBarnabas Health?
Req #: 0000216136
Category: Occupational Therapy
Status: Per Diem
Shift: Evening
Facility: Childrens Specialized Hosp
Department: Occupational Therapy-OP
Pay Range: $66.23 per hour
Location:
519 Broadway, Bayonne, NJ 07002
Job Title: Occupational Therapist
Location: Bayonne Outpatient (BAY2)
Department Name: Occupational Therapy-OP
Req #: 0000216136
Status: Hourly
Shift: Evening
Pay Range: $66.23 - $66.23 per hour
Pay Transparency
The above reflects the anticipated hourly wage range for this position if hired to work in New Jersey.
The compensation offered to the candidate selected for the position will depend on several factors, including the candidate's educational background, skills and professional experience.
Job Overview
The Occupational Therapist treats patients with disabilities and considers responses as related to the patient’s functional adaptation to the environment.
Qualifications
Required:
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at anytime with or without notice.
Benefits And Perks
At RWJBarnabas Health, our market-competitive Total Rewards package provides comprehensive benefits and resources to support our employees’ physical, emotional, social, and financial health.
RWJBarnabas Health is the premier health care destination providing patient-centered, high-quality academic medicine in a compassionate and equitable manner, while delivering a best-in-class work experience to every member of the team. We honor and appreciate the privilege of creating and sustaining healthier communities, one person and one community at a time. As the leading academic health system in New Jersey, we advance innovative strategies in high-quality patient care, education, and research to address both the clinical and social determinants of health.
RWJBarnabas Health aims to truly make a unique impact in local communities throughout New Jersey. From vastly improving the health of local residents to creating educational and career opportunities, this combination greatly benefits the state. We understand the growing and evolving needs of residents in New Jersey—whether that be enhancing the coordination for treating complex health conditions or improving community health through local programs and education.
RWJBarnabas Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Category: Occupational Therapy
Status: Per Diem
Shift: Evening
Facility: Childrens Specialized Hosp
Department: Occupational Therapy-OP
Pay Range: $66.23 per hour
Location:
519 Broadway, Bayonne, NJ 07002
Job Title: Occupational Therapist
Location: Bayonne Outpatient (BAY2)
Department Name: Occupational Therapy-OP
Req #: 0000216136
Status: Hourly
Shift: Evening
Pay Range: $66.23 - $66.23 per hour
Pay Transparency
The above reflects the anticipated hourly wage range for this position if hired to work in New Jersey.
The compensation offered to the candidate selected for the position will depend on several factors, including the candidate's educational background, skills and professional experience.
Job Overview
The Occupational Therapist treats patients with disabilities and considers responses as related to the patient’s functional adaptation to the environment.
Qualifications
Required:
- Graduation from an accredited Occupational Therapy program
- NJ State Occupational Therapy License
- Maintained registration by the American Occupational Therapy Certification Board
- Satisfactory completion of Certification Examination of National Board for Certification of Occupational Therapists (NBCOT) and maintenance of registration
- AHA BLS Provider Certification
- Twelve-week pediatric affiliation or pediatric experience
- Detailed knowledge of developmental theory and the effects of physical and percepto-cognitive disabilities as well as the psycho-social aspects of functional adaptation to the environment
- Ability to evaluate disruptions in performance and plan treatment to minimize disabling effects of these conditions
- Tact and judgment in performance of duties
- Commitment to improving skill level
- Ability to work effectively with others
- Good verbal and written English communication skills
- Master’s degree
- Experience working in outpatient
- Experience with pediatric patient population
- NJ State Occupational Therapy License
- AHA BLS Provider Certification
- American Occupational Therapy Certification Board registration
- NBCOT registration
- Per Diem
- After school hours starting at 3:00pm
- Selects, administers, and interprets assessment tools as designated in competency expectations including: History, Screening, Observations, and Evaluations as appropriated to patients
- Identifies and prioritizes time realistic functional goals for remediation, compensation, adaptation or prevention of deficits
- Selects|utilizes|evaluates the effectiveness of appropriate treatment methods (as designated in competency expectations)
- Applies principles of activity analysis for grading physical|perceptual-cognitive|psycho-social demands to produce an optimal mesh of child's or family's abilities to meet environmental demand
- Communicates effectively with patients, families, & team in oral and written formats in both formal and non-formal situations. Communicates effectively with referring physicians and community contacts
- As designated in competency expectations, assists in training others. This may include staff, COTAs, aides and students
- Takes responsibility for seeking supervision or consultation in relationship to clinical performance. Actively contributes to improvement plans effectively utilizes feedback
- Meets competency expectations in explaining symptoms, prognosis and functional limitations for a variety of diagnostic groups
- Makes discharge recommendations appropriate to the child and their family in consideration of child’s prognosis, role expectations, and knowledge of community resources (as designated in competency expectations)
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at anytime with or without notice.
Benefits And Perks
At RWJBarnabas Health, our market-competitive Total Rewards package provides comprehensive benefits and resources to support our employees’ physical, emotional, social, and financial health.
- Retirement Plans
- Discounts Through our Partners such as NJ Devils, NJ PAC, Verizon, and more!
RWJBarnabas Health is the premier health care destination providing patient-centered, high-quality academic medicine in a compassionate and equitable manner, while delivering a best-in-class work experience to every member of the team. We honor and appreciate the privilege of creating and sustaining healthier communities, one person and one community at a time. As the leading academic health system in New Jersey, we advance innovative strategies in high-quality patient care, education, and research to address both the clinical and social determinants of health.
RWJBarnabas Health aims to truly make a unique impact in local communities throughout New Jersey. From vastly improving the health of local residents to creating educational and career opportunities, this combination greatly benefits the state. We understand the growing and evolving needs of residents in New Jersey—whether that be enhancing the coordination for treating complex health conditions or improving community health through local programs and education.
RWJBarnabas Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer
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