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Join UPMC Chautauqua as a Casual Occupational Therapist and enjoy flexibility without weekend or holiday requirements! This role primarily provides acute care coverage, offering day or evening shifts based on your availability. You'll work in a collaborative environment, supporting patients across pediatric, adult, and geriatric populations while applying advanced clinical skills to help them regain independence. This is a great opportunity to maintain work-life balance while contributing to a growing team. If you're passionate about patient-centered care and want flexibility with purpose, we'd love to hear from you!

In this role, there is opportunity to -

+ Perform occupational therapy assessments, develop care plans, and adjust treatments as needed.

+ Provide hands-on therapy for patients across all age groups in acute care settings.

+ Supervise occupational therapy assistants and ensure quality care delivery.

+ Document evaluations, progress notes, and discharge summaries per department standards.

+ Communicate patient status and treatment plans to physicians and the care team.

+ Educate patients and families with clear home instructions and therapy goals.

+ Maintain compliance with regulatory standards and uphold patient confidentiality.

+ Participate in staff meetings and in-service education programs as needed.

+ Support clinical education by mentoring students during internships when requested.

+ Ensure accurate billing and statistical reporting for all services provided.

Required

+ Graduate of an accredited program approved by The Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education

+ Must possess knowledge and skills required to provide quality customer service.

+ Must possess knowledge of normal human growth and development over the lifespan.

+ Must be able to read, understand, analyze, and interpret medical record documents.

+ Must be skilled in planning/organization, follow up/control, delegation, problem solving, self-development orientation, organizational behaviors/competencies, and stress tolerance.

+ Must possess the ability to apply principles of logic and strategic thinking to a wide range of problems, and to deal with a variety of abstract and concrete variables.

+ Must possess effective written and verbal communication skills.

+ Must possess the ability to identify referral growth opportunities.

+ Demonstrated ability to interact with healthcare team, coworkers, supervisors, and all members of the Corporate Management Team.

+ Must complete all mandatory competencies for system, CRS business unit and/or facility.

+ Must complete CRS Orientation, Facility-specific Orientation, and Department Specific Orientation(s) where appropriate.

+ May in the course of their job duties be in rooms where medications are stored. No contact with medications is allowed.

Preferred

+ Active participation with health care industry professional organizations

Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:

Active license in practicing state required. CPR required based on AHA standards that include both a didactic and skills demonstration component within 30 days of hire.

New York SCR Application - Due within first week of Hire

+ Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)

+ National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy (NBCOT)

+ Occupational Therapist (OT)

+ NYS Staff Exclusion List (NYSEL)

+ NYS Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse (NYSCR)

UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran