Occupational Therapist III

• Provides clinical supervision for Occupational Therapist Is, Occupational Therapist IIs, assistants, interns, Therapy Technicians, students and volunteers;
• Ensures that clinical performance evaluations are completed for all personnel on assigned service;
• Initiates and provides clinical consultation to individual staff members;
• May administratively supervise interdisciplinary staff;
• Provides necessary orientation and training;
• Ensures staff competency;
• Ensures staff compliance with department, hospital and County policies and procedures.

• Manages day to day operations of assigned service;
• Assigns patients to staff, and prioritizes and schedules patients;
• Participates in employment interviews;
• Leads the development and implementation of service policies, procedures, goals and objectives;
• Conducts service meetings;
• Acts as the principle liaison with other medical professionals and medical personnel, for the assigned service;
• Determines equipment, supply and space needs;
• Ensures maintenance of service records;
• Ensures adequate documentation for patient treatment and for charging purposes;
• May serve on department or hospital committees;
• Participates in quality improvement activities and utilization review;
• Educates staff on third party payor requirements;
• Acts as a liaison between patients, therapists and support staff;
• Assumes selected responsibilities of other staff during temporary absences;
• Provides orientation and training to other departments as requested.

• Directs the clinical program development for assigned service area;
• Identifies educational needs and plans, develops, coordinates and presents training and in-service programs for therapy staff on assigned service;
• Participates in internal and external professional and educational activities to enhance personal and professional growth;
• Participates in research as appropriate.

• Evaluates patients, including occupational history and experiences, patterns of daily living, interests, values and needs, identifying patient's problems and concerns about performing daily life activities and other areas of occupation;
• Observes actual performance of activities and tasks to identify specifically what supports or hinders performance including motor skills (e.g. mobility, posture, coordination, strength) and process skills (e.g., attention, pace, organization and sequencing);
• Integrates patient's needs, problems and concerns with an analysis of patient performance, specifically focusing on issues that support or hinder performance;
• Analyzes findings to determine therapy diagnosis and prognosis, and designs a program to maximize outcomes and alleviate impairment and functional limitations; identifies the frequency and duration required to meet goals;
• Using advanced skills in clinical reasoning and problem-solving, performs complex patient care in the areas of physical function, self-care (e.g. dressing, hygiene, eating), functional mobility (e.g., bed and wheelchair mobility, transfers), homemaking, and community re-integration;
• Uses treatment skills and modalities, including: perceptual motor skills, cognitive skills and sensory integration;
• Evaluates the need for, recommends, and trains in use of complex durable medical equipment, adaptive devices, orthotics and prosthetics;
• Fabricates orthotic and adaptive devices;
• Charges for patient care and prepares medical record documentation in compliance with professional and regulatory guidelines;
• Provides patient and family/caregiver education and training;
• Conducts home, school, and worksite evaluations, and makes recommendations;
• Reports at interdisciplinary conferences and rounds;
• Coordinates with other disciplines on patient's progress and discharge planning;
• Manages assigned caseload of patients, which includes scheduling and prioritizing patient care, and being responsible for patient care delegated to Occupational Therapy Assistants and Therapy Technicians;
• Makes recommendations, including home programs and referrals to others as needed;
• Acts as a clinical resource to staff;
• Acts as a clinical liaison in specialty clinics;
• May be assigned as a Disaster Service Worker, as required;
• Other related duties as assigned.

• Participates in therapy administration staff meetings;
• Coordinates therapy student training programs;
• Supervises therapy staff for short periods in the absence of the supervisor.

• Principles, methods and theory of the practice of Occupational Therapy;
• Pathologies and injuries that result in physical impairment;
• Basic principles of psychology and abnormal psychology;
• Evaluation and treatment methodologies as applied to complex patients;
• Business aspects of therapy services, such as utilization management, charging practices and regulatory compliance;
• Principles of clinical supervision and clinical instruction;
• Third party payor requirements;
• When assigned to the CCS Program, principles and methods of developing and conducting training of professional staff and students.

• Administer service area(s);
• Supervise, train and evaluate staff;
• Evaluate quality of client care delivered by therapy staff;
• Develop staff competencies;
• Develop, implement and adapt treatment programs;
• Evaluate patients and interpret clinical data and make clinical judgments;
• Write clearly and concisely;
• Communicate effectively with patients, staff, and other health professionals;
• Interpret physician prescriptions;
• Establish and maintain effective relationships with others;
• Efficiently manage time and priorities;
• Demonstrate appropriate patient handling skills;
• Problem-solve and implement effective action plans;
• Reach, grasp manipulate and carry a variety of objects;
• Assist, support, lift and transfer patients;
• When assigned to the CCS Program, plan and develop curricula and coordinate and present educational, in-service, and student training programs.

• Yes
• No

• Yes
• No

• Less than three years
• Three to less than four years
• Four to less than five years
• Five to less than six years
• Six to less than seven years
• Seven to less than eight years
• Eight to less than nine years
• Nine years or more

• Hospital Acute Care
• Cardiac
• Burns
• Pediatric Outpatient
• Pediatric Inpatient
• Rehab Outpatient
• Rehab Inpatient
• Neurologic Outpatient
• Orthopedic Outpatient
• Sub-Acute
• Outpatient
• California Children's Services (CCS)
• Other

• Santa Clara Valley Healthcare System
• CCS-California Children's Services
• El Camino
• Fremont
• Good Samaritan
• Kaiser
• San Francisco General
• Stanford
• VA Health Care System
• Washington
• Other
• N/A

• None
• Less than one year
• One to less than two years
• Two to less than three years
• Three to less than four years
• Four to less than five years
• Five years or more

• Yes
• No

• Yes
• No

• None
• Less than one year
• One to less than two years
• Two to less than three years
• Three to less than four years
• Four to less than five years
• Five years or more

• Contacted by County Recruiter
• Contacted by a Recruitment Firm
• County Employee Referral
• County of Santa Clara Career Website
• County of Santa Clara Job Interests Email Notification
• Facebook
• Instagram
• LinkedIn
• Indeed
• Virtual Job Fair
• In Person Job Fair
• In-Person Networking Professional Event
• Virtual Networking Event
• Community Event
• Glassdoor
• Governmentjobs.com
• Professional Association
• Search Engine (Google, Bing, online search, etc.)
• Hospital Website: SCVMC, O'Connor Hospital, St. Louise Regional Hospital Website
• Handshake
• Student Career Center
• County Text Message
• Other (Specify in the next question)

• San Jose, California

Berufserfahrung

• Healthcare

Sprachkenntnisse

• English