Occupational Therapist

About This Role

An Occupational Therapist at Powerback will assess patient needs, develop recovery plans, and deliver occupational therapy services in a pediatric outpatient setting within a major Chicagoland hospital healthcare system. This role focuses on helping patients restore, reinforce, and enhance their fine and gross motor skills, social-emotional well-being, sensory processing, and self-help skills.

Responsibilities

• Assess patient needs
• Develop patient recovery plans
• Deliver occupational therapy services
• Design programs to restore, reinforce, and enhance fine and gross motor skills, social-emotional well-being, sensory processing, and self-help skills
• Assist patients in achieving overall independence
• Train patients and caregivers on skills needed to promote independence, self-help, and community participation
• Make referrals to help patients get the care they need

Requirements

• Master’s degree in an occupational therapy curriculum accredited by ACOTE standards (or grandfathered in with Bachelor’s degree)
• 2+ years of experience in outpatient pediatric setting
• Initial registration from the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy (NBCOT)
• Valid and unencumbered occupational therapy license in the state of practice

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in an occupational therapy curriculum accredited by ACOTE standards (or grandfathered in with Bachelor’s degree)
• 2+ years of experience in outpatient pediatric setting

Nice to Have

• Inpatient pediatrics experience
• NICU experience

Benefits

Certifications