Acute/SNF OT II - Full-time- Chula Vista

Responsibilities

• Required Qualifications
• Other : Graduate of an approved professional school of Occupational Therapy or graduate of accredited college or university.
• 2 Years experience in all aspects of occupational therapy.
• California Occupational Therapist license - CA Board of Occupational Therapy -REQUIRED
• AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professional (AHA BLS Healthcare) - American Heart Association -REQUIRED
• Other Qualification Requirements
• CCS Paneling is required for Therapists functioning in a CCS-designated NICU. Paneling is required within 6 months of hire. CCS paneled staff will review and supervise services provided by non-paneled personnel as required by licensure and CCS guidelines in NICU.
• Essential Functions
• Department development
• Actively participates in departmental goals and the advancement of department initiatives.
• Collaborates with leadership in clinical and operational projects.
• Participates in departmental activities, such as CQI, staff meetings, and chart review.
• Participates in committees and system wide activities when requested as departmental representative.
• Documentation
• Documentation is completed in a timely, complete, legible, concise and accurate manner.
• Documentation follows Sharp HealthCare guidelines, professional guidelines, and meets third-party payor and regulatory requirements.
• Maintains records pertinent to departmental operations.
• Completes all documentation elements as appropriate (Interdisciplinary Plan of Care, Education record, billing, discharge plan, and others).
• Operational efficiency
• Communicates patient care and departmental issues.
• Accepts changes and demonstrates flexibility when asked regarding work schedules and assignments.
• Completes additional assignments in a timely manner.
• Offers suggestions for resolving operational issues within the department.
• Provides unit specific information to students, floats, and travelers/registry personnel.
• Maintains departmental cleanliness and safety.
• Sets priorities and adjusts to unscheduled situations. Takes initiative in using time effectively.
• Completes all regulatory requirements.
• Meets productivity standards established by department leadership.
• Participates in UR/QA chart review and activities.
• Patient care
• Evaluates and treats patients within the scope of care in a manner that is cost-effective and appropriate to the patient's diagnosis, age and culture.
• Assesses patient pain that interferes with optimal level of function or participation in treatment; and provides intervention.
• Performs an appropriate assessment on all patients as related to the therapy requested and provides and reassesses as per policy.
• Evaluates patient outcomes and effectiveness of patient care measures, reporting to management or physician any significant changes and/or abnormal findings.
• Utilizes interdisciplinary team conference to communicate pertinent patient-related problems. When necessary, initiates discussion with other team members to provide more comprehensive care and/or to problem-solve.
• Performs all aspects of patient care in an environment that optimizes patient safety and reduces the likelihood of medical/health care errors.
• Formulates a teaching plan based upon identified learning needs and evaluates effectiveness of learning; family is included in teaching as appropriate.
• Demonstrates knowledge and safe use of modalities, equipment and therapeutic procedures.
• Coordinates and directs patient care to ensure patients' needs are met and hospital policy is followed.
• Completes development plan and performance is satisfactory.
• Participates in weekly team meetings and discharge meetings.
• Completes development of discharge plans and goals that provide for the continuation of

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Additional Information

Hours : Shift Start Time: 8 AM Shift End Time: 4:30 PM AWS Hours Requirement: 8/40 - 8 Hour Shift Additional Shift Information: Sunday to Thursday or Tuesday to Saturday Weekend Requirements: As Needed On-Call Required: No Hourly Pay Range (Minimum - Midpoint - Maximum): $49.700 - $64.130 - $71.820 The stated pay scale reflects the range as defined by the collective bargaining agreement between Sharp HealthCare and UNAC Professional. Placement within the range is based on years of experience in alignment with the CBA. This position was originally posted to ratified UNAC Professionals members from 6 /9/26 - 6/17/26 . The position is now available to be filled by internal candidates that are not members of the ratified Bargaining Unit or External candidates to Sharp.

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