Company Overview
Shriners Children’s is an organization that respects, supports, and values each other. Named as the 2025 best mid-sized employer by Forbes, we are engaged in providing excellence in patient care, embracing multi-disciplinary education, and research with global impact. We foster a learning environment that values evidenced based practice, experience, innovation, and critical thinking. Our compassion, integrity, accountability, and resilience define us as leaders in pediatric specialty care for our children and their families.
With 20+ hospitals, outpatient clinics, ambulatory care centers and outreach locations across the globe, we provide excellent care to children up to age 18 regardless of their family’s ability to pay or insurance status. Please click here to learn more about our locations.
CURRENT EMPLOYEES : Please log into Workday Click Here to apply internally through the "Jobs Hub"
Job Description
The Senior Occupational Therapist Position is responsible for leading and mentoring staff in the provision of compliant and current evidence-based practice while supporting the local manager or director of rehabilitation and therapy services. Their outcomes demonstrate excellence in provision of therapy services and critical thinking, as they function as the subject matter expert within their team. . They provide patient-centered, comprehensive clinical care in an efficient, age-appropriate, and culturally sensitive manner. They demonstrate excellent communication skills while providing opportunities of growth and development of all department staff including students. They work cooperatively in team settings and can facilitate program development and improvement at the patient, department, and facility level. In cooperation with other local leaders, offers exceptional care following the Shriners Children's FOCUSED©™ Program, a system-wide model for professional practice that stresses and emphasizes patient-centered care, or always putting the needs of the patients (and their families first).
Key Responsibilities:
Upon receiving a licensed independent practitioner referral, implements a systematic patient examination and evaluation utilizing a comprehensive, patient and family-centered approach to decision making incorporating the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) model and the AMA CPT Codes. Demonstrates competency in the examination of the patient to include history and systems review, selection and administration of specific tests and measures to obtain clinical data. Performs an evaluation of patient by making clinical judgments based on data gathered during the examination. Synthesizes the information gathered to categorize in defined clusters, syndromes or categories to identify the therapy diagnosis and determine the most appropriate intervention strategies. Formulates a prognosis for patient to determine optimal level of improvement, likely outcomes of intervention and amount of time required to reach that level as well as quantifiable and reachable goals. Involves the patient and family in formulating a culturally appropriate individualized plan of care.
Demonstrates the knowledge and advanced skills to design and implement a comprehensive treatment plan, utilizing evidence base practice, for patients of diverse ages and diagnoses based on their assessment. Provides timely monitoring of the response to intervention and makes necessary modifications. Designs and implements a home program for infant, toddler, school-age, adolescent, and young adult patients to maximize the potential for accomplishment of goals as established in the initial assessment/plan of care. Evaluates patient’s needs, and collaborates with the patient/family, multi-disciplinary team, vendors and third party payers, when necessary, to provide appropriate orthotic device, adaptive equipment, pressure garments, assistive technology, prosthetics and durable medical equipment. Demonstrates and…