Occupational Therapist (Pediatrics) | University of California San Francisco - Military Veterans

The Staff Occupational Therapist (Occupational Therapist 2 EX) works with pediatric patients across the age continuum - infants, children, adolescents - and from diverse socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds providing both direct and indirect patient care services. Under general direction and upon receipt of written referrals, the Staff Occupational Therapist plans and administers a full range of occupational therapy services for patients with a variety of physical and cognitive impairments and functional limitations. Services include patient evaluations using various physical, cognitive, and visual/perceptual tests and measurements, establishment of therapeutic intervention goals and development of therapeutic intervention programs, and implementation of therapeutic intervention plans utilizing occupational therapy techniques. The Stad Center for Pediatric Pain, Palliative Care, and Integrative Medicine Program (PPIM) at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals provides care across the continuum from acute to chronic/complex pain to palliative and hospice care in both the inpatient and outpatient settings. Our comprehensive multidisciplinary approach provides patients and families with the most up-to-date pain and symptom management therapies that prioritize pain prevention, pain relief, comfort, and healing. We embrace a multimodal approach to analgesia, which includes integrative therapies, psychosocial support, and pain anesthesia-based modalities to provide the highest quality of care in pain and symptom prevention, assessment, and treatment. Our team is comprised of pediatric pain anesthesiologists, pain hospitalists, palliative care providers, integrative medicine practitioners, registered nurses, social workers, spiritual care, and grief and loss specialists. The Staff Occupational Therapist works collaboratively with the PPIM practitioners and staff in a team-based approach to patient care, providing Occupational Therapy at Benioff Children's Hospital locations in the City & County of San Francisco. The Staff Occupational Therapist delivers individual patient services including patient evaluations using occupational therapy tests and measurements, establishment of therapeutic intervention goals and development of therapeutic intervention programs, and implementation of therapeutic intervention plans utilizing occupational therapy modalities and procedures. The Staff Occupational Therapist maintains all applicable patient records related to the delivery of patient care services. While performing job duties, the Staff Occupational Therapist may also supervise support personnel including Rehabilitation Aides as well as Occupational Therapy students. The Staff Occupational Therapist actively participates in departmental and organizational programs, including quality and performance improvement activities, clinical education programs, and inservices and staff development activities. The final salary and offer components are subject to additional approvals based on UC policy. To see the salary range for this position (we recommend that you make a note of the job code and use that to look up): TCS Non-Academic Titles Search (https://tcs.ucop.edu/non-academic-titles) Please note: An offer will take into consideration the experience of the final candidate AND the current salary level of individuals working at UCSF in a similar role. For roles covered by a bargaining unit agreement, there will be specific rules about where a new hire would be placed on the range. To learn more about the benefits of working at UCSF, including total compensation, please visit: https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/compensation-and-benefits/index.html