Supervising Occupational/Physical Therapist - RUHS - Public Health (Finance)
Supervising Therapist Corona
The County of Riverside's University Health System (RUHS) has an opportunity for a Supervising Therapist who will be assigned to the Public Health department's California Children's Services (CCS) Medical Therapy Unit. This position will supervise physical and occupational therapists assigned to the department who provide therapy for physically handicapped children; and to do other work as required.
This is the full supervisory level in the Therapist Series for the CCS program. Incumbent provides day-to-day supervision of a combination program of physical and occupational therapy. This class differs from the Coordinating Therapist for physically handicapped children in that the latter assists the Chief Therapist in general program administration, professional staff development activities, and quality control of therapy services.
The ideal candidate for this position will possess at least three (3) years of experience as a licensed occupational therapist or a licensed physical therapist, with two (2) years of which must have been in pediatrics. Experience as a supervisor is preferred.
Work Location:
750 Corona Avenue, Corona, CA 92879
Work Schedule: 9/80, Monday - Thursday (7:30 am -5:00pm), Every other Friday (8:00am-5:00Pm)• Supervises a staff of occupational and physical therapists and aides in a medical therapy unit located at a public school site.
• Facilitates Inter-disciplinary Medical Therapy conferences
• Ensure the provision of quality best practice client therapy services, review of therapy treatment plans and Durable Medical Equipment requests, management of databases for client care, completion of Utilization Review, processing initial client referrals, completing client orientations, transferring and closing cases as needed.
• Conducts regular staff meetings to ensure program direction is met as well as staff trainings as needed.
• Ensuring the MTU operational standards including safety, work orders, HIPAA and billing requirements are met. Handling and resolving client family concerns.
• Orients new employees to the medical therapy unit programs.
• Provides liaison between the therapy unit, school personnel, and other community agencies; arranges training programs for therapy students or new therapists assigned to the unit.
• Coordinates and supervises all therapy unit operations; interpret the therapy program and policies to parents and the visiting public.
• Evaluates therapists' performance and initiates appropriate disciplinary action if required; interviews and selects therapists to fill staff vacancies.
• Participates in staff conferences, study groups, and parent and community meetings; schedules conferences.
• Maintains various records including attendance records; prepares annual budget; assigns clerical and therapy duties; guides therapy personnel in administrative areas.
• Supervises the instruction program for occupational and physical therapists at a medical therapy unit; assists in supervision of technical skills of staff therapists in units with Supervising Therapists of opposite discipline.License/Certificate: Current licensure with the California Board of Occupational Therapy or as a licensed Physical Therapist as issued by the Physical Therapy Board of California.
Experience: Three (3) years of experience as a licensed occupational therapist or a licensed physical therapist two (2) years of which must have been in pediatrics.
Knowledge of: Therapeutic techniques, activities and equipment used in occupational or physical therapy work with particular emphasis on the physical and psychological problems of children with cerebral palsy; growth and development of children; skeletal anatomy; kinesiology, neurology and the objectives of occupational or physical therapy treatment.
Ability to: Plan, organize and coordinate the work of a therapy staff; explain or teach therapy treatments to therapists, parents, school personnel, other agencies, children, and the public; apply occupational or physical therapy techniques in observing, testing and evaluating patients; explain occupational or physical therapy treatments to physically handicapped children; deal effectively with handicapped children and their parents; prepare reports and keep records of case histories.License : Possession of a valid California Driver's License may be required for this position.
