Travel Occupational Therapist - $2,661 per week

MediPro is seeking a travel Occupational Therapist for a travel job in Murrieta, California.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: Occupational Therapist
• Discipline: Therapy
• Start Date: ASAP
• Duration: 20 weeks
• 40 hours per week
• Shift: 10 hours
• Employment Type: Travel

**Please provide a statement that includes the information below:
• Describe the feeding populations you’ve worked with (age, diagnoses, settings). What percentage of your caseload involved feeding?
• What types of feeding difficulties/challenges have you directly assessed/treated?
• Describe how you developed your skills in feeding assessment and intervention (e.g., formal coursework, mentorship, continuing education, or on the job training)?

*Position is for an occupational therapist with experience in the assessment and treatment of pediatric patients with feeding/eating difficulties. It would include the possibility for some general pediatric developmental occupational therapy coverage as well.

*Common Diagnoses Include: Pediatric Feeding Disorder, Oral Aversion, Feeding Difficulties, Dysphagia, ARFID, Failure to Thrive, Autism, Developmental Delay, Motor Delay, Fine Motor Delay, Sensory Processing Difficulties, varied genetic and developmental diagnoses.

Start: ASAP
Shift: 4x10s 0800-1830 Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri (off Wed) **start and end times may vary about 30 minutes due to paperwork, which is up to the clinician but patient care hours are 0800-1800
Call Requirements: No on call requirements, may call off based on pt. volume
Length of Assignment: 20 weeks
Years of experience REQ: 1.5
First-timer travelers accepted: (Y/N) : Y
National Certs REQ: BLS, NBCOT, CA OT License
Is on-call REQ? No on call requirements, may call off based on census
Locals accepted: N
RTO Restrictions: 6 days RTO max

Special Requirements:
• 1.5 years of experience
• CA OT License
• NBCOT
• BLS (AHA)
• Children’s hospital experience preferred, not required
• Needs to have the ability to independently evaluate and treat a full caseload of patients with the primary reason for referral as pediatric feeding disorder
• Experience in assessment and treatment of pediatric patients with feeding/eating difficulties required; experience with swallowing disorders preferred
• Experience with patients ranging 18 months and older is required; ages 8 months and older is preferred
• Master's degree in Occupational Therapy from an AOTA accredited program, OR Bachelor's Degree in Occupational Therapy from an AOTA accredited program if graduated prior to 2004
• Experience in pediatric general developmental occupational therapy

Hospital Highlights:
Scrub Color: Any color
Charting: Epic
Parking Cost: Free traveler parking

MediPro Job ID #292-3261480. Pay package is based on 10 hour shifts and 40.0 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined.

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