Team Lead Occupational Therapy

Job Description

• Demonstrates knowledge of the organization mission, values, and goals and holds others accountable for their performance.
• Demonstrates knowledge of population-specific differences and needs of patients in populations from neonate through adolescence and applies them to practice.
• Role models awareness of diversity equity and inclusion and role models with all interactions with patients/families and team members.
• CLINICAL PRACTICE
• Provide direct patient care up to 50% of scheduled hours.
• Demonstrates advanced clinical practice in pediatric occupational therapy and serves as a resource to all team members across all service delivery.
• Provides coaching regarding all clinical and non-clinical duties.
• Leads patient care teams and represents the department on hospital-wide and/or community-based committees.
• EDUCATION/RESEARCH
• Role models evidence based clinical care.
• Leads and supports team with identify and completing research endeavors.
• Identify opportunities for staff development.
• Partners with internal/external resources to implement action plans, measuring success with patient outcomes.
• Leads community education and outreach events.
• ADMINISTRATIVE
• Leads assigned staff within the Occupational Therapy department.
• Lead daily operations including team members schedules, clinical input to inpatient and outpatient scheduling.
• Provide input to operational and capital budgeting and help identify action steps to rectify variances.
• Demonstrates commitment to continuous quality improvement and leads endeavors to enhance safety, clinical care, and patient family experience.

• Supervise assigned staff; coach and hold team accountable to organization standards and complete annual performance appraisals of assigned staff.
• Assists management with interviewing, hiring, onboarding, and training of new team members.
• Assist with clinical education program.

• Graduate of an accredited program in Occupational Therapy – required;
  Master’s degree or Doctoral Degree preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in pediatric occupational therapy relevant to the clinical practice of the assigned team members; demonstrate advanced pediatric occupational therapy clinical reasoning and decision making.
• LICENSE and/or CERTIFICATION REQUIRED
• Current State of CT Occupational Therapy license – required.
• Current certification in Basic Life Support/CPR in adult child and infant – required or obtained in first six months of hire.
• KNOWLEDGE,
  
  SKILLS AND ABILITIES
  
  REQUIRED
• KNOWLEDGE OF:
  • Advanced Occupational Therapy clinical practice standards and theories.
  • Scope of practice, billing and regulatory standards related to Occupational Therapy.
• SKILLS:
  • Excellent Time Management, Organizational and Communication Skills.
  • Advanced analytical and critical thinking skills.
  • Bilingual skills preferred.
  • Computer proficiency in Windows environment.
  • Beginning to intermediate skill in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Power Point.
• ABILITY TO:
  • Work assigned off-shifts, including evenings, weekends & holidays and travel to multiple locations.
  • Understand and interpret educational needs; determine training objectives; and to design, develop, implement, and evaluate training plans, curricula, and methodology.
  • Provide expert care and consultation to patients/families, demonstrate clinical competencies within specialty area, and assess the competencies of others.
  • Demonstrate all Connecticut Children’s Leadership competencies or potential to do so.
  • Assess performance of assigned team members both clinical and behavioral via performance appraisal; and to serve as a coach, mentor, or preceptor.
  • Utilize independent judgment to resolve problems and make decisions on routine managerial matters on assigned shift.
• Work Environment: Outpatient and inpatient rehabilitation services.
• Connecticut Children’s is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Qualified applicants for employment will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, national orientation, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or disability.

• Job Identification 4055
• Job Category Clinical Services
• Posting Date 10/30/2025, 05:33 PM
• Job Shift Day
• Locations 310 Western Boulevard, Glastonbury, CT, 06033, US (Hybrid)