Summary of Duties

Reporting to the Clinic Coordinator of the Neonatal Follow Up Clinic, the Occupational therapist is responsible for assessment and intervention, including recommendations for follow-up as required (i.e. Community treatment centres, schools, or rehabilitation resources) in collaboration with the interprofessional team to provide person/family-centred care within the Neonatal Follow Up Clinic (NFUC). The Occupational therapist participates in quality improvement initiatives, evaluative processes that include the use of standardized and valid outcome measures, report writing, and research activities. The Occupational therapist participates in continuing professional development activities including the provision of clinical and educational in-services that foster ongoing learning, professionalism, interprofessional collaboration and best practices for paediatric outpatients. The Occupational therapist acts as a resource to related therapy students on an ongoing basis, in support of Sunnybrook’s full affiliation with the University of Toronto, and is a resource for the education of interprofessional students as required. The Occupational therapist is an expert resource for staff, students and other health care providers related to paediatric developmental therapy, and also participate on appropriate committees pertaining to the operation of the NFUC, and participate in profession-specific activities within Occupational Therapy practice groups.

Qualifications/Skills

• Registration with the College of Occupational Therapists of Ontario required.
• Relevant and current ambulatory paediatric clinical experience.
• Experience and working knowledge of prematurity, developmental delays, attention, dysregulation, play, social communication and mental health.
• Working knowledge of learning differences, Cerebral Palsy, Global Developmental Delay, and Autism Spectrum Disorder.
• Experience and comfort with children with special needs from birth-9 years of age.
• Proficiency in administering and interpreting full developmental assessments including domains of cognition, language and motor skills. (I.e., Bayley Scales of Infant Development- 4th Edition, and Mullen Scales of Early Learning).
• Proficiency in providing feedback to caregivers during the visit regarding their child’s assessment results, overall development and any other concerns observed and/or reported by caregiver(s) during the visit.
• Proficiency in administering and interpreting school age assessments (e.g. Kauffman Brief Intelligence Test, Adaptive Behavior Assessment System, etc) under supervision of Developmental Pediatrician.
• Making appropriate referrals to other services and agencies and collaboration of community therapists, education system and staff.
• Experience working in a transdisciplinary model.
• Ability to work constructively and collaboratively in a team environment.
• Strong time-management and organizational skills.