Occupational Therapist - Gulf Coast SNU

Lee Health•Fort Myers, FL

9d•Onsite

About The Position

The Occupational Therapist provides specialized, patient-centered rehabilitation care for individuals recovering from illness, injury, or surgery in a skilled nursing unit. Working collaboratively with medical teams and other rehabilitation professionals, the therapist helps develop individualized treatment plans to restore patients’ function, mobility, and independence. Services may include post-acute care, neurological therapy, and specialty programs tailored to patient needs. The therapist examines, evaluates, and tests individuals with mechanical, physiological, and developmental impairments, functional limitations, disabilities, or other health- and movement-related conditions to determine diagnoses, prognoses, and treatment plans, and to assess the ongoing effects of interventions. The role designs, implements, and modifies interventions to alleviate impairments and functional limitations; reduces risk of injury and disability; and promotes and maintains fitness, health, and wellness in people of all ages. The Occupational Therapist also participates in administration, consultation, education, and research and is expected to demonstrate effective professional conduct. The position is full-time at the Gulf Coast Medical Center Skilled Nursing Unit in Fort Myers, Florida, with a Tuesday–Saturday schedule from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Requirements

Baccalaureate degree in Occupational Therapy.
Active Florida State Occupational Therapist licensure.
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from the American Heart Association.
No previous job experience required.
Demonstrated critical thinking, communication, problem-solving, and interpersonal skills.
Responsibility, professionalism, and ability to use constructive feedback.
Effective use of time and resources, stress management, and commitment to learning.

Responsibilities

Examine, evaluate, and test individuals with impairments, functional limitations, disabilities, or other health- and movement-related conditions.
Determine diagnoses, prognoses, and plans for treatment intervention, and assess the ongoing effects of interventions.
Design, implement, and modify treatment interventions to alleviate impairments, functional limitations, and disabilities.
Reduce the risk of injury, impairment, functional limitation, and disability.
Promote and maintain fitness, health, and wellness in populations of all ages.
Participate in administration, consultation, education, and research.
Work collaboratively with medical teams to provide individualized, patient-centered rehabilitation care.