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Occupational Therapist - Acute, PRN, Baptist Hospital

Baptist Health Care

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Quick overview

The Occupational Therapist assesses, plans, organizes, and participates in rehabilitative programs to improve patient mobility and relieve pain. They implement care plans using evidence-based modalities and educate patients and caregivers to engage them in ongoing activities.

Requirements summary

Candidates must have a Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Occupational Therapy and be licensed as an Occupational Therapist in the State of Florida. Additionally, they must hold a BLS certification from the American Heart Association upon hire.

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Job description

The Occupational Therapist assesses plans, organizes, and participates in rehabilitative programs that improve mobility, relieve pain, increase strength, and decrease or prevent deformity of patients suffering from disease or injury.
Through the use of physical and functional assessments, level of dysfunction is identified; plan of care is determined and documented.
This position implements care plan through the use of evidence based modalities and skilled interventions to increase patients' ability to achieve mutually established functional goals.
The occupational therapist educates the patient/caregivers in treatment and care to engage patient in being an active participant in continuing activities at home.
This position monitors and evaluates outcomes related to the assessment and plan of care.

Baptist Health Care is a not-for-profit health care system committed to improving the quality of life for people and communities in northwest Florida and south Alabama.
The organization includes three hospitals, four medical parks, Andrews Institute for Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine, and an extensive primary and specialty care provider network.
With more than 4,000 team members, Baptist Health Care is one of the largest non-governmental employers in northwest Florida.
Baptist Health Care, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
BHC maintains and enforces a policy that prohibits discrimination against any workforce members or applicants for employment because of sex, race, age, color, disability, marital status, national origin, religion, genetic information, or other category protected by federal, state or local law.
Certain positions may require a Level 2 Background check through AHCA.
Additional information about this requirement can be found here: Florida Care Provider Background Screening Clearinghouse

Occupational Therapist - Acute, PRN, Baptist Hospital

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