Occupational Therapist PRN - Inpatient Rehab

Department

Inpatient Rehab Facility (IRF) Job Summary

• Welcome to Sarasota Memorial Health Care Systems Adult Population Rehab Department!
• Sarasota Memorial's 60-bed inpatient rehabilitation facility is a hospital based intensive rehab dedicated to patients recovering from multi-trauma, stroke, neurological diseases such as Parkinson's, Multiple Sclerosis, and brain injury; spinal cord injury, orthopedic, oncology, and other complex cardiac and medical diagnoses.
• We are the only hospital-based rehab facility in Sarasota County capable of providing emergency access to important hospital services and healthcare specialists.
• Our program offers an intensive, coordinated, interdisciplinary rehabilitative approach designed to optimize each patient's potential for recovery and return home through our medical management, state of the art technology and rehabilitative techniques, as well as coordination of care for discharge and beyond.
• We are CARF accredited as well as a CARF certified Stroke Specialty Program provider.
• The Occupational Therapist is responsible for utilizing purposeful activities or interventions to achieve functional outcomes, maximizing the independence and maintenance of health of any individual who is limited by a physical injury or illness, a cognitive impairment, a psychosocial dysfunction, a mental illness, a developmental or a learning disability, or an adverse environmental condition.
• The Occupational Therapist also assumes the responsibility for assessing the patient, identifying the level of acuity of illness, planning the patient’s treatment program, and implementing/directing the program.
• The PRN hourly rate for this position is $48.00.

Required Qualifications

For employees assigned to dedicated orthopedic team

- Require successful completion of Annual Orthopedic education requirements upon hire and then annually as outlined in the Orthopedic Program(s) Education plan.

Preferred Qualifications

Prefer Masters or Doctorate in Occupational Therapy. Prefer Electronic Medical Record (EMR) experience.

Required License and Certs

FL OT: Florida Occupational Therapist

Preferred License and Certs

BLS: Basic Life Support

Employment Screening Requirements

As part of Sarasota Memorial Health Care System’s commitment to keeping people safe, all individuals providing care to vulnerable populations are required to undergo background screening through The Florida Care Provider Background Screening Clearinghouse. https://info.flclearinghouse.com/