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Occupational Therapist (OT) - Outpatient Pediatrics, Lake City
- Job Title
- Occupational Therapist (OT) - Outpatient Pediatrics, Lake City
- Location
- Lake City, FL,
- Other Location
- Description
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Wolfson Children's Rehabilitation provides comprehensive, family-centered services to children from infancy through adolescence who have neurological or musculo-skeletal impairments due to injury, illness or congenital developmental conditions. We've recently expanded by adding a new outpatient facility in Lake City, FL. We are looking for skilled therapists to join the team and positively impact the lives of so many children.
The overall goal of our service is to help children function to their full potential in their everyday life activities. We accomplish this through a multi-disciplinary approach which includes occupational, physical and speech therapists as well as maintaining close contact with other medical professionals on the child's medical team.
Therapists treat a wide variety of medical and developmental diagnoses and conditions that include:
- Arthritis (juvenile rheumatoid arthritis)
- Brachial plexus injury
- Cerebral palsy
- Craniofacial disorders
- Cognitive and perceptual deficits
- Developmental delays
- Down syndrome
- Fine and gross motor coordination deficitis
- Hand injuries
- Language/learning disorders
- Muscular disorders
- Neurologically based disorders
- Oral/motor, feeding and swallowing disorders
- Orthopaedic conditions
- Pain management
- Pervasive developmental disorder (including autism)
- Voice disorders
Job Summary:
As an Occupational Therapist, you will evaluate and treat patients with developmental, neurological, orthopedic, and medical diagnoses. Provide extensive patient/family education. Be part of multidisciplinary team care.
Experience Requirements:
Previous pediatric outpatient experience is preferred
Previous outpatient experience, or previous pediatric expereince, may be considered.
Educational Requirements:
A minimum of Bachelors Degree in Occupational Therapy
Certification/Licensure Requirements:
Florida Licensed Occupational Therapists
ACLS, BLS
Shift Information:
Part-time (24 hours weekly, benefit eligible)
