Occupational Therapist (OT)
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Landmark Management Services of Florida, LLC
Athens, GA, US
Summary
The Occupational Therapist is responsible for assessing, planning, and implementing treatment plans to help patients recover through everyday tasks. They also coordinate discharge planning and collaborate with the medical team to ensure high-quality patient care.
Job Description
Occupational Therapist (OT) PRN
Landmark Hospital has an exciting opportunity for an Occupational Therapist (OT) to join our dedicated and professional team. Landmark Hospitals are committed to providing the highest level of customer service and quality of care to those we serve.
Shift: PRN
Summary: The Occupational Therapist is responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation, treatment and documentation of occupational therapy for patients.
Responsibilities:
- Reviews medical history, creates treatment plans and goals, shows patients how to use adaptive technology
- Assists patients with disabilities, injuries or illnesses to recover and cope through the use of common, everyday tasks, demonstrates exercises to relieve pain and increase mobility
- Knowledge of specific conditions, diseases, and treatment therapies for specific patient populations
- Assesses patients' physical, psychological, social, and educational needs to determine level and type of care
- Develops and maintains current patient treatment plan to include patient problems, goals, and interventions
- Delivers care based on acuity level, identified needs, and physician orders
- Assesses, collaborates, and coordinates patient's discharge planning needs and readiness for discharge
- Assesses patient/family learning needs, abilities and readiness to learn and integrates needs into plan of care
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree or post Graduate degree (OT)
- Active and unrestricted Georgia OT License (Occupational Therapist)
- BLS Certification
- Minimum 1 year hospital experience, critical care/acute care preferred.
About us:
Landmark Hospitals is a privately owned, critical care hospital system with locations across the Southeastern United States. Landmark Hospitals specializes in providing the highest-level care for medically complex patients who stay with us for an average of 25-30 days. We are proud of the healing that happens here, and it is all made possible by our amazing employees. We offer our employees a collaborative, supportive work environment with competitive benefits and flexibility that can only be found in a "boutique" hospital setting.
We are committed to being an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. We perform pre-employment background verification checks.
Welcome to Landmark Hospitals - the premier Long-Term Acute Care hospital (LTACH) in the regions we serve.
Our experienced interdisciplinary team works daily to improve the condition of the medically complex patients we specialize in treating.
Landmark Hospitals was created in 2006 to fill the void in the healthcare continuum for patients in need within rural and underserved regions of the country. Since then, Landmark Hospitals has grown to six facilities serving Missouri, Georgia, and Florida, with locations in Athens, Savannah, Cape Girardeau, Columbia, Joplin, and Southwest Florida.
With an interdisciplinary team approach, we focus on successfully regaining the best quality of life possible for the patients we serve as quickly as possible.
Our specialized teams provide critical care interventions in an advanced setting for patients needing intensive nursing, respiratory care, and therapy care.
Our interdisciplinary teams collaborate to manage the entire patient's needs, including antibiotic therapy, intensive renal monitoring, assessing and treating serious wounds, and administering other therapies to improve our patients' conditions.
• ACLS Critical Care Nurses
• ACLS Respiratory Therapists
• Wound Care Specialists
• Dialysis Nurses
• Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists
• Dieticians
• In-house pharmacists
Our typical patient has multiple co-morbidities requiring simultaneous management by our skilled staff.
• Uncontrolled diabetes
• Endocrine/metabolic illness
• Hematologic/oncologic disorders
• Post-surgical complications
• Malnutrition
For more information, visit our website, www.LandmarkHospitals.com
Founded
2006
Company size
501-1,000 employees
Industry
Hospitals and Health Care
Org type
Privately Held
Headquarters
Lehigh Acres, Florida