Neonatal Occupational Therapist

Lee Health; Town of Florida (NY); On-site; USD 85,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation incentive

Hiring incentive

Job summary

Lee Health's Golisano Children's Hospital of Southwest Florida seeks a NICU Occupational Therapist to support neurodevelopmental care in a Level III NICU.

You will work with a multidisciplinary team on neonatal care, feeding therapy, and sensory integration, contributing to outcomes for newborns and families in a compassionate setting.

Qualifications

• Baccalaureate Degree in Occupational Therapy required.
• NICU experience and pediatric acute care experience required.
• Active Florida State Occupational Therapist Licensure; BLS certification.

Responsibilities

• Examine, evaluate and test individuals with impairments to determine diagnosis, prognosis and treatment plan.
• Design, implement and modify treatment interventions to reduce impairments and disabilities.
• Promote fitness, health and wellness across populations of all ages.
• Engage in administration, consultation, education and research.
• Maintain professional behavior and ethics.

Skills

Critical thinking

Communication

Problem solving

Interpersonal Skills

Responsibility

Professionalism

Time management

Stress management

Commitment to learning

Education

Baccalaureate Degree in Occupational Therapy

Job description

Golisano Children's Hospital of Southwest Florida is a state-of-the-art, family-centered pediatric hospital dedicated to providing exceptional care to our youngest patients. Our Level III NICU offers advanced neonatal care, specializing in treating premature and medically complex infants. As a NICU Occupational Therapist, you'll be part of a multidisciplinary team focused on neurodevelopmental support, feeding therapy, and sensory integration to help our tiniest patients thrive. Join us in making a lasting impact on the lives of newborns and their families in a collaborative, innovative, and compassionate environment.

What Lee Health offers YOU:

• Be Valued for Being You! At Lee Health, it's all about you.
• $10,000 in HIRING & RELOCATION INCENTIVES
• Exceptional Benefits package that includes access to holistic services, up to 5% retirement match, CEU Reimbursement, a free MedBridge subscription, PSLF loan forgiveness program, and more
• Expense paid on-site interview
• Leadership and growth opportunities

Responsible for examining, evaluating and testing individuals with mechanical, physiological and developmental impairments, functional limitations, and disabilities or other health and movement-related conditions in order to determine a diagnosis, prognosis and plan of treatment intervention, and assess the ongoing effects of intervention. The OT is also responsible for alleviating impairments, functional limitations and disabilities by designing, implementing and modifying treatment interventions. Additional responsibilities include reducing the risk of injury, impairment, functional limitation and disability, including the promotion and maintenance of fitness, health and wellness in populations of all ages. The OT will be engaged in administration, consultation, education and research. The OT will be expected to conduct themselves in an effective professional behavior manner. The attributes, characteristics or behaviors required for success in this job include: critical thinking, communication, problem solving, interpersonal skills, responsibility, professionalism, use of constructive feedback, effective use of time and resources, stress management, and commitment to learning.

Requirements

Education: Baccalaureate Degree in Occupational Therapy.

Experience: NICU Experience Required + Pediatric Acute Care Experience Required

Certification: BLS (American Heart Association / Basic Life Support).

License: Active Florida State Occupational Therapist Licensure.