Occupational Therapy Assistant PRN

Last year our HCA Healthcare colleagues invested over 156,000 hours volunteering in our communities. As a(an) Occupational Therapy Assistant PRN with HCA Florida Lake Monroe Hospital you can be a part of an organization that is devoted to giving back!

Job Summary and Qualifications

Job Summary:

Assists with the coordination of patient centered and occupational based goals to ensure diagnostic and therapeutic services and rehabilitation are provided to patients. 

• Accurately follows established treatment plan to set measurable and achievable goals to reach maximum functional independence for Activities of Daily Living (ADL's) and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL's).
• Accurately records and documents care and changes patient condition. 
• Records, monitors, and reviews clinical data. Provides feedback to Occupational Therapist regarding possible modifications to treatment plan and goals based upon patient performance. Within scope of practice and under the direction of the Occupational Therapist adapts recognized therapeutic techniques and modalities to meet the needs of the patient. 
• Collaborates with patient service departments and community service agencies to coordinate and conduct educational outreach programs and learning activities. Utilizes appropriate methods and material for effective learning, monitors response to education and adapts program as needed. 
• Supports hospital initiatives in meeting core measures, patient safety and service excellence goals. 
• Participates in rounding and proactively responds to patient needs to improve patient outcomes and positively impact overall patient experience. 
• Contributes to a culture of patient centered care by ensuring a quiet healing environment. 
• Communicates and interacts with patients, families and others in a caring, empathetic, courteous, and respectful manner. 
• Within scope of practice, communicates clearly and provides explanation of care in a way that can be easily understood by patients and their families. Ensures patient's family is informed of patient status as appropriate. 
• Communicates effectively and works with physicians and/or other members of the interdisciplinary team in meeting patient needs.
• Ensures proactive and effective communication is maintained with physician regarding patient observations, treatment responses and accurately documents changes in patient condition or status. 
• Demonstrates use of the interdisciplinary team approach to patient care; collaborates, confers and updates other team members regarding patient progress, treatment, and discharge planning. 

What qualifications you will need:

• (OTA) Occupational Therapy Assistant
• Associate Degree
• Basic Cardiac Life Support, or BCLS Instructor must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date

Benefits

HCA Florida Lake Monroe Hospital, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Learn more about Employee Benefits

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

HCA Florida Lake Monroe Hospital is a 221-bed acute care hospital. We serve the communities of Seminole and West Volusia County. At HCA Healthcare, we are committed to the care and improvement of human life. We are a Level II Trauma Center. We provide the only full-service cardiovascular program. Our program offers open-heart surgery and interventional cardiology. Electrophysiology, cardiac rehabilitation, and comprehensive diagnostic services are also offered by this program. Other services that we provide include orthopedic and spine care, as well as robotic surgery. We offer acute inpatient medical rehabilitation and complete imaging services.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World Most Ethical Companies by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expense

"There is so much good to do in the world and so many different ways to do it."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

Be a part of an organization that invests in you! We are reviewing applications for our Occupational Therapy Assistant PRN opening. Qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews. Submit your application and help us raise the bar in patient care!

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.