Department: Orlando Health Ambulatory - Outpatient Rehab
Status: Full-Time | 40 hours per week
Shift: Monday - Friday, 8am - 5pm
Title: Physical Therapist Assistant
***Address of Practice: 11375 BIG BEND ROAD RIVERVIEW FL 33579***
Seeking a passionate outpatient orthopedic and/or sports physical therapist that will deliver high-quality, evidence-based rehabilitation services to patients with orthopedic conditions, leveraging advanced technology to optimize outcomes. This site is associated with the Orlando Health Jewett Orthopedic Institute, therefore a high collaborative environment with orthopedic physicians.
All Inclusive Benefits (start day one)
Health/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance, Student loan repayment, tuition reimbursement, FREE college education programs, retirement savings, paid paternity leave, fertility benefits, back up elder and childcare, pet insurance, PTO/Holidays, and more for full time and part time employees.
Essential Functions • Demonstrates ability to appropriately treat patients according to professional standards of practice. • Interpersonal communication skills include the ability to coordinate patient care with other team members, and counsel patients and their families. • Maintains reasonably regular, punctual attendance consistent with Orlando Health policies, the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state and local standards. • Maintains compliance with all Orlando Health policies and procedures.
Other Related Functions • Maintain a cheerful, active area in which to treat. • Demonstrates caring, honesty and open communication with all and encourages a smart and professional appearance in self and others. • Participates in Quality Assessment, program development, student supervision, assigned committees, safety and infection control as required. • Demonstrates an awareness of legal issues, patient rights and compliance with regulatory and accrediting agencies. • Practices efficient use and selection of supplies and equipment. • Performs all other duties as assigned. • The Physical Therapist Assistant must be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served on his or her assigned unit. • The individual must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the lifespan and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient’s status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient’s requirements relative to his or her age specific needs, and to provide the care needed as described in the unit’s/area’s/department’s policies and procedures.
Education/Training Associate degree or graduate from an accredited two-year college program in Physical Therapist Assistant.
Licensure/Certification Current license in the State of Florida as Physical Therapist Assistant. Maintains current BLS/HealthCare Provider certification.
Experience None.
Situated in the heart of downtown St. Petersburg, Florida, Orlando Health Bayfront Hospital has served the residents of area communities for more than 110 years. Orlando Health, a not-for-profit healthcare organization headquartered in Central Florida, officially acquired Bayfront Hospital on October 1, 2020. Orlando Health Bayfront Hospital is a 480-bed comprehensive emergency, medical and surgical acute care facility – and home to the only state-accredited Level Two Adult Trauma Center in the St. Petersburg region. As a regional leader in emergency care, our 3 conveniently located emergency rooms are staffed with board-certified physicians and specialty-trained clinical teams who are ready to provide expert emergency care for all ages- 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
With advanced technology and expertise in numerous specialties including heart and vascular, neurosciences, digestive health, maternity care, emergency and trauma care, acute rehabilitation and surgical services, Orlando Health Bayfront Hospital provides a complete continuum of care. The hospital has a 38-bed neurosciences unit with a dedicated neurology team consisting of board-certified neuroscience specialists and physicians with subspecialty expertise in stroke, epilepsy and Parkinson’s disease, and includes a Level IV Epilepsy Center. In partnership with Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, Bayfront Health Baby Place offers full obstetrical services and is a Level III Regional Perinatal Intensive Care Center, one of only 13 in Florida. The Bayfront Health Cardiac Cath Lab, offers more cardiac testing and treatment space than any other provider in the St. Petersburg/Pinellas County area, with ease of access to the cardiac surgical program. The hospital is also home to three residency programs and one fellowship program, providing an exceptional teaching and learning environment to train the healthcare leaders of the future.
