Locations: Gainesville, Florida
Categories: Professional - Clinical
Req ID: 61612
UF Health Shands Rehab Services is dedicated to providing excellent patient care to individuals throughout north central Florida. Through comprehensive rehabilitation programs, we hope to create a safe and comfortable environment that empowers individuals to manage their care independently, return to a functional lifestyle and improve their quality of life. We are dedicated to treating our patients with compassion, creativity, respect and confidentiality. Our rehab centers accomplish this with close working relationships between our referring physicians, therapists, support staff, University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions and the University of Florida Athletics Program. Our therapists provide rehabilitation services and education to patients. We offer continuing education, journal clubs, staff mentoring and the ability to be involved with student clinical education and our UF Health accredited residency programs in Sports and Orthopedics.
The UF Health Rehab Center at the Norman Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases is an important component of our integrated care approach to provide a one-stop location for neurological care. This center provides services for physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech and swallow therapy for a variety of neurological disorders.
UF Health Experience & Rewards:
In this role, the Physical Therapist provides therapy services and education to patients. In addition, will contribute to the education and professional development of other healthcare providers and students in the field of rehabilitation.
FTE: .60
Shift Hours: 8:00am-6:00pm; TBD
Days of Week: Monday-Friday; TBD
Minimum Education and Experience Requirements:
Licensure/Certification/Registration: Licensed Physical Therapist in the state of Florida.
Motor Vehicle Operator Designation: Employees in this position: Will operate vehicles for an assigned business purpose as a 'non-frequent driver' NOTE: A frequent driver is defined as one who uses his/her personal or Shands automobile a) at least once daily, b) at least five individual trips per week or c) drives, on average, over 150 miles per week in the performance of his/her job.
University of Florida Health is a world-class academic health center in Florida, encompassing hospitals, physician practices, colleges, centers, institutes, programs and services across northeast and north-central Florida.
UF Health represents the shared vision and commitment to patient care excellence of more than 22,000 employees of the University of Florida Health Science Center and UF Health Shands health care system.
