Full Job Description
About Our Team
Our Acute Care Float Therapy Team at Hartford Hospital is looking for an experienced clinician who has the clinical expertise and confidence to treat patients across all levels of acute care. The candidate should have a strong understanding of the inpatient hospital setting and the flexibility to work across multiple diverse and complex clinical areas. This would include general medicine-surgical units, step-down, and intensive care units.
As a Float Therapist, you'll evaluate and treat patients across multiple inpatient service lines, including:
• General Medicine
• Heart, Vascular, Thoracic, and General Surgery
• Neurology and Neurosurgery
• Oncology
• Transplant
• Emergency Medicine
• Cardiac Care
Our multidisciplinary Float Therapy Team is comprised of Physical, Occupational, and Speech Language Pathologists who work alongside rehabilitation and mobility aides. Through personalized, evidence-based rehabilitation, this team helps patients achieve their highest level of function and independence by addressing mobility, self-care, energy conservation, therapeutic exercise, swallowing, cognition, communication, and overall recovery.
Acute care experience is strongly preferred as this role requires adaptability, critical thinking, and the flexibility to seamlessly support patients and care teams at all levels of their hospital stay.
If you're looking for a role that offers clinical variety, professional growth, and the opportunity to positively impact patients across the inpatient continuum we'd love to have you on our team.
Position Description
The Occupational Therapist (OT) independently evaluates, determines the treatment strategies, delivers and/or delegates services that identify, restore and remediate, in order to maximize function in the areas of activities of daily living, leisure/recreation, and productivity/work. Addresses dysfunction in psychosocial skills, cognition, and sensorimotor components. Reports to Manager.
Benefits
As one of the largest rehabilitation providers in the state, HHCRN offers a team-oriented structure, a comprehensive continuing education program, an excellent benefits package along with Special Interest Groups that assist with evidence based clinical knowledge, growth opportunities and support within the organization.
• Extensive paid time off (PTO)
• Flexible scheduling & competitive pay
• Medical and dental benefits
• 401K with company match
• Company paid short term and long term disability
• Continuing education and tuition reimbursement
• Clinical specialty and senior clinician opportunities
We believe in high standards. These standards allow us to bring out the very best in our clients and our staff.
Qualifications:
• Acute care working experience or affiliation highly preferred.
• Graduate of Occupational Therapy Program from an accredited American Occupational Therapy Association school, BS degree or entry level master's degree.
• Current Occupational Therapist License required.