Occupational Therapist - Inpatient Pediatrics
About this role
These roles focus on helping patients recover from injuries, illnesses, or surgeries and improve their physical, emotional, and functional well-being. Involves assessing, planning, and providing therapeutic interventions to enhance patients' abilities to perform daily activities and achieve their rehabilitation goals.
These roles are responsible for helping patients to develop, recover, or maintain skills needed for daily living and working, enabling patients to perform every day activities that are important to their independence, health and well-being. Occupational therapists assess patient needs and develop individualized treatment plans.
Occupational Therapist - Pediatric Acute Care
UVA Health Children's | Pediatric Acute Care Services
Help Shape the Future of Pediatric Acute Care at UVA Health Children's
UVA Health Children's is seeking an experienced Occupational Therapist to join our growing Pediatric Acute Care team. This is an exciting opportunity for a skilled pediatric therapist to practice at the top of their license while helping expand and develop one of the region's leading pediatric inpatient therapy programs.
Working within a nationally recognized academic medical center, you'll provide highly specialized care to medically complex infants and children across a variety of inpatient settings while contributing to clinical excellence, mentorship, program development, and service expansion initiatives.
If you're energized by medical complexity, passionate about pediatric care, and excited by the opportunity to help build the future of pediatric acute care services, we'd love to speak with you.
About the Team
The Pediatric Acute Care Occupational Therapy team serves patients across:
• Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) • Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) • Hematology/Oncology • General Pediatrics • Additional pediatric inpatient specialty services
As UVA Health Children's continues to grow, the team is expanding pediatric inpatient services, including support for a new NICU and Pediatric Cardiac ICU. This growth creates unique opportunities for clinicians who want to contribute beyond direct patient care and help shape the future direction of pediatric therapy services.
Why Join UVA Health Children's?
Practice in a Leading Academic Children's Hospital