Occupational Therapist
Winter Garden, Florida
Occupational Therapist (OT)
Facility
Award Care at Colonial Lakes
Location
15204 W Colonial Drive, Winter Garden, FL 34787
Care Setting
Skilled Nursing, Rehabilitation, and Memory Care
Employment Type
[Full-Time / Part-Time / PRN]
Award Care at Colonial Lakes is seeking a Occupational Therapist (OT) to join our skilled nursing, rehabilitation, and memory care team in Winter Garden, Florida. Our 180-bed community provides short-term rehabilitation, long-term care, dialysis-related support, tracheostomy care, and secured memory care. This position offers the opportunity to help residents improve activities of daily living, upper-extremity function, cognition, safety, and participation in meaningful routines while working in two dedicated secured memory care units, including an 18-bed women’s unit and a 23-bed men’s unit.
Why This Opportunity Is Different
Therapists collaborate across short-term rehabilitation, long-term care, dialysis-related support, tracheostomy care, and two dedicated secured memory care units designed for distinct resident populations.
Key Responsibilities
Complete occupational therapy evaluations and develop individualized, functional plans of care.
Provide skilled interventions addressing ADLs, upper-extremity function, coordination, cognition, safety, and functional mobility.
Recommend adaptive equipment, compensatory strategies, environmental modifications, and caregiver training as appropriate.
Track resident progress and adjust treatment to support measurable functional outcomes.
Collaborate with PT, SLP, nursing, physicians, and other interdisciplinary team members.
Complete accurate documentation and contribute to resident-centered discharge planning.
Qualifications
Graduate of an accredited Occupational Therapy program.
Current or eligible Florida Occupational Therapist license.
Strong clinical reasoning, communication, and teamwork skills.
Interest in geriatric, post-acute, memory care, long-term care, or senior living rehabilitation.
What We Offer
A collaborative, resident-centered care environment.
Opportunities to work with an interdisciplinary clinical and rehabilitation team.
Comprehensive benefits package!
This position requires a background check, more info can be found at https://info.flclearinghouse.com.
Location: 15204 W Colonial Dr, Winter Garden, FL 34787, USA, Winter Garden, Florida