Pediatric Clinical Rehab Lead, Acute Care, Wolfson Children's Hospital

About the role

Wolfson Children’s Hospital is the only children’s hospital in the region, ranked by U.S. News & World Report among the best children’s hospitals in the U.S. It is part of Baptist Health, a top place to work in health care with centers of excellence including Baptist MD Anderson Cancer Center, Baptist Heart Hospital, Baptist Neurological Institute and Wolfson Children's Hospital. The hospital is Magnet™ designated and recognized as one of America’s Best Children’s Hospitals year after year.

Responsibilities

• Serves as a clinical resource for Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, and Speech Language Pathology staff
• Promote evidence-based and patient- and family-centered care.
• Support consistency in clinical standards, treatment approaches, and departmental expectations.
• Assist clinicians with complex or high-acuity patient cases.
• Mentor new and developing therapists.
• Support onboarding and clinical competency development.
• Provide guidance to clinicians working with unfamiliar diagnoses, procedures, or patient populations.
• Help identify educational needs and opportunities for the team.
• Encourage professional growth and clinical excellence.
• Participate in identifying opportunities to improve patient care, clinical workflows, safety, and outcomes.
• Assist with implementation of departmental initiatives and evidence-based practice changes.
• Monitor and communicate clinical trends or barriers affecting patient care.
• Participate in quality improvement projects and development/revision of clinical resources.
• Serve as a communication link between frontline therapists and therapy leadership through participation on committees, rounds, daily operations.
• Help facilitate communication regarding clinical concerns, workflow challenges, and patient-care needs.
• Collaborate with nursing, physicians, case management, and other interdisciplinary partners when appropriate.
• Promote teamwork and a positive clinical culture.
• Assist leadership with identifying barriers to efficient patient flow and therapy access.
• Provide support and input regarding scheduling, staffing, equipment, documentation, and clinical workflows.
• Help troubleshoot day-to-day clinical issues within the scope of the role.

Requirements

• 5 or more years of clinical patient care experience in an interdisciplinary acute care setting
• 5 or more years of pediatric clinical patient care experience
• 5 or more years of Acute Care experience
• 3-5 years of interdisciplinary teamwork experience

Qualifications

• Florida Department of Health License required in Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, OR Speech Language Pathology
• Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology (if SLP) required
• Master of Occupational Therapy OR Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology OR Bachelor of Physical Therapy Degree required
• Doctorate degree preferred
• Active BLS certification from the American Heart Association

Benefits

• Up to $5,000 sign-on bonus*

Schedule

Full-Time opportunity working a Day shift schedule at the main Wolfson Children's Hospital campus in downtown Jacksonville.