11/12/2024
Return to view all job openingsVision Rehab Therapist | Certified – Elder Care
UF Health Shands Hospital
Gainesville, Florida
UF Health Shands Hospital is consistently ranked among the nation’s best hospitals. We’re recognized for delivering high-quality patient care, and we have Vision Rehab Therapist jobs open now in our Elder Care Department. If you’re a certified Vision Rehab Therapist looking for a rewarding position where you’ll learn and grow, start a new chapter in your career with us.
Delivering the best patient care requires the best care for our team.
You’ll earn competitive compensation.
Our health and wellness benefits will empower you to live your life fully.
Tuition reimbursement is available to help you grow.
Our patients — and our people — are the heart of what we do.
To make an impact, as Vision Rehab Therapist at UF Health Shands, you will:
Offers instruction in daily living skills, adjustment to vision loss, assistive technology, and low vision techniques to help clients with severe to total vision loss maximize their independence, safety, and quality of life.
Deliver most training and services throughout Alachua County.
To achieve excellence in this full-time role, we’re looking for:
A bachelor's degree or master's degree emphasizing vision rehabilitation from an accredited university.
At least 350 hours of internship supervised by a certified vision rehabilitation therapist, orientation and mobility specialist, low-vision therapist or teacher of the visually impaired.
Certification as a vision rehabilitation therapist from the Academy for Certification of Vision Rehabilitation and Education Professionals (ACVREP).
Valid driver's license.
Individuals with certification as an orientation and mobility specialist, low-vision therapist or teacher of the visually impaired may also be considered.
Schedule: Full-time
Shift: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m., Monday - Friday
Location: Deliver services and training itinerantly throughout Alachua County
Discover the many reasons UF Health Shands has earned accolades as a medical provider and as an employer.
For full job requirements and to apply: https://shands.careers.ufhealth.org/jobs/375493/
UF Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V and a drug-free workplace.
E_mail: caleym@shands.ufl.edu
Phone: 352-265-7710
Cert: Any Certification