ShiftCura is launching in Tri-County South Florida first — and Port St. Joe is in our Phase 2 expansion. Join the waitlist now so you're first in line when per diem OT shifts open in Gulf County later in 2026.
For providers in Port St. Joe: Home health agencies, nurse registries, and ALFs can sign a Letter of Intent now and lock in founding pricing when ShiftCura arrives in Gulf County.
Occupational Therapists evaluate and restore the functional skills patients need for daily life — from post-stroke ADL recovery and hand rehabilitation to pediatric sensory integration and aging-in-place home safety assessments. In Florida, home health OT is in particularly strong demand as AHCA-certified home health agencies expand post-surgical and neurological rehab programs to meet Medicare reimbursement requirements.
Port St. Joe is located in Gulf County, part of Florida's Panhandle region. The Florida Panhandle's healthcare market spans Pensacola, Panama City, and Tallahassee, with a mix of military healthcare, acute care, and home health settings. The Port St. Joe healthcare market includes home health agencies, assisted living facilities, and skilled nursing centers serving the area's senior population, with consistent year-round demand for credentialed caregivers.
ShiftCura providers post shifts directly — some facilities in the Port St. Joe market may already post on the platform while others are being onboarded. Your feed shows only shifts from ShiftCura-verified providers.
Florida sets the bar for Occupational Therapist compliance, and every ShiftCura provider expects these before your first shift. Upload them once — your verified profile works across every provider on the platform:
ShiftCura's admin team verifies all credentials before your first shift. Upload once, work across every provider on the platform — no re-submitting paperwork for each facility.
Agencies tell Occupational Therapists where to work, when to work, and what they're worth. ShiftCura shows you what's available and lets you choose. Here's what that actually looks like for Occupational Therapists in Port St. Joe:
Work a morning shift at one facility, a night shift at another, a weekend at a third — in the same week. You build your schedule across multiple providers, not inside one agency's roster.
See open shifts with transparent rates. If a shift is paying more than your current job, take it. The market sets the rate in front of you — not in a closed-door conversation between a recruiter and a facility.
Every OT on ShiftCura is effectively a travel caregiver within Florida. You're not bound to one facility's geography or one agency's dispatching. You move where the shifts are good.
You work for multiple providers simultaneously. No single bad dispatcher, no one bad manager, no one facility's politics controls your income or your next shift.
Agencies punish caregivers who turn down shifts or take time off — you get moved down the call list. On ShiftCura, you just don't accept shifts that day. The next day, your full shift feed is back. Time off without consequences.
Historically, Occupational Therapists avoided one-off shifts because a single gig from a new agency meant fresh onboarding paperwork for no long-term payoff. On ShiftCura, picking up one shift is frictionless — tomorrow's shift is on the same platform, same profile. Single shifts become continuous income.
The per-visit math for Florida home health OT is hard to ignore: agencies pay $85-$120 per home visit, and at 6-8 visits a day you're clearing more than most salaried staff OT positions pay annually — with complete control over your own schedule. ShiftCura connects you directly with agencies that have open caseloads, so you build your own book rather than filling someone else's roster.
Florida's caregiver workforce has been underpaid for too long. Staffing agencies historically skim 30-60% off every OT rate before you ever see a paycheck. Medicaid reimbursement formulas still reflect numbers from a decade ago. The people doing the hardest work in healthcare have been getting paid the least.
Every shift you pick up on ShiftCura puts pressure on that model. When Florida Occupational Therapists have a direct marketplace with transparent rates, the agency economic leverage breaks down — facilities that used to pay agency markups have to reconsider the math. Over time, rates have to follow, because the labor pool keeps moving to platforms that pay fairly.
This isn't just a better gig app. It's a structural correction to a broken market — and you're at the center of it.
Port St. Joe OT shift rates typically run $55–$95/hr depending on facility type, shift timing, and experience — night and weekend shifts usually pay a premium on top of that. On ShiftCura, you keep 90% of that rate directly. No agency taking 30-60% before the money reaches you.
Here's exactly what you need: Active Florida Occupational Therapist license in good standing, Level 2 AHCA background screening, Current CPR/BLS (AHA or Red Cross), TB test within 12 months, Professional liability insurance (recommended). You upload each document once when you create your ShiftCura profile — the admin team verifies them before your first shift, and your verified credentials travel with you to every provider you work with. No re-submitting paperwork every time you pick up a shift somewhere new.
ShiftCura is launching in the Tri-County South Florida area first (Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach) on June 15, 2026. Port St. Joe and the rest of Panhandle is in our Phase 2 expansion, planned for later in 2026. Join the waitlist now — waitlist members get priority access and first notification when shifts open in your area.
ShiftCura covers every direct care role in Florida — CNA, HHA, LPN, RN, OT, PT, Medical Assistant, DSP, DCW, and Companion. Your verified credentials determine which shifts appear in your feed. You only see shifts you're qualified to accept, so there's no sifting through postings that don't apply to you.
Signing up is free. No monthly fees. No subscriptions. ShiftCura takes a flat 10% platform fee only on completed shifts — that's the whole model. Compare that to the 30-60% staffing agencies skim off before you see a paycheck. Most Occupational Therapists who switch to per diem work describe it as the biggest raise they've ever gotten without changing jobs.
Waitlist members get priority access and direct notification when ShiftCura opens in Gulf County. Takes 30 seconds — and your spot in line is worth it.