Provides physical therapy treatment and education to inpatients and outpatients. Assists in the education and development of departmental and other hospital staff.
- Performs physical therapy assessment and evaluations, on a daily basis, on-going re-assessment and administers physical therapy treatment to patients in conjunction with a licensed care practitioner authorized to prescribe treatment.
- Implements, on a daily basis, treatment modalites which may include exercise, heat, light, ultrasound, water, electricity, massage, gait raining, balance training and other rehabilitation techniques.
- Provides, on a daily basis, for patient and family education programs and assistance in exercise programs and assistance in understanding and participation in physical therapy goal setting.
- Uses, on a daily basis, multidisciplinary approach in executing patient treatment. Coordinates with Case Management, Nursing and Physicians to participate in patient's timely discharge and continuation of treatment upon hospital discharge.
- Provides In-service programs for Physical Therapy Staff.
- Organizes Journal Club for Rehab In-service program.
- Serves as Clinical Resource for Junior Staff.
- Provides In-service programs for Nursing Staff and other Ancillary Staff on equipment use, transfer training and body mechanics.
- Monitors equipment use for safety and wear and tear in the department.
- Ensures delivery of excellent customer service resulting in positive and improving patient satisfaction scores for department and Medical Center.
- Guides, on a daily basis, departmental support personnel.
- Prepares, on a daily basis, schedules for inpatients and outpatients.
- Attends hospital and department in-service program as required.
- Assists the Director in developing and implementation of a Quality Improvement Program in Physical Therapy.
- Performs educational in-service for both department and hospital staff.
- Attends continuing education programs outside the hospital to maintain professional competence.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
- Masters Degree in Physical Therapy with Clinical Specialist Certification through the APTA or Doctorate in Physical Therapy from an Accredited Physical Therapy Program with two years clinical experience.
- Prior acute care and outpatient experience required.
- Requires ability to read and concentrate frequently to check accuracy of reports, correspondence, computer records, etc.
- Requires ability to read, understand, analyze and interpret policies and procedures.
- Requires ability to deal with stress of dealing with public, frequent interruptions, and working on more than one task concurrently.
- Requires flexibility in order to respond to changes in priorities, special project assignments, and emergency situations.
- Apply principals of logical or scientific thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions in order to provide effective patient care.
- Physical Therapist License.
- AHA Basic Health Care Life Support HCP Certification.
- General Office Conditions
- Extensive employee and outside contacts.
- High Stress
- Works indoors in a well lighted and ventilated area.
- Possibility of cuts or minor burns from instruments and equipment
- Some direct exposure to contagion, but risk is minimal when proper safety precautions are observed.
- Possibility of strains due to moving patients (or objects).
- Requires substantial standing, walking, stooping, and lifting.
- Willingness to work with the realization that errors and incompetency may have serious consequences to patient.
- Long periods of sitting with frequent standing or moving to other areas to retrieve or return documents, and make copies.
- Requires periods of keying on computer terminal to input information.
- Requires constant verbal communication in person or using the phone.
- Requires frequent reading of correspondence, reports, material, etc.
- Frequently lifts objects from 10 - 150 lbs.
- Frequently lifts with assistance objects greater than 150 lbs.
- Frequently carries objects weighing up to 50 lbs.
- Frequently pushes objects up to 500 lbs with assistance from others.