Physical Therapist, Sports Fellow, Winston Salem

Provides comprehensive therapeutic patient care for patients to ensure positive patient outcomes, as needed. Educates the patient and health care providers to assure continuity of the patient care plan. Interacts with other departments and members of the medical team in developing and implementing interdisciplinary patient care plans to ensure comprehensive medical care.

POSITION HIGHLIGHTS:

• Full Time, Days
• Relocation Assistance (for qualified candidates)
• Located in Winston Salem, NC
• Day 1 Health Coverage:Choose from either copay or HSA-eligible health insurance options with coverage starting on your first day of work.  
• Generous PTO:Accrual starts at 25 days/year, to be used for vacations, sickness, holidays, and personal matters.
• Retirement: Up to 7% employer-paid retirement contributions

YOU’LL NEED

• Licensed to practice Physical Therapy in the State of North Carolina with current licensure, active member of APTA encouraged, but not required.
• Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited physical therapy school required
• CPR certification required every two years.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Provides patient care assessment and treatment. Ensures patient evaluations and treatments are comprehensive, functional and according to the Standard of Practice. Provides sound professional judgment in interpreting the evaluation results and establishing an acceptable treatment plan with realistic goals.
• Maintains accurate patient documentation. Completes written patient evaluations, progress notes, and discharge notes per policy. Ensures accurate and timely documentation of patient/family education, charges and departmental statistics, and ICD-9 codes as appropriate.
• Meets department financial and productivity standards. Understands the budgeted expectations. Maintains productivity standards. Adjusts individual schedules to meet the needs of the patient and department.
• Participates in process management to optimize quality and efficiency of services. Identifies quality and operational opportunities.
• Promotes professional development and education of other health care workers and provides representation on committees. Conducts in-service training programs to provide state-of-the-art information to health care workers and enhances safety.
• Supervises physical therapy and physical therapy assistant students to develop their clinical skills and ensure the delivery of quality patient care.
• Communicates in a professional and timely manner with patients, physicians, staff, and all external customers.
• Provides appropriate patient care in accordance with age/developmental guidelines. Demonstrates age/developmentally specific knowledge, skills, and abilities for the patients served.
• Adheres to the general hospital standards to promote a cooperative work environment by utilizing communication skills, interpersonal relationships and team building.

SKILLS/QUALIFICATIONS:

• Contact with patients, family members, visitors, coworkers and medical staff under a wide variety of circumstances
• Ability to communicate on a professional level with physicians, nurses, and other health care providers and provide quality care for patients
• Ability to communicate with patients of all age groups and significant others appropriate to the level of comprehension.
• Has knowledge, clinical skills, and understanding of the patient throughout the entire span of life
• Flexible
• Team oriented

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $80,912.00 - $121,347.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Continuing education credits
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Healthcare setting:

• Outpatient

Medical specialties:

• Physical & Rehabilitation Medicine

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Ability to Relocate:

• Winston-Salem, NC: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person