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SalaryJOB SUMMARY: Provides comprehensive therapeutic patient care to ensure positive patient outcomes. Educates the patent, significant others, and other 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. Demonstrates effective communication and interpersonal skills required to lead staff and/or program development projects in the areas of strategic effectiveness, clinical outcomes, clinical competency, or financial performance.
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE: Bachelor of Science degree from a CAPTE accredited Physical Therapist accredited program required. M.S., or D.P.T. preferred. Completion sports therapy residency program.
LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION, and/or REGISTRATION: Current licensure in the state of North Carolina. CPR certification in Basic Life Support, Level C.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: 1. Adheres to the general hospital standards to promote a cooperative work environment by utilizing communication skills, interpersonal relationships and team building. Following hospital policies and procedures. Following departmental policies and procedures. Contributing to the overall quality of services. Assuming responsibility for keeping informed about changes in policies and procedures. 2. 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. Encourages patients and significant others in setting goals. 3. Recognizes and responds to changes in the patient's physiologic state. Recommends next level of care. Ensures quality patient outcomes. Supervises support staff who are assisting with patient care by providing direction and feedback. 4. Maintains accurate 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. Maintains patient records in a systematic order. Ensures that documentation is legible. 5. 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. Understands changes/developments in the profession locally, at the state level, and nationally. Shares clinical expertise with other therapists, student affiliates, and other health care professionals. 6. Leads staff and/or program development projects in the areas of strategic effectiveness, clinical outcomes, clinical competency, or financial performance. Successfully completes/implements staff/program development projects to promote personal and department clinical advancement. 7. Serves as a clinical and administrative resource in practice area to advance evidence-based practice and/or improve operational effectiveness. Participates in department staff meetings and assists in the formulation of goals and other planning activities as needed. Maintains professional competence by demonstrating self-direction for continuing education and promotes professional competence of team members through defined projects as needed. 8. Communicates effectively. Communicates in a professional and timely manner with patients, physicians, staff, and all external customers. Promotes an open atmosphere of communication. Shares information learned from seminars. Informs supervisor of issues and resolutions to potential problems. Communicates information with patient and family and ensures understanding. 9. Provides appropriate patient care in accordance with age/developmental guidelines.
SKILLS/QUALIFICATIONS: Ability to communicate on a professional level with physicians, nurses, coaches, athletes and other health care providers and provide quality care for patients and athletes Ability to communicate with patients of all age groups and significant others appropriate to the level of comprehension
WORK ENVIRONMENT: Clean, well-lit comfortable climate; however, occasional conditions with high moisture content Contact with patients under a wide variety of circumstances Subject to stressful conditions Moderate noise environment Frequent exposure to bloodborne pathogens and airborne pathogens, may be exposed to infectious and contagious diseases Exposure to unpleasant patient elements, body fluids Subject to electro-mechanical hazards Exposure to chemicals used in cleaning Occasionally handles emergency or crises Required personal protective equipment eye protection, face protection, gown, mask, lab coat and sterile and non-sterile gloves, shoe covers
