Sr Physical Therapist
Sr Physical Therapist
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Overview
Sr Physical Therapist Physical Therapy
PRN/OCC Variable Hours Day Shift
Weekend PT.
Fort Sanders Regional Overview:
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center is an awardwinning certified and accredited facility with 541 beds. As a Joint Commission Comprehensive Stroke Center Fort Sanders offers stateofthe art care that maximizes recovery from stroke. We are also the regions leader in technology in areas such as bariatric surgery robotic surgery and minimally invasive spine surgery. Our doortoballoon times for heart attack patients are below the national average and our hip fracture center offers advanced diagnosis surgery and recovery procedures for hip patients.
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center is a member ofCovenant Health a locallyowned nonprofit health system based in Knoxville TN with a patientfocused culture. It has been recognized byForbes Magazine as its 2020 BestinStateEmployerfor Tennessee. The CEO of our company Jim VanderSteeg attends every new employee orientation and will ask you to sign our pledge of excellence to always put patients first strive for excellence in everything we do and make Covenant Health the first and best choice for patients in our region. As youd expect we offer our employees arobust benefits package including: offering unmatched medical insurance tuition reimbursement; student loan repayment assistance certification bonuses; leadership and professional development programs; an employermatched 401(k); and a generous Combined Time Off (CTO) program.
Position Summary:
Under general supervision; plans evaluates and implements treatment programs for physical therapy patients. Responsible for additional job responsibilities which may include: program development clinical coordination of students scheduling of supportive staff and coordinating continuing education requirements.
Recruiter: Jennifer Gordon
Responsibilities
- Independent clinical practice including evaluation and specialized treatment of patients
- Performs patient evaluations (initial progress and discharge evaluations) establishes treatment plans makes recommendations and sets goals in accordance with patient needs and evidence based practice.
- Meets established targets for passive/active treatment ratios
- Involves patient and family in treatment education and goal setting. Coordinates with other medical personnel regarding patients progress needs and discharge planning
- Demonstrates knowledge and competency including providing for agespecific needs of the population served.
- Serves as a resource person for staff on an ongoing basis.
- Provides 4 hours education/mentorship time per year. This includes:
- Peer counseling/Mentorship
- Community lectures/Volunteer
- Inservices/Case studies
- Participates in development implementation and evaluation of standards of care and evidence based practice. This includes:
- Evidence based practice protocols
- Clinical outcomes analysis and communication to team
- New policy development
- QI/QA
- Provides 4 hours education/mentorship time per year. This includes:
- Maintains and updates patient documentation in accordance with professional departmental organizational and payer guidelines and timeframes. Maintains established targets for compliance with chart audits.
- Meets established target for:
- Quality/outcome measures
- Service/patient satisfaction measures
- Financial/productivity measures
- Growth/patientsperday measures
- Demonstrates leadership including but not limited to:
- Participates in development and implementation of new and current programs.
- Participates in training orientation and supervision of support staff
- Participates in orientation of new licensed staff
- Acts as Clinical Instructor for at least one student per year as available.
- Participates in peer evaluations for competency assessment.
- Assists with continuing education courses hosted by Covenant Health
- Participates in professional organization/meetings (TPTA APTA)
- Volunteers for Covenant Health activities such as the marathon golf tournament sports physicals employee education etc.
- Complete partnering activities per established targets per month.
- Physician office visits
- Community lectures/volunteer
- Case Manager visits/marketing
- Inservices
- Follows policies procedures and safety standards. Completes required education assignments annually. Works toward achieving goals and objectives and participates in quality improvement initiatives as requested.
- Perform other related duties as assigned or requested.
Qualifications
Minimum Education:
None specified; however must be sufficient to meet the standards for achievement of the below indicated license and/or certification as required by the issuing authority.
Minimum Experience:
Two 2 years of experience with at least one 1 year experience in the specialty area.
Licensure Requirement:
Current Tennessee Physical Therapy license. CPR required.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Unclear
