The Physical Therapist (Outpatient)provides physical therapy treatment and patient care according to hospital state professional and federal regulations and guidelines. In addition the position:
Requires effective communication skills for working with patients families caregivers and departmental and interdepartmental relationships.
Requires competency in physical therapy evaluation assessment care planning and treatment.
Requires task delegation and supervision of physical therapist assistants and technicians.
Maintains open and ongoing communication with hospital departments to ensure patient staff and hospital needs are met. The Physical Therapist creates an environment and culture that enables the hospital to fulfill its mission by providing patient safety and patientcentered treatment.
Benefits
To attract and retain the best professionals we offer a comprehensive and competitive Benefits package that includes medical dental vision 401(k) college savings plan employee assistance program prepaid legal plan and much more. For more information on available Benefits please click here.
Who will you treat We are an acute rehabilitation hospital setting. Typically our therapist can expect to spend an average of 24 weeks with our patients treating a wide clinical caseload such as: stroke spinal cord injury brain injury various neurological disorders rheumatoid arthritis osteoarthritis amputation joint replacement fractures multiple trauma cardiac conditions and pulmonary conditions. 80 of our patients are discharged directly home.
We use evidencebased practice guidelines to treat our patients. We utilize our clinical outcomes to asses and improve our treatment interventions and programs. We participate in a national outcomes database which provides benchmarks and sophisticated outcome reports to help us continually analyze and improve our patient outcomes.
You will use standard and advanced therapy technologies depending on hospital location some equipment used such as Auto Ambulators Bioness Interactive Metronome Hand Mentor SmartStep Anodyne Wii and CAPs may be available.
Helping you become a better therapist is critical to our success
You will be paired with mentors; attend inhouse as well as external educational programs. The treatment team is made up of full time therapists nurses social workers pharmacists and medical staff; a great way to learn beyond your own discipline.