Physical Therapist Pediatrics
Physical Therapist Pediatrics
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Job Description
The Acute Pediatric Therapy team at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is seeking a full time Physical Therapist to work with pediatric populations in the acute care and outpatient settings. Qualified applicants must have excellent communication flexibility and time management skills as well as a strong desire to implement the most current and evidence based practice. Candidates will have the opportunity to collaborate with pediatric therapists across the organization.
Position Highlights:
- Location: Winston Salem North Carolina
- Full Time
- Relocation Assistance: Up to $7500 in Relocation Assistance (for qualified candidates)
What We Offer:
- Day 1 Health Coverage:Choose from either copay or HSAeligible health insurance options with coverage starting on your first day of work.
- Generous PTO:Accrual starts at up to 25 days/year to be used for vacations sickness holidays and personal matters.
- Parental Benefits:Six weeks paid birthingmother maternity leave & four weeks paid parental leave for nonbirthing parents.
- Retirement:Up to 7 employerpaid retirement contributions
- Education Reimbursement:We invest in your professional growth offering up to $2500 per year towards a bachelors degree and up to $5000 per year towards a graduate degree.
Job Summary:
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.
What Youll 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.
- Pediatric experience is a plus.
What Youll Do:
- Provide patient care assessment and treatment. Ensure patient evaluations and treatments are comprehensive functional and according to the Standard of Practice. Provide sound professional judgment in interpreting the evaluation results and establishing an acceptable treatment plan with realistic goals.
- Maintain accurate patient documentation. Complete written patient evaluations progress notes and discharge notes per policy. Ensure accurate and timely documentation of patient/family education charges and departmental statistics and ICD9 codes as appropriate.
- Meet department financial and productivity standards. Understand the budgeted expectations. Maintain productivity standards. Adjust individual schedules to meet the needs of the patient and department.
- Participate in process management to optimize quality and efficiency of services. Identify quality and operational opportunities.
- Promote professional development and education of other health care workers and provide representation on committees. Conduct inservice training programs to provide stateoftheart information to health care workers and enhance safety.
- Supervise physical therapy and physical therapy assistant students to develop their clinical skills and ensure the delivery of quality patient care.
- Communicate in a professional and timely manner with patients physicians staff and all external customers.
- Provide appropriate patient care in accordance with age/developmental guidelines. Demonstrate age/developmentally specific knowledge skills and abilities for the patients served.
- Adhere 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
Employment Type
Full-Time
