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Are you an internal caregiver student or contingent worker/agency worker at UMass Memorial Health CLICK HERE to apply through your Workday account.
Exemption Status:
NonExemptSchedule Details:
Holidays Every Third Holiday Monday through FridayScheduled Hours:
730a4p; 130a7pShift:
1 Day Shift 8 Hours (United States of America)Hours:
40Cost Center:
Physical TherapyThis position may have a signing bonus available a member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility during the interview process.
Everyone Is a Caregiver
At UMass Memorial Health everyone is a caregiver regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care academic excellence and leadingedge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 16000 employees working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients community and each other. And everyone in their own unique way plays an important part every day.
Evaluates plans and performs treatments to alleviate physical dysfunction using manual functional and physical agent modality techniques. Participates in departmental activities to assure smooth operations and facilitate program enhancement.$10000 Signon bonus!!!
I. Major Responsibilities:
1. Administers therapy evaluations and develops treatment plan for physically cognitively developmentally and/or functionally disabled patient populations including infants and children adolescents adults geriatrics and frail elderly inpatient and outpatient as assigned.
2. Analyzes and interprets data and assesses individually current functional ability. Research specific problems as required and makes a differential diagnosis when appropriate. Consults with physician regarding any contradictions or alternative forms of therapy. Assesses patients progress as related to their rehabilitation potential.
3. Provides individualized treatment plans designed to prevent restore remediate or compensate for movement dysfunction including therapeutic exercises progressive ROM (Range of Motion) neuromuscular education and strengthening manual therapy cardiopulmonary conditioning wound care application of physical agent modalities and functional mobility training. Evaluates need for bracing supportive and positional equipment.
4. Educates patient family and other caregivers in therapy program and goals. Participates in patient care meetings collaborates with team members assists with discharge planning. Documents care provided in medical record and completes therapy billing.
5. Completes departmental statistics. Assists in maintenance of orderly safe and efficient working environment. Assists with inventory and purchasing as assigned.
6. Delegates caseload to therapist assistants overseeing quality of care and supervising performance. Collaborates with team members to assure patient coverage and equitable work distribution.
7. Participates in department quality improvement/assurance activities and program development initiatives.
8. Supervises students according to Practice Standards.
II. Position Qualifications:
Bachelors degree in physical therapy from accredited PT school or equivalent. Current license to practice physical therapy in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Successful completion of National Physical Therapy Board Examination. Effective verbal and written communication skills.
Unless certification licensure or registration is required an equivalent combination of education and experience which provides proficiency in the areas of responsibility listed in this description may be substituted for the above requirements.
Departmentspecific competencies including agespecific competencies and their measurements will be developed and maintained in the individual departments. The competencies will be maintained and attached to the departmental job description. Responsible managers will review competencies with position incumbents.
III. Physical Demands and Environmental Conditions
Work is considered medium. Position requires work indoors in a patient care environment.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or protected veteran status.
Were striving to make respect a part of everything we do at UMass Memorial Health for our patients our community and each other. Our six Standards of Respect are: Acknowledge Listen Communicate Be Responsive Be a Team Player and Be Kind. If you share these Standards of Respect we hope you will join our team and help us make respect our standard for everyone every day.
As an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer UMass Memorial Health recognizes the power of a diverse community and encourages applications from individuals with varied experiences perspectives and backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion gender sexual orientation national origin age disability gender identity and expression protected veteran status or other status protected by law.
If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability please contact us at We will make every effort to respond to your request for disability assistance as soon as possible.
Employment Type
Full-Time
