Physical Therapist
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Overview
Physical Therapist Physical Therapy
Full Time 80 Hours Per Pay Period Day Shift
Occasional weekends
Fort Sanders Regional Overview:
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center is an award-winning certified and accredited facility with 468 beds. As a Joint Commission Comprehensive Stroke Center Fort Sanders offers state-of-the 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 door-to-balloon 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 locally-owned non-profit health system based in Knoxville TN with a patient-focused culture. It has been recognized byForbes Magazine as its 2020 Best-in-State-Employerfor 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 employer-matched 401(k); and a generous Combined Time Off (CTO) program.
Department Description:
Covenant Health Therapy Centers are a member ofCovenant Health a locally-owned non-profit health system based in Knoxville TN with a patient-focused culture. It has been recognized byForbes Magazine as its 2020 Best-in-State-Employerfor 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.
Covenant Health Therapy Centers Overview:
Covenant Health Therapy Centers provide exceptional physical therapy and individualized treatment to get patients better faster. Covenant Health Therapy Centers consist of 12 outpatient therapy clinics in East Tennessee. The Downtown clinic is adjacent to Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center in downtown Knoxville. Our core services include: orthopedic and sports medicine neurological rehab general deconditioning manual therapy balance therapy and many areas of specialized treatment.
Position Summary:
Under general supervision plans evaluates and implements treatment programs for physical therapy patients. Modifies treatment plans in accordance with patient progress.
Recruiter: Jennifer Gordon
Responsibilities
- Clinical practice including evaluation and 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 age-specific needs of the population served.
- Serves as a resource person for support staff and other health system staff.
- Assists with training orientation and supervision of support staff.
- Assumes responsibility for the educational development of assigned students.
- 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/patients-per-day measures
- Demonstrates leadership including but not limited to:
- Supervision of support staff
- 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
- Provide in-services
- 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:
None.
Licensure Requirement:
Current Tennessee Physical Therapy License. CPR required.
Employment Type
Full-Time
