Physical Therapist II
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Job Location:
Lexington, KY - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 42 - 58
Posted on:
27 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
When you join the growing BILH team youre not just taking a job youre making a difference in peoples lives.
Job Summary: LOCATED IN LEXINGTON 482 BEDFORD STREETA Physical Therapist II (PT II) is autonomously responsible for examination evaluation diagnosis prognosis intervention and discharge planning for the PT needs of patients who have potential for functional impairments limitations and disabilities and are referred to physical therapy. Additional responsibilities of a PT II include independence in practice across multiple diagnostic groups and supervision of affiliating students.
Job Description:
Essential Responsibilities:- Evaluate patients to include: determining appropriateness of referral medical history review examination identifying diagnosis prognosis and plan of care.
- Discuss findings and plan of care with patient. Implement the plan of care using therapeutic procedures equipment devices teaching interventions and ongoing collaboration and referral to additional health care providers to achieve patients goals and optimize function.
- .Regularly re-evaluate patient status review the plan of care and make necessary modifications to plan of care and discharge plan based on the patients subjective or objective response to determine if goals are being met.
- Perform teaching responsibilities including but not limited to: teaching patients and families preparing and presenting in-services and educational lectures in and outside of the department. Serve as a mentor and/or resource for teaching and supervising less experienced therapists therapist assistants students rehab aides practice assistants and support personnel in patient care activities.
- Demonstrate initiative seek opportunities and set professional goals in areas of teaching quality assurance performance improvement and research. Continue to learn from more experienced clinicians. Support an environment of idea sharing and exchange of feedback with staff across the service and department.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree required in Physical Therapy. Doctoral degree preferred in Physical Therapy
- License required: Physical Therapist LicenseCertificate 1 required: Basic Life Support
- 1-3 years related work experience required.
- Basic familiarity with computers. Ability to navigate at a basic level within web-based applications.
Preferred Qualifications:
- APTA membership.
Competencies:
- Written Communications:Ability to summarize and communicate in English moderately complex information in varied written formats to internal and external customers.
- Oral Communications:Ability to comprehend and communicate complex verbal information in English to medical center staff patients families and external customers.
- Knowledge:Ability to demonstrate full working knowledge of standard concepts practices procedures and policies with the ability to use them in varied situations.
- Team Work:Ability to work collaboratively in small teams to improve the operations of immediate work group by offering ideas identifying issues and respecting team members.
- Customer Service:Ability to provide a high level of customer service to patients visitors staff and external customers in a professional service-oriented respectful manner using skills in active listening and problem solving. Ability to remain calm in stressful situations.
Employees in this job must be competent to provide patient care to the following age groups: Young adult: 16-30 years Middle Age: 30 - 60 years Elderly: 60 -.
Physical Nature of the Job:
Medium work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and or up to 20 pounds of force frequently. Job is physical in nature and employee needs to stand and/or move around through the majority of their shift.
Pay Range:
$42.12 - $58.98The pay range listed for this position is the base hourly wage range the organization reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this position at this time. Actual compensation is determined based on several factors that may include seniority education training relevant experience relevant certifications geographyof work location job responsibilities or other applicable factors permissible by law. Compensation may exceed the base hourly rate depending on shift differentials call pay premium pay overtime pay and other additional pay practices as applicable to the position and in accordance with the law.
As a health care organization we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) as a condition of employment.
More than 35000 people working together. Nurses doctors technicians therapists researchers teachers and more making a difference in patients lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled
Key Skills
- EMR Systems
- Early Intervention
- Acute Care
- Communication skills
- HIPAA
- Physiology Knowledge
- Workers' Compensation Law
- Computer Literacy
- Pediatrics Experience
- Home Care
- Patient Service Experience
- Medicare
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