Physical Therapist - Outpatient

The Physical Therapist evaluates and treats patients primarily in the outpatient physical therapy setting, providing accurate and timely documentation and coordinating care with other health care professionals.

Requirements

• Utilizes clinical reasoning to determine course of action within a specific context and with the ability to anticipate outcomes guided by a framework of previous experience and knowledge of best practices.
• Provides comprehensive clinical care to patients using a human movement system framework.
• Documents prior level of function as well as identifies and documents patient’s current functional limitations that are necessary for self-maintenance, learning, work, and other similar meaningful activities.
• Consistently utilizes standardized functional outcome tools to identify and track functional levels and progress.
• Identifies short and long term goals that are measurable, functional and refer to prior level of function and include frequency, duration and certification dates.
• Completes all required documentation including initial evaluation, daily progress notes, care plans, re-evaluations, discharge summaries, weekly summaries and reassessments when needed in a timely manner in compliance with department standards.
• Effectively communicates with all members of the interprofessional medical team as well as patients and families utilizing strategies to clearly and accurately disseminate and receive information that considers situational needs and results in intended outcomes.
• Quality improvement - Performs routine chart review and provides appropriate staff education in conjunction with findings.
• Participates in department Performance Improvement Project.
• Attends staff meetings, employee forums and participates in surveys and committees as requested.
• Effective participation in clinical site education through in-services and clinical education with PT students as assigned.
• Contributes to continuing education of other staff members by developing and delivering in-service presentations after attending a CEU based learning opportunity.
• Actively participate in community outreach including participation in lectures, classes and in-services.
• Serves as a resource in community based education.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package