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Physical Therapist
5 days ago
At Nebraska Methodist Health System, we focus on providing exceptional care to the communities we serve and people we employ. We call it The Meaning of Care - a culture that has and will continue to set us apart. It's helping families grow by making each delivery special, conveying a difficult diagnosis with a compassionate touch, going above and beyond for a patient's needs, or giving a high five when a patient beats a disease or conquers a personal health challenge. We offer competitive pay, excellent benefits and a great work environment where all employees are valued Most importantly, our employees are part of a team that makes a real difference in the communities we live and work in.
Job Summary:
Location: Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital
Address: 933 E Pierce St, Council Bluffs, IA
Work Schedule: 8:00am - 4:30pm. 32 hours per week
Responsible for evaluating a wide variety of patient types and identifying physical dysfunction and functional capabilities to facilitate appropriate treatment of patients.
Responsibilities:
Essential Job Functions
Promotes positive relations when interacting with patients, visitors, families, physicians, customers, and co-workers.
- Greets, smiles, and makes eye contact.
- Introduces self by name.
- Volunteers to help co-workers and other employees.
- Addresses patients and others by surname.
- Responds quickly to patients and/or other peoples' needs.
- Excels in a Culture of Engagement where we have the responsibility to be welcoming, assuring, and compassionate - ALWAYS.
- Demonstrates this by following the Standards of Compassionate Care and AIDET.
- Review medical records to assist in the evaluation process and contacts attending MD's to gather information as needed.
- Performs an evaluation on initial visit of patients.
- Chooses appropriate tests and measures for each diagnosis.
- Uses appropriate outcome tool for each diagnosis.
- Establishes a treatment plan from initial evaluation.
- Includes patient and families in goal planning.
- Assesses needs for additional interdisciplinary services and refers patients for these services.
- Performs re-evaluations regularly and objectively.
- Treatments must be appropriate for the patient and the effectiveness of the plan is constantly being re-evaluated.
- Frequency of treatment is appropriate for patient condition.
- Treatment plans are appropriate to diagnosis.
- Treatments are progressed appropriately for patient condition/status.
- Ongoing re-assessment is evident in documentation and is addressed by modifying the plan of care.
- Utilized the services of interpreters, child-life specialists, etc. to assist with instruction as needed or requested.
- Coordinates treatments with interdisciplinary services as needed.
- Educates each patient and/or family member regarding the status and progress of treatment.
- Instructs patient and/or family member in appropriate exercise programs, use of devise, or transfer/lifting techniques.
- Utilizes interpreters, etc. to assist with instruction when needed/requested.
- All documentation is completed within time frame according to policy.
- Documentation includes all JC requirements (surgeries, signatures, allergies, etc.).
- Documentation accurately reflects services provided, patient response and progress.
- Documentation format and content are consistent with departmental dictation guides.
- Indicates start/stop time of treatment, indicates time spent performing all time based codes (direct contact time), and accurately bills patient from this documentation.
- Attends all departmental meetings whenever possible.
- Attends all mandatory in-services.
- Attends a minimum of 1 continuing education course per year.
- Presents a staff in-service within 1 month of attendance of continuing education course.
- Participates in program development and work teams as needed.
- Participates in community education through speaking engagements, covering health fairs or other events as needed.
- Develops MD relationships.
- Participates and assists with marketing strategies as needed.
- Takes accountability to cover all assigned shifts.
- Consistently clocks in and out at appropriate times correctly using KRONOS.
- Accepts responsibility for actions and consequences.
- Listens carefully, checks on understanding before responding and accepts and offers feedback.
- Proactively seeks solutions to challenges within the work environment.
- Adapts, without difficulty, to changes in assignment and environment.
- Provides supervision and guidance appropriate for each student, to ensure appropriate evaluation and treatment of patients as well as educational outcome of the student.
- Complies with school/department requirements for supervision/feedback.
- Standard as outlined in the Age Specific Criteria.
8:00am - 4:30pm. 32 hours per week.
Job Description:
Job Requirements
Education
- Bachelor of Science degree or greater in Therapy required.
License/Certifications
- Current Iowa therapist license required.
- Current American Heart Association or American Red Cross Basic Life Support (BLS) strongly preferred at time of hire, required within 3 months of hire.
- Physical Therapist (PT) license required.
- Requires knowledge of therapy as demonstrated by successful completion of accredited Therapy Program.
- Requires skills in communication, both oral and written, time management and organization, personnel management.
- Requires the ability to work independently, adapt to a changing environment, organize and work with a variable patient load.
- Requires the ability to conduct patient teaching and in-service presentations.
- Practices within standards of practice as outlined by professional organization and licensing body.
Weight Demands
- Medium Work - Exerting up to 50 pounds of force.
- Occasionally Performed (1%-33%):
- Climbing
- Crawling
- Crouching
- Keyboarding/typing
- Kneeling
- Sitting
- Frequently Performed (34%-66%):
- Balancing
- Carrying
- Distinguish colors
- Fingering/Touching
- Grasping
- Lifting
- Pulling/Pushing
- Reaching
- Repetitive Motions
- Speaking/talking
- Standing
- Stooping/bending
- Twisting
- Walking
- Constantly Performed (67%-100%):
- Hearing
- Seeing/Visual
- Not Related:
- Equipment/Machinery/Tools
- Explosives (pressurized gas)
- Electrical Shock/Static
- Radiation Alpha, Beta and Gamma (particles such as X-ray, Cat Scan, Gamma Knife, etc)
- Radiation Non-Ionizing (Ultraviolet, visible light, infrared and microwaves that causes injuries to tissue or thermal or photochemical means)
- Rare (1-33%):
- Chemical agents (Toxic, Corrosive, Flammable, Latex)
- Mechanical moving parts/vibrations
- Occasionally (34%-66%):
- Biological agents (primary air born and blood born viruses) (Jobs with Patient contact) Blood or Body Fluid (BBF)
- Physical hazards (noise, temperature, lighting, wet floors, outdoors, sharps) (more than ordinary office environment)
About Methodist:
Nebraska Methodist Health System is made up of four hospitals in Nebraska and southwest Iowa, more than 30 clinic locations, a nursing and allied health college, and a medical supply distributorship and central laundry facility. From the day Methodist Hospital was chartered in 1891, service to our communities has been a top priority. Financial assistance, health education, outreach to our diverse communities and populations, and other community benefit activities have always been central to our mission.
Nebraska Methodist Health System is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other classification protected by Federal, state or local law.
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