Physical Therapist

Overview:

Join us and support M Health Fairview’s Women's Health PT Residency program We are seeking a Women's Health PT Clinical Residency Coordinator. Fairview has PT residents/fellows in a Sports/Division 1 specialty, Orthopedic focused PT Residency, Women’s Health focused PT Residency, and OT/Hand Therapy fellowships. Each program is separately credentialed and requires a separate Coordinator. This position provides direction and day-to-day management of educational and program activities to include administrative support to director pertaining to the Women's Health program and educational coordination between faculty, clinical instructors, physicians, athletic trainers, hand therapists, and institutional and regulatory administrative offices.

The Clinical Residency Coordinator is also a member of a multi-disciplinary rehab team and provides patient care, within the physical therapy, or occupational therapy scope of practice, and on-site supervision of physical or occupational therapy Resident(s)/Fellow(s).

FTE 1.0, authorized to work 80 hours per pay period.
Full benefits such as medical, HSA, dental insurance, vision insurance, 403b, PTO, Shift Differentials, health & wellbeing resources, paid for continuing education credits, and more

M Health Fairview Rehabilitation offers a broad range of services that serve patients across 10 acute-care hospitals, three post-acute settings and 70 outpatient adult and pediatric therapy clinics. Consisting of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapy as well as Audiology and Cardiac & Pulmonary Rehab, our therapists collaborate with colleagues in all medical settings and offer dozens of specialty programs.

As an academic health system with residency and fellowship programs and a rehab-focused clinical quality team, we have a collaborative culture that is centered on learning with an emphasis on evidence based, patient-centered care. Rehab’s continuing education program offers 40+ continuing education courses per year at no cost to employees and further supports numerous external CE courses each year.

As a member of the M Health Fairview rehab team, there are opportunities for formal mentorship, clinical specialization and further recognition and compensation through our clinical specialist program. As an industry leader in rehabilitative care with nationally recognized programs, our therapists play a critical role in helping patients reach their goals and live more fulfilling lives.

Responsibilities/Job Description:

The Women's Health Residency Clinical Coordinator will collaborate with the Clinic Director, Community Sports Medicine Director, other Coordinators of Residency programs, and other faculty in assessing needs, establishing objectives and determining short-term and long-term plans to ensure services provided at M Health Fairview are consistent with the Fairview philosophy.

Evaluates and reassesses patient condition

Gathers pertinent data

Performs appropriate examination

Determines physical therapy/Occupational therapy diagnosis

Determines plan of care

Analyzes data to identify needs and potential risks

Determines prognosis for recovery

Establishes goals with patient or caregiver

Implements and modifies plan of care based on reassessment and patient response

Coordinates care and communicates effectively with interdisciplinary team to achieve desire outcomes

Establishes appropriate discharge plan

Provides appropriate and effective interventions

Educates patient and family on appropriate care

Complies with standards of productivity and time management

Provides proper documentation of interventions provided

Supervises and directs appropriate members of rehab team

Delegate tasks appropriately to assistants/clerks/aides/transporters/extenders

Participates in Residency Administrative team meetings, contributes to strategic planning, scorecard development, operational decision-making, other Residency/Fellowship related business activities

Staff Development

Participates in the interviewing/hiring process of the residents/fellows

Creation/modification of resident’s schedules

Provides and documents ongoing training for Resident(s)/Fellow(s) including orientation, in-servicing, and sharing clinical expertise through direct teaching/mentoring

Facilitates goal development and ongoing review of achieving goals

Supports educational plan

Facilitate/coordinate speakers/content for didactic portion of residency/fellowship

Guide/mentor resident/fellow for yearly presentations including grand rounds, teaching at academic programs, and journal club

Coordinates other experiences for Resident(s)/Fellow(s) including shadowing of our multi-disciplinary team, continuing education opportunities, research, and community service at the Philips Neighborhood Clinic

Maintains communication with residents/fellows, directors, providers, and other support staff to assure high quality of experience for patients and Resident(s)/Fellow(s).

Serves as a resource to answer clinical questions, offers available resources/educational opportunities, mentoring.

Serves as an advocate and resource consultant for the staff through communication with other hospital departments, physicians, external agencies, University of Minnesota Athletic Training Room, regional DPT/OT programs, and groups regarding programs and operation of the physical therapy and occupational therapy services at MHealth Fairview.

Monitor and provide feedback on resident’s/fellow’s clinical performance (RVU, show rates, average charge, volume, etc.)

Provides oversight and management of the Physical Therapy/Occupational Residency/Fellowship Program

Program development and mentoring

Communication/oversight with/of other mentors of the program

Advertising/promoting the residency/fellowship programs

Provide yearly presentations and/or providing Residency/Fellowship Slide Deck to DPT programs in the Midwest to recruit applicants for our program

Residency/Fellowship directors will be active members on social media providing updates regarding our program and assisting with posting residency content

Maintain/update information on our residency/fellowship websites

Maintains credentialing of program through the American Physical Therapy Association, American Occupational Therapy Association or other national credentialing body.

Completion of Annual Continuous Improvement Report through ABPTRFE

Updates curriculum per Description of Residency Practice through ABPTRFE to reflect current practice.

Communicates required residency/fellowship policies and procedures with faculty, staff, and administration in accordance with ABPTRFE/AOTA standards.

Maintains documentation required by ABPTRFE/AOTA to demonstrate residency/fellowship compliance with mentoring and didactic hours, professional development, and clinical performance.

Measures outcomes of residency/fellowship programming through tracking ABPTS Board Certification Pass rates and post-residency job performance

Tracks benchmark goals and adjusts curriculum and staffing to reflect improvement processes.

Leads 5 and/or 10 year ABPTRFE/AOTA accreditation process for residency/fellowship.

Acts as liaison with outside agencies and outside rotation site personnel

Qualifications:

Required

Licensed in the State of MN to practice Physical Therapy or Occupational Therapy

Five years of experience as clinical Physical or Occupational Therapist with appropriate experience to be able to administrate the programs

Certification as a Clinical Instructor Level 1

Clinical educator or instructor experience

Preferred

Supervisory experience

Clinical Instructor Level 2

Board certifications in Women’s Health Physical Therapy (WCS) through the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialists

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