Physical Therapist

Outpatient Physical Therapist - UPMC Washington

Join the dedicated team at UPMC Washington Hospital's Rehabilitation Department, where we help patients of all ages regain strength, mobility, and independence. We're seeking a compassionate and skilled Physical Therapist to provide individualized, evidence-based care in a collaborative hospital setting. If you're passionate about helping people recover and thrive, and enjoy working in a dynamic, multidisciplinary environment, we'd love to meet you

This position will be an Outpatient Physical Therapist at the Cameron Wellness Center in Washington, PA

Responsibilities:

• Communicates patient's status to the referring physician and other health care team members.

• May serves as a clinical instructor for physical therapy students as well as residents and fellows in a specialty area of physical therapy.

• Performs physical therapy assessment, reassessment and treatment and supervises physical therapist assistants in the treatment of pediatric patients referred by a physician to the clinic.

• Develops plan of care including goals and treatment plan in accordance with physician referral, nature of injury/illness and results of physical therapy assessment.

• Modifies or adjusts plan of care based on patient's response to treatment and/or changes in patient's status.

• Rotates through selected treatment areas when necessary to facilitate organizational needs.

• Maintains written documentation for all physical therapy services rendered including documentation of initial assessment, follow-up visits, and discharge summary consistent with department standards.

• Provides verbal and/or written home instructions to patient and/or family members when applicable.

• Schedules patients to achieve and maintain a level of productivity which meets or exceeds the standard established for the facility by the organization while ensuring delivery of quality patient care.Schedule: Monday-Friday. The shifts are the following:

• Mon 9:30AM-6PM

• Tues 9AM-5:30PM

• Wed 7:30AM-4PM

• Thurs 10AM-6:30PM

• Fri 9AM-5:30PM

Location: UPMC Washington's Cameron Wellness Center in Washington, PA

EDUCATIONAL/KNOWLEDGE REQUIREMENTS:

• Graduate of an accredited program approved by the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA).

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES & INTERPERSONAL/LANGUAGE SKILLS:

• Must possess knowledge and skills required to provide quality customer service.

• Must possess knowledge of normal human growth and development over the lifespan.

• Must be able to read, understand, analyze, and interpret medical record documents.

• Must be skilled in planning/organization, follow up/control, delegation, problem solving, self-development orientation, organizational behaviors/competencies, and stress tolerance.

• Must possess the ability to apply principles of logic and strategic thinking to a wide range of problems, and to deal with a variety of abstract and concrete variables.

• Must possess effective written and verbal communication skills.

• Must possess the ability to identify referral growth opportunities.

• Demonstrated ability to interact with healthcare team, coworkers, supervisors, and all members of the Corporate Management Team.

• Active participation with health care industry professional organizations is preferred.

• May in the course of their job duties be in rooms where medications are stored. No contact with medications is allowed.Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:

• Active license in practicing state required.

• CPR required based on AHA standards that include both a didactic and skills demonstration component within 30 days of hire.

• BLS required within 30 days of hire/transfer.

• Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)

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