Acute Care Physical Therapist

Creating Life Better Here starts with you. At San Juan Regional Medical Center, we're more than a healthcare provider-we're a values-driven organization dedicated to delivering exceptional care. As a team member, you help fulfill our mission to make life better here for our community.Creating Life Better Here starts with you. At San Juan Regional Medical Center, we're more than a healthcare provider-a values-driven organization dedicated to delivering exceptional care. As a team member, you help fulfill our mission to make life better here for our community.

We believe in patient-centered care; outpatient appointments are performed one-on-one with little overlap between patients. We also believe in work-life balance, and therapists are paid for the time it takes to document.

We also offer:
Competitive Pay
Up to $25,000 sign-on bonus with 2-year contract
Relocation assistance
Matching 403(B)
Medical/Dental/Vision
Paid Time Off with Paid Holidays
Paid Sick Leave
Education Allowance

Required Behaviors:

As you go about fulfilling this mission, your work habits and work relationships should embody SJRMC's values. These values are our culture, our identity as an organization: Sacred Trust, Personal Reverence, Thoughtful Anticipation, Team Accountability and Creative Vitality ask more of us than merely completing some list of tasks. Our values ask for a deeper level of commitment, and what is asked of us we freely give because we believe in our mission.

Required Qualifications:

  NM State License as a Physical Therapist

  Sufficient previous experience to perform duties

  Physical demands - refer below to  Physical Demands and Environmental Work Conditions

Preferred Qualifications:

  BLS CPR

If Therapist's routine work schedule is 50% or greater at SJRRH, then current FIM Scoring Competency is preferred

Duties and Responsibilities:

Interpretation of referrals and orders to check for appropriateness, indications and contraindications

Initial Evaluations/ Discharge Summaries/ Re-Evaluations/ Daily Treatments:

Are performed & documented in timely manner , may include but are not limited to: Medical diagnosis, medical history, objective physical/cognitive findings, measurable/functional/behavioral based patient goals, treatment plan, discharge plan, education and communication as indicated

  Determination of which tasks require the expertise and decision making capacity of the P.T. and must be personally rendered by the P.T. and which tasks may be delegated

Delegation and instruction of the services to be rendered by the supportive personnel, including but not limited to specific treatment program with patient goals / plan, precautions, special problems or contraindicated procedures

Education and instruction as indicated, including, but not limited to: patient, family, other staff, follow up facilities.

Transportation of patients as needed.

Maintain, gather, clean, set up all equipment per facility policies

Daily recordkeeping, including (but not limited to): evaluations, daily treatment notes, discharge notes and daily charges, all communication/education provided (per facility / department policy)

Each employee is responsible for implementing SJRMC's Service Standards into their daily work:

                                                     Safety, Courtesy, Effectiveness, and Stewardship

Other duties as assigned

Physical Demands and Environmental Work Conditions:

ALL Rehab Department jobs may place heavy physical demands on the employee. The amount of time that the employee is exposed to these demands will fluctuate, as there are uncontrollable variables inherent in healthcare: patient's height and weight, patient's level of cooperation and strength, specific clinical needs, etc.

Physical Activities:

All Rehab Department jobs may require lifting, pushing, and pulling varying weights (may exceed 200 pounds)

Activities may include intermittent or prolonged: standing, walking, sitting, talking, hearing, using the hands to finger and feel, pushing, pulling, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, reaching with arms, and smelling

Repetitive motions may also be required, such as: wrist / hand movements, grasping, and finger dexterity (as in typing, writing, faxing, filing papers, etc.)

Work Environment:

The job requires exposure to the following environmental conditions: wet, humid conditions (not the weather), working near moving or mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, risk of electrical shock, risk of vibration

The noise level will vary from very quiet to very loud

Sensory Requirements:

The employee will need to be able to hear:

Alarms on equipment, fire alarms, and overhead announcements

Patient/family verbal discussions

Instructions and feedback from other healthcare providers

The employee will need to be able to see:

Focus on close-up and distant objects

Distinguish colors

Have intact: peripheral vision and depth perception

San Juan Regional Medical Center provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

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