Physical Therapist

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Job Details:

Job Description:

A Brief Overview

Assess, plan, organize, and participate in rehabilitative programs that improve mobility, relieve pain, increase strength, and decrease or prevent deformity of patients suffering from disease or injury. Physical Therapists will also educate the patient and/or family and caregivers how to prevent further injury or impairment.

What you will do

• Performs an appropriate assessment on patients as related to therapy requested with reassessment and documentation on progress toward goals per policy. Plan, organize, and conduct physical therapy programs in health system or community settings to rehabilitate those impaired because of illness, injury, psychological or developmental problems. Includes patients of all ages as therapists are comfortable and qualified.
• Assess and evaluate patients' physical and mental abilities, review available medical record, and analyze medical data to determine realistic rehabilitation goals for patients.
• Observe and evaluate treatment affect and make recommendations or changes to patient provider as needed.
• Ensures patient charges are accurate and entered on a timely basis per treatment documentation completed.
• Formulates a teaching plan based upon identified learning needs and evaluates effectiveness of learning. Family is included in teaching as appropriate. Printed materials are included as appropriate. Family and caregivers are included in training on home programs and other recommendations for aftercare.
• Demonstrates knowledge of physical therapy modalities, rehab equipment and medical-surgical equipment to provide safe and effective treatments.
• Coordinates and directs patient care with the rest of the healthcare team to ensure patient needs are met and hospital policy followed. Supervises PTAs, rehab techs and other support personnel to provide care consistent with Iowa law and policy. Participates in Physical Therapy student clinical education.
• Develop and participate in health promotion programs, group activities, or discussions to promote patient health, facilitate social adjustment, alleviate stress, and prevent physical or mental disability.
• Follows standards of the American Physical Therapy Association(APTA) Guide to Physical Therapy Practice.
• Treats patients and their families/caregivers with dignity and respect to facilitate an established rehabilitation plan of care. Identifies and addresses psychosocial, cultural, ethnic and religious/spiritual needs of patients and family.
• Demonstrates a commitment to patient safety and quality through maintenance of a safe environment, providing assistance to patients and visitors and support of safe practices.
• Performs within the prescribed limits of the health system's Ethics and Compliance program. Responsible to detect, observe, and report compliance variances to immediate supervisor or compliance officer.
• Communicates appropriately and professionally to patients, providers, health system staff and administrative team.
• Attends meetings and completes annual trainings as required and maintains general knowledge of budget and stewardship.

Qualifications:

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Arts/Sciences (BA/BS) or equivalent from accredited Physical Therapy school. Required
• New graduates are encouraged to apply Required
• Master's degree in Arts/Sciences (MA/MS) Masters or Clinical Doctoral degree in Physical Therapy Preferred
• 1-3 years health care experience Preferred
• Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.
• Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation.
• Knowledge of principles and methods for education and instruction for individuals and groups.
• Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
• Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
• Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
• Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Actively looking for ways to help people.
• Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
• Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or departments to make improvements or take corrective action.
• Managing one's own time and the time of others, as needed.
• Communicating effectively in writing, e.g. patient documentation, e-mail, letters, as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
• Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
• The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong.
• The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
• The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
• The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
• The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
• The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
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Benefits:

We are excited to offer an aggressive compensation and benefits package for qualifying positions, which includes:

• Competitive base pay

• Matching retirement programs

• Health, Dental and Vision plans

• Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts

• Employee discounts including car rental, cell-phone plans

• Employer-paid, Long-Term Disability, Life, and AD&D

• Paid time off (PTO)

• Education Assistance Program

• Employee Assistance Program

• Employee Referral Bonus Program

• Discounted cafeteria meals

• Paid Parental Leave

• Employee Service Recognition program  

• Voluntary plans including: Life, AD&D, Short-Term Disability, Critical Illness, Accident, Insurance, and Hospital Indemnity

Great River Health and its affiliates are Equal Opportunity employers.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, national origin, mental or physical disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.