Physical Therapist-Health First

Job Title

To be fully engaged in providing Quality/No Harm, Customer Experience, and Stewardship by: providing exceptional healthcare in a professional manner.

Various Locations and Schedules Available:

• Inpatient and Outpatient Locations
• Full Time, Part Time and Per Diem

Now hiring for multiple opportunities at:

• Palm Bay Hospital- Palm Bay, Florida
• Holmes Regional Medical Center- Melbourne, Florida
• Cape Canaveral- Cocoa, Florida
• Viera Hospital- Viera, Florida

Primary Accountabilities:

• Quality/No Harm:
• Maintains patient safety at all times.
• Ensures compliance with precautions and documents all current precautions and changes in status.
• Evaluates patients thoroughly and documents evaluations according to applicable guidelines, standards and policies.
• Completes progress notes and reassessments when required and documents them according to applicable guidelines, standards and policies.
• Provides patients with effective treatments that progress them towards their goals and documents treatments according to applicable guidelines, standards and policies.
• Attends department meetings that take place during scheduled work hours; otherwise, reviews and signs meeting minutes. Attends in services given by other staff and students that take place during scheduled work hours.
• Customer Experience:
• Responds to therapy referrals and inquiries upon receipt.
• Reviews daily assignments/schedules with the team.
• Provides patients, families and staff with education regarding therapy services related to the patients' needs.
• Stewardship:
• Demonstrates financial responsibility by meeting patient scheduling requirements, ensuring productivity targets are met, and utilizing their time, supplies and support staff responsibly.
• Prepares/reviews schedule for the next day.
• Issues charges that correspond to the services provided and the documented treatment times.

Work Experience:

• Completion of a discipline appropriate degree from an accredited program/college.
• Current or temporary Florida license.
• Interpersonal communications skills.
• Basic computer skills or willingness to learn.
• Must hold current AHA BLS Healthcare Provider Completion Card prior to start date and maintain.

Physical Demands:

• Knowledge and use of proper lifting and body mechanics
• Must be able to assist in lifting, standing, supporting patients.
• Able to bend and stoop as pt care requires.
• The position requires the individual to perform lifting tasks in the following weight and frequencies:
• lbs. % of the Day Reps/Day
• 0-20 34-66 33-200
• 21-40 1-33 1-32
• 40+ 1-33 1-32

Mental Demands:

• Problem-solving ability
• Decision-making skills
• Able to interact with all people
• Able to concentrate under multiple demands/time constraints
• Able to concentrate in stressful and distracting surroundings

Schedule:

Per Diem

Shift Times:

Variable

Paygrade:

PG-PG-41

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