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Physical Therapist

UCP Children's Center is seeking a full-time Physical Therapist for our children's center located in Commack. This is a one site, 12-month position which includes a 6 week summer program with all school holidays paid.

Essential duties and responsibilities:

1. Evaluates students with orthopedic, neuro-physiological and/or developmental deficit, upon assignment by the Clinical Supervisor.
2. Formulates treatment program based on data learned through the evaluation process.
3. Handles the treatment of these students through the use of physical agents, appropriate exercise, stretching, joint mobilization, or other therapeutic techniques.
4. Communicates therapeutic procedures to parents, teachers, and other staff members.
5. Attends meetings with other staff members in order to convey and receive information concerning student care.
6. Participates in in-services.
7. Records student status, therapeutic interventions recommended, and progress noted through proper note writing.
8. Consults with equipment technicians and other dealers.
9. Measures and arrives at appropriate specifications for appliances prescribed by the staff physicians.
10. Supervises students from affiliate colleges.
11. Supervises limited permit clinicians and physical therapy assistants.
12. Responsible for the review, discussion and counter-signing of P.T.A.'s re-evaluations, progress notes, and any other paperwork.
13. To provide a safe, supervised nurturing environment to the students we serve.
14. Supervision of clinics or participation on committees as assigned by the Director of Educational Services/designee or Clinical Supervisor.
15. All other duties pertaining to this position as assigned by the Director of Educational Services/Principal, Clinical Supervisor or designee.
16. May be required to visit the home of a students at any time, should the need arise. After receiving the permission of the Director of Educational Services/Principal or Clinical Supervisor, the therapist should make their own arrangements with the family.
17. All required documentation and paperwork completed in a thorough and timely fashion.
18. Training and in-servicing employees in work related functions.
19. Provides support to all departmental staff.
20. Responsible to ensure that updated and accurate prescriptions are maintained for each student on their current caseload.

Supervisory responsibilities:

Directly supervises PT Assistants, students and observational volunteers in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include training/in-servicing employees in work related functions.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

NYS License or eligibility upon graduation.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience:

Bachelor's degree or higher from a college or university accredited by APTA. Two years "pediatric/rehabilitation" experience preferred.

Language Skills:

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.

Mathematical Skills:

Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations. As well as ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

Reasoning Ability:

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

NYS License or eligibility upon graduation.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to taste or smell. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. May be required to intervene in emergency situations, which requires lifting, bending and/or stooping. May be required to transfer participants from his/her wheelchair.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. May come into contact with human blood or other potentially infectious materials, which may result in possible exposure to blood-borne pathogens (Category 1).