Physical Therapist

Why Be A Physical Therapist At Illinois Bone And Joint?

Illinois Bone And Joint offers a highly competitive compensation structure including a strong base salary, therapist-friendly quarterly bonuses up to $11,500 annually, a sign-on bonus, and profit sharing. Additionally, there is $2000/year towards continuing education, an ABPTRFE orthopedic residency program, a two to three month mentoring period, a critical reasoning development seminar for new grads, leadership development series, and collaborative opportunities with physicians.

IBJI offers a competitive compensation package that includes health, life, dental, and vision insurance, generous PTO accrual, as well as 401K, profit sharing, employee assistance program, and disability coverage.

New grads are encouraged to apply! IBJI Westmont Rehab is looking for physical therapists who contribute to a positive work environment and believe in our core values of teamwork, growth, and patient-centered care. Enjoy a primarily orthopedic caseload where physical therapists have the ancillary support to allow them to concentrate on their patients.

IBJI rehab offers a wide range of special interest groups to learn and develop from your peers including sports medicine, foot & ankle group, manual therapy, vestibular/concussion rehab, and performing arts.

Innovated collaborative programs include orthosync and orthohealth.

Illinois Bone & Joint Institute, LLC is one of the largest independent physician-owned orthopedic practices in the United States, with 100 locations and 150 physicians throughout the Chicagoland area, expertise in every orthopedic specialty, and complete diagnostic and rehab services.

IBJI's dedicated physicians and staff pair cutting edge technology with modern practice techniques to offer the most beneficial and effective means of recovery. This integration allows us to perform a full-range of collaborative and comprehensive services that directly impact our patients quality of life. IBJI wants to help our patients move better, so they can live better.

Job summary: The position is under the general direction of the facility manager. The main focus of the position is on providing superior outpatient rehabilitation services through a collaborative care model with our physicians in order to optimize performance and enhance the quality of function for our patients.

Responsibilities include exceptional patient care, interpreting physician orders, performing initial evaluations and establishing treatment plans and functional goals, responsible for upgrading and amending the treatment goals as necessary during the episode of care, written documentation on patient status to physicians per compliance guidelines of IBJI rehab, determining appropriate discharge timeline and appropriate follow up, supervision of rehabilitation technicians with patient care and administrative staff as needed, compliance with daily paperwork, staying current with billing policies and demonstrating ethical billing practices, maintaining active state license by earning appropriate CEUs through outside courses and IBJI sponsored educational opportunities, developing positive relationships with the physician teams at IBJI, taking an active role in the patient medial team, participating in programs sponsored by IBJI: mentoring, clinical educator, special interest group, community outreach.

Requirements include graduate from accredited physical therapy program, licensed or eligible to sit for boards in the state of Illinois, ability to work in a fast paced environment, professional and effective writing and verbal communication skills, ability to lift greater than 25 pounds, demonstrates good understanding of proper body mechanics for lifting, pulling, pushing, ability to be stand and sit for sequences of time greater than 30 minutes, ability to work on a computer for lengthy times during the day.

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