Outpatient Physical Therapist

Relapath is currently recruiting for a direct-hire Outpatient Physical Therapist role. This is an excellent opportunity offering benefits, perks, and coastal living in the greater Myrtle Beach, SC area!
**Relocation assistance is available in the form of a sign-on bonus, with 50% paid at 30 days of employment.**

Are you passionate about quality and committed to excellence? Consider joining our client’s team. As the Myrtle Beach region's largest health care provider, they are also one of the area's largest employers. More than 2,500 team members at more than 70 locations bring their healing mission to life each day.

This position:

• Provides a full range of therapeutic services including assessment, treatment planning and therapeutic interventions in an interdisciplinary environment consistent with the position's qualification, professional practices and ethical standards.
• Demonstrates accountability for the contribution to program development, quality improvement, problem solving, and productivity enhancement in a flexible interdisciplinary fashion.

What you will do in this position:

• Provide direct physical therapy to patients upon referral by a physician/advanced practice provider
• Provide developmentally appropriate care/treatment for the following patient population: Infant (Birth-1 year); Child (1 through 12 years); Adolescent (13 years through 17 years); Adult (18 years to 65 years); Geriatric (over 65 years)
• Evaluate patients using special physical therapy tests and measurements such as muscle testing, functional ability, range of motion, and neurological testing
• Develop physical therapy treatment plans and administer treatments designed to relieve pain, develop or restore function and maintain maximum performance using physical means such as, but not limited to, therapeutic exercise, manual therapy and modalities
• Document appropriate patient treatment data, such as patient progress notes, evaluation reports and discharge summaries
• Instruct patients and family on in-home programs
• Supervise/monitor patient's plan of care when carried out  by a physical therapist assistant
• Represent the department and exhibit effective communication with the interdisciplinary team
• Assist in providing clinical supervision of physical therapist assistants, and students in their duties

Education Qualifications

• Required - Doctoral Degree from an accredited therapy program and performed the required clinical internships satisfactorily

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to utilize therapy equipment an outpatient rehabilitation setting to provide treatment and procedures

Licenses and Certifications

• Physical Therapist - South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation licensed by the state of South Carolina Board of Physical Therapy Examiners Required
• Basic Life Support Certified - American Heart Association Required

Physical Demand
Medium-Heavy Physical Demand

Our client is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) and does not discriminate against employees or applicants for employment on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, age, national origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, gender, genetic information, familial status, or any other legally protected status.