Physical Therapist, Acute Care

Department:

37501 High Point Medical Center - Acute Care Rehabilitation

Status:


Full time

Benefits Eligible:

Yes

Hou rs Per Week:

40

Schedule Details/Additional Information:

1 st shift, M-F primary with weekend rotation

Pay Range
$44.15 - $66.25

Position Highlights:

• Location: High Point, North Carolina
• Full Time
• Relocation Assistance: Up to $7,500 in Relocation Assistance (for qualified candidates)

What We Offer:

• Day 1 Health Coverage: Choose from either copay or HSA-eligible health insurance options with coverage starting on your first day of work.
• Generous PTO: Accrual starts at up to 25 days/year, to be used for vacations, sickness, holidays, and personal matters.
• Parental Benefits: Six weeks paid birthing-mother maternity leave & four weeks paid parental leave for non-birthing parents.
• Retirement: Up to 7% employer-paid retirement contributions
• Education Reimbursement: We invest in your professional growth, offering up to $2,500 per year towards a bachelor's degree and up to $5,000 per year towards a graduate degree.

What You'll Need:

• B.S, M.S., or D.P.T. degree from accredited physical therapy school.
• At least 1 year of clinical experience required.
• Current licensure in the state of applicable state
• CPR certification in Basic Life Support, Level C

What You'll Do:

• Adheres to the general hospital standards to promote a cooperative work environment by utilizing communication skills, interpersonal relationships and team building.
• Assumes responsibility for keeping informed about changes in hospital and department policies and procedures and participates in sharing updates with staff.
• Provides patient care assessment and treatment.
• Ensures patient evaluations and treatments are comprehensive, functional and according to the Standard of Practice.
• Encourages patients and significant others in setting goals.
• Recommends next level of care. Ensures quality patient outcomes.
• Supervises support staff who are assisting with patient care by providing direction and feedback.
• Maintains accurate documentation.
• Completes written patient evaluations, progress notes, and discharge notes per policy.
• Ensures accurate and timely documentation of patient/family education, charges and departmental statistics, and ICD-10 codes as appropriate.
• Demonstrates knowledge of documentation requirements sufficient to lead staff in compliance and participate in chart audit process.
• Meets department financial and productivity standards
• Understands the budgeted expectations.
• Maintains productivity standards.
• Adjusts individual schedules to meet the needs of the patient and department.
• Promotes professional development and education to other health care workers and team members by providing representation on committees and demonstrating self-direction for continued education.
• Conducts in-service training programs to provide state-of-the-art, evidenced based, information to health care workers and enhances safety.
• Understands changes/developments in the profession locally, at the state level, and nationally. Shares clinical expertise with other therapists, student affiliates, and other health care professionals.
• Leads staff through projects in the areas of strategic effectiveness, clinical outcomes, clinical competency, or financial performance. Successfully completes/implements staff/program development projects to promote personal professional and departmental clinical advancement.
• Serves as a clinical and administrative resource in practice area to advance evidence-based practice and/or improve operational effectiveness.
• Participates in department staff meetings and assists in the formulation of goals and other planning activities as needed.
• Maintains professional competence by demonstrating self-direction for continuing education and promotes professional competence of team members through defined projects as needed.
• Communicates in a positive, professional and timely manner with patient, physicians and staff. Informs supervisor of issues and resolutions to potential problems.
• Provides appropriate patient care in accordance with age/developmental guidelines. Demonstrates age/developmentally specific knowledge, skills, and abilities for the patients served.
• Utilizes knowledge of age/developmentally specific data when assessing patients. Interprets age/developmentally specific response to treatment/activity accurately.
• Maintains competence related to age/developmentally specific patient care by regularly updating knowledge of growth and development and the aging process.
• Demonstrates initiative by triaging staffing levels, coverage and scheduling needs.
• Assists manager/leader for program development, supply management, regulation compliance, operational effectiveness, professional competence, staff meetings and staff training.
• Steps in to assist with scheduling (staff and patient) triage as needed based on staffing levels and need to cover for leader during time away. (example: assist with scheduling when co-workers are out sick or need to leave urgently.)

Our Commitment to You:

Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs, competitive compensation, generous retirement offerings, programs that invest in your career development and so much more - so you can live fully at and away from work, including:

Compensation

• Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training
• Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job
• Incentive pay for select positions
• Opportunity for annual increases based on performance

Benefits and more

• Paid Time Off programs
• Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
• Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
• Educational Assistance Program

About Advocate Health

Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations, and offers one of the nation's largest graduate medical education programs with over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to providing equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.