Physical Therapist
Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network
- JOB SUMMARY
- Plan, prepare and carry out individually designed programs of physical treatment to maintain, improve or restore physical functioning, alleviate pain and prevent physical dysfunction in patients.
- Perform and document an initial exam, evaluating data to identify problems and determine a diagnosis prior to intervention.
- Evaluate effects of treatment at various stages and adjust treatments to achieve maximum benefit.
- Administer manual exercises, massage or traction to help relieve pain, increase patient strength, or decrease or prevent deformity.
- Instruct patient and family in treatment procedures to be continued at home.
- Confer with the patient, medical practitioners and appropriate others to plan, implement and assess the intervention program.
- Review physician's referral and patient's medical records to help determine diagnosis and physical therapy treatment required.
- Record prognosis, treatment, response, and progress in patient's chart or enter information into computer.
- Obtain patients' consent to proposed interventions.
- Discharge patient from physical therapy when goals or projected outcomes have been attained and provide for appropriate follow-up care or referrals
- Supervise, train and assess therapy students during onsite clinical affiliations.
- ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- PATIENT/CUSTOMER
- Essential Accountabilities
- Ensures communication and collaboration with supervisors and fellow co-workers to serve patients and other customers to the best of his/her ability.
- Is professional in all actions and appearance
- Ensure compliance with regulatory parameters
- Uses resources wisely - as if they were one's own.
- Demonstrates understanding and ownership of how his/her role contributes to achieving the success of the Department and the Health System.
- Demonstrates a personal commitment to ensuring a clean and safe working environment.
- Anticipates patients'/customers' needs and acts accordingly.
- Works to enhance patient satisfaction
- Assist patients and families
- Analyzes problems from the customers' point of view.
- Honors patient/customer/employee confidentiality.
- Seeks feedback on how to improve performance and offers constructive feedback, as well.
- Applies learning for improved performance.
- Presents self professionally & demonstrates professional behavior during interactions with others
- Strives to understand and value differences in others' race, nationality, gender, age, background, experience, and style.
- Non-Essential Accountabilities
- Clinical Education
- Serves as clinical instructor (after gaining one year of clinical experience & if student is available)
- Assists with clinical education of students if not the Primary CI
- Staff Education: Provides a formal presentation of evidenced-based information (i.e. in-service)
- Attendance at institutional in-services, staff meetings and/or continuing education programs
- Essential Accountabilities
- PATIENT/EMPLOYEE SAFETY ACCOUNTABILITIES
- Patient Care Providers
- Participates in Entity and Department wide initiatives for Patient /Employee safety
- Demonstrates an awareness of patient/ employee safety when carrying out daily responsibilities of their position.
- Validation of annual competencies required for the position
- Patient Care Providers
- OPERATIONS
- Essential Accountabilities
- Therapy Examination
- Therapy Treatment Planning
- Therapy Treatment Implementation
- Applies the Principles of Logic & Scientific Method to the Practice of PT
- Full compliance with licensure requirements
- Ethical & Legal Practice Standards
- Therapy Documentation-
- Compliance Audits-Total of 2 charts reviewed in a quarter by Site Manager or senior therapist. Done in 2 out of 4 quarters per year.
- Qualitative Chart Audit-At least 1 done per year
- Productivity Expectations
- Health System ID is worn in accordance to GSPP policy
- Non-essential Accountabilities
- CEQI (Clinical Effectiveness Quality Improvement)
- Essential Accountabilities
- PATIENT/CUSTOMER
- 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
- Bachelor's Degree in Physical Therapy required
- Master's Degree preferred
- Work Experience
- Previous healthcare experience preferred
- Licenses / Certifications
- Physical Therapist license required
- Basic Life Support / CPR, as a healthcare provider, per the American Heart Association required
- Education
- 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.
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