Physical Therapist 2 (Limited Appointment) - Orthopedics

General Information

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Work Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA

Onsite or Remote


Fully On-Site


Work Schedule


10-hour day shifts, 4x per week; Shift varies; 8:00 A.M.- 7:00 P.M


Posted Date


11/12/2024


Salary Range : $58.14 - 70.47 Hourly


Employment Type


4 - Staff: Limited


Duration


5 months


Job #


20535


Primary Duties and Responsibilities

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Primary functions are to provide applicable Physical Therapy care for patients with orthopedic diagnoses. Major duties include: patient evaluation, patient treatment, documentation requirements, maintains expected productivity levels (including special assignments). The primary function is patient care, unless otherwise specified. May be required to rotate between clinical areas and will be required to participate in holiday coverage.


Salary range: 48.52-63.91 hourly

Position may convert to career

Job Qualifications

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• Licensure as a California Physical Therapist and current CPR certification
• More than 2 years of licensed PT experience qualifies for PT 2 title.
• Ability to safely perform repetitive bending, stooping, sitting, squatting, walking, standing during 8-10 hr. day. Normal duties involve lifting (up to 35 pounds without equipment), transferring patients, and pushing wheelchairs up to 500 feet
• Demonstrates knowledge of etiology, course, prognosis, and manifestations of a wide variety of disease processes
• Demonstrates ability to establish an appropriate treatment plan, select appropriate treatment techniques, assess the results based upon synthesis of all available information, and the patients' functional goals, with changes in the plan and timely discharge as indicated
• Ability to perform a wide variety of treatment techniques, consistently and accurately
• Ability to communicate effectively (written and verbal) with patients, caregivers, referring practitioners, peers, management and other health care practitioners

As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts an offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of substantiated misconduct with a previous employer.

Current/former UC employees are subject to a personnel file review.