Physical Therapist - Acute Care
The University of Kansas Health System
Position Title Physical Therapist - Acute Care Weekend Days - Full Time Orr-Major Position Summary / Career Interest:
Weekend shift
The physical therapist works as a member of the interdisciplinary patient care team. They perform an individualized evaluation and design a goal-directed customized plan to improve the person's physical function and mobility. They periodically review the patient's performance to ensure that the goals are being met and/or make changes to the intervention plan.
Responsibilities and Essential Job Functions
Full time Job Requisition ID:
R-56857 Important information for you to know as you apply:
Weekend shift
The physical therapist works as a member of the interdisciplinary patient care team. They perform an individualized evaluation and design a goal-directed customized plan to improve the person's physical function and mobility. They periodically review the patient's performance to ensure that the goals are being met and/or make changes to the intervention plan.
Responsibilities and Essential Job Functions
- Demonstrates competence in the areas of critical thinking, interpersonal relationships, and technical skills.
- Evaluates patients in clinical area served. Therapist considers all aspects of the patient including the physical, psychosocial, developmental, and cultural needs. Evaluation results are communicated to the physician, family, and other team members in a clear and concise manner.
- Develops and implements treatment plans using appropriate problem solving skills, and clinical reasoning. The therapist serves as a resource to staff members and students.
- Documentation is clear and concise, and in compliance with departmental, KPTA and APTA guidelines, and regulatory requirements from third party payers.
- Demonstrates understanding of regulatory requirements as it pertains to the clinical area served - Follows all departmental policies, procedures, and standards.
- Meets all state requirements for continuing education with the Kansas Board of Healing Arts.
- Demonstrates good rapport with patients and professionalism with other professionals, patients, and visitors.
- Demonstrates willingness to help out in all areas and recognize the needs of the entire department.
- Provides supervision for PTA's and rehabilitation technicians including communication of results of patient evaluation, as well as treatment plan and implementation.
- May provide educational programs through in-services to the rehab services department or interdisciplinary colleagues, and teaching labs to the PT students.
- May provide student supervision, utilizing a wide variety of supervisory styles to enhance student learning.
- May assist to develop, collect, and analyze performance improvement data.
- Assumes responsibility for risk and safety issues associated with position.
- Utilizes resources efficiently and effectively.
- Takes responsibility for own learning needs.
- Participates as a member of a team to achieve organizational goals.
- Brings ideas/concerns to supervisor.
- Must be able to perform the professional, clinical and or technical competencies of the assigned unit or department.
- These statements are intended to describe the essential functions of the job and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities. Skills and duties may vary dependent upon your department or unit. Other duties may be assigned as required.
- Bachelors Degree in Physical Therapy
- High School Graduate
- Doctorate in Physical Therapy
- Master's Degree in Physical Therapy
- Licensed Physical Therapist (PT) - State Board of Healing Arts
Full time Job Requisition ID:
R-56857 Important information for you to know as you apply:
- The health system is an equal employment opportunity employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, ancestry, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally-protected status. See also Diversity, Equity & Inclusion.
- The health system provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need to request reasonable accommodations for your disability as you navigate the recruitment process, please let our recruiters know by requesting an Accommodation Request form using this link View email address on click.appcast.io.
- Employment with the health system is contingent upon, among other things, agreeing to the health-system-dispute-resolution-program.pdf and signing the agreement to the DRP.
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