Physical Therapist-Health First

Job Requirements

Sign On Bonus and Relocation Assistance may be available!

Position Summary:

To be fully engaged in providing Quality/No Harm, Customer Experience, and Stewardship by: providing exceptional healthcare in a professional manner.

Various Locations and Schedules Available:

Inpatient and Outpatient Locations

Full Time, Part Time and Per Diem

Now hiring Palm Bay Hospital- Palm Bay, Florida

Holmes Regional Medical Center- Melbourne, Florida

Cape Canaveral- Cocoa, Florida

Viera Hospital- Viera, Florida

Primary Responsibilities:

Quality/No Harm:

Maintains patient safety at all times.

Ensures compliance with precautions and documents all current precautions and changes in status.

Evaluates patients thoroughly and documents evaluations according to applicable guidelines, standards and policies.

Completes progress notes and reassessments when required and documents them according to applicable guidelines, standards and policies.

Provides patients with effective treatments that progress them towards their goals and documents treatments according to applicable guidelines, standards and policies.

Attends department meetings that take place during scheduled work hours; otherwise, reviews and signs meeting minutes. Attends in services given by other staff and students that take place during scheduled work hours.

Customer Experience:

Responds to therapy referrals and inquiries upon receipt.

Reviews daily assignments/schedules with the team.

Provides patients, families and staff with education regarding therapy services related to the patients' needs.

Stewardship:

Demonstrates financial responsibility by meeting patient scheduling requirements, ensuring productivity targets are met, and utilizing their time, supplies and support staff responsibly.

Prepares/reviews schedule for the next day.

Issues charges that correspond to the services provided and the documented treatment times.

Work Experience:

Completion of a discipline appropriate degree from an accredited program/college.

Current or temporary Florida license.

Interpersonal communications skills.

Basic computer skills or willingness to learn.

Must hold current AHA BLS Healthcare Provider Completion Card prior to start date and maintain.

Physical Demands:

Knowledge and use of proper lifting and body mechanics

Must be able to assist in lifting, standing, supporting patients.

Able to bend and stoop as pt care requires.

The position requires the individual to perform lifting tasks in the following weight and frequencies:

lbs. % of the Day Reps/Day

0-20 34-66 33-200

21-40 1-33 1-32

40+ 1-33 1-32

Mental Demands:

Problem-solving ability

Decision-making skills

Able to interact with all people

Able to concentrate under multiple demands/time constraints

Able to concentrate in stressful and distracting surroundings