Physical Therapist- Waynesboro (Outpatient Clinic)-Day/Evening

Job Title

Physical Therapist

Job Description

Full time (80 hours biweekly)

Monday - Friday Day/Evening 8/10H Flex 7:00am - 7:00pm

Weekend and holiday rotation

Outpatient Clinic- Waynesboro- Ortho

Sign-on Bonus Eligible

Continuing Education Units (CEUs) fully covered to support your professional growth

Responsibilities

Job Class Specifics:

• Thinks globally by considering the needs of the facility, department and organization.
• Communicates needs to manage and modify schedule to maximize productivity.
• Utilizes any down time to complete needed tasks.
• Demonstrates multi-tasking by managing the environment of care while balancing patient care needs.
• Demonstrates multi-tasking by grouping like tasks and patients to maximize efficiency.
• Sets goals and objectives for each treatment session that prioritizes patient needs and are consistent with the time frame schedule.
• Organizes tasks for the day and completes them by end of shift.
• Documentation is completed by real time unless prohibited by patient care and is then done in a timely manner.
• Delegate tasks to assistants and support personnel to maximize staff efficiency.
• Adapts treatment plan to available resources.
• Flexible to provide patient care to multiple treatment areas within the department.
• Recognizes and adapts personal style to meet the "Model of Care" Expectations.
• Consistently meets or exceeds the established productivity expectations of the department without use of overtime and with expected or superior clinical outcome.

High Service Excellence:

• Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of insurance coverage and limitations, adapts treatment plan accordingly, and communicates necessary information effectively with patients and patient families.
• Achieves or exceeds expected clinical outcomes, recognizing patient limitations; modifies treatment plan or discharges patient when appropriate.
• Includes the patient and matches their level of self involvement in the Plan of Care, treatment process and time frame, and provides education regarding pathology and prognosis.
• Recognizes and adheres to professional boundaries during interactions with patient and peers.

High Level of Technical Skills:

• Recognizes professional skills and limitations; refers to and utilizes others with more expertise when appropriate for timely and superior clinical outcomes.
• Demonstrates a high level of competency to maximize scheduling for superior clinical outcomes.
• Demonstrates a high level of competency with documentation which includes the following components at a minimum: treatment provided patient response, relevant communication, patient education, plan of care revisions, update of goals, and patient progress.
• Able to complete an orthopedic, neurologic, acute care and rehab evaluation and establish appropriate goals and treatment plan.
• Initiates a treatment plan and advances the plan according to the patient response; implements all treatments including modalities, manual approaches, and therapeutic exercise with a high level of technical skill.
• Demonstrates competence with use of orthotics, prosthetics, assistive devices, monitoring of vital signs, and management of patients with IV tubes, NG tubes, PEG lines, supplemental oxygen.
• Identifies the need to have the therapist or physician reassess the patient in a timely manner.
• Serves as an effective educator and mentor to patients, families, other staff, clinical students and the community.
• Overlaps the various elements of treatment to include a holistic approach that maintains the highest levels of professional morals and ethics; compassion; knowledge and clinical reasoning.
• Identifies emergency situations and responds appropriately.

Qualifications

Qualifications and Standards:

Education: Graduate of an accredited program with a degree in Physical Therapy.

Experience: Experience applying customer service behaviors and communication skills required.

Certifications/Licensure: Licensed as a Physical Therapist in Pennsylvania or eligible for licensure in Physical Therapy. CPR certification required. Certification and Licensure as an Athletic Trainer or Other Certification and/or Specialization to meet departmental need preferred.

Benefits Offered

• Comprehensive health benefits
• Flexible spending and health savings accounts
• Retirement savings plan
• Paid time off (PTO)
• Short-term disability
• Education assistance
• Financial education and support, including DailyPay
• Wellness and Wellbeing programs
• Caregiver support via Wellthy
• Childcare referral service via Wellthy