Physical Therapist - Outpatient

Department: 37509 Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center - Outpatient Rehabilitation; Location: 304 Shorter Ave, Rome, GA. Status: Full time; Benefits eligible: Yes; Hours per week: 40; Schedule: Mon–Fri normal business hours with some weekend/holiday requirements; Pay range: $41.10–$61.65 per hour. Education/Experience: B.S., M.S., or D.P.T. degree from an accredited physical therapy school. Previous hospital experience preferred. Licensure/Certification: Current licensure in the applicable state and CPR certification in Basic Life Support, Level C. Essential Functions Adheres to general hospital standards to promote a cooperative work environment by utilizing communication skills, interpersonal relationships, and team building. Follows hospital policies and procedures. Contributes to overall quality of services. Keeps informed about changes in policies and procedures. Provides patient care assessment and treatment. Ensures patient evaluations and treatments are comprehensive, functional, and according to the Standard of Practice. Provides sound professional judgment in interpreting evaluation results and establishing an acceptable treatment plan with realistic goals. Encourages patients and significant others in setting goals. Recognizes and responds to changes in the patient’s physiologic state. Recommends next level of care. Ensures quality patient outcomes. Supervises support staff assisting with patient care, providing direction and feedback. Maintains accurate documentation, completing written patient evaluations, progress notes, and discharge notes per policy. Ensures accurate and timely documentation of patient/family education, charges, departmental statistics, and ICD‑10 codes as appropriate. Maintains patient records in systematic order, ensuring legibility. Meets department financial and productivity standards, understands budgeted expectations, maintains productivity standards, and adjusts schedules to meet patient and department needs. Participates in process management to optimize quality and efficiency, identifies quality and operational opportunities, communicates progress barriers to supervisor. Researches and suggests evidence‑based best practices to improve patient care quality. Promotes professional development and education of other healthcare workers, provides representation on committees. Conducts in‑service training programs to share state‑of‑the‑art information and enhance safety. Keeps current with changes in the profession locally, at state, and nationally; shares clinical expertise with other therapists, student affiliates, and other health professionals. Communicates effectively and professionally with patients, physicians, staff, and external customers; responds to staff questions, promotes an open atmosphere of communication. Shares information learned from seminars, informs supervisor of issues and potential resolutions. Provides appropriate patient care aligning with age and developmental guidelines. Demonstrates age‑/developmentally specific knowledge, skills, and abilities for patients served. Utilizes knowledge of age‑/developmentally specific data in assessment and interpretation. Maintains competence related to age‑/developmentally specific patient care by regularly updating knowledge of growth, development, and aging processes. Skills & Qualifications Communicates at a professional level with physicians, nurses, and other healthcare providers and provides quality care for patients. Communicates effectively with patients of all age groups and significant others at appropriate comprehension levels. Has knowledge, clinical skills, and understanding of patients throughout the entire span of life. Work Environment Subject to stress conditions. Moderate noise environment. Clean, well‑lit, comfortable climate; occasional high moisture conditions. Frequent exposure to bloodborne and airborne pathogens; may be exposed to infectious and contagious diseases. Contact with patients under a wide variety of circumstances. May make home visits. Exposure to unpleasant patient elements and body fluids. Subject to electro‑mechanical hazards. Exposure to cleaning chemicals. Occasionally handles emergency or crisis situations. Requires personal protective equipment: eye protection, face protection, gown, mask, lab coat, sterile and non‑sterile gloves, and shoe covers. Physical Requirements Standing, walking, sitting, bending, reaching (arms). Finger and hand dexterity, talking, hearing, seeing. Lifting, carrying, pushing or pulling up to 100 lbs. Benefits Base compensation within the listed pay range. Premium pay for shift, on‑call, and other positions. Incentive pay for select positions. Opportunity for annual increases based on performance. Paid time off program. Medical, dental, vision, life, and short‑ and long‑term disability coverage. Flexible spending accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses. Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave. Defined contribution retirement plan with employer match. Financial wellness programs. Educational assistance program. #J-18808-Ljbffr