Advanced Clinician I Physical Therapist

Seeking an expeirenced OP Ortho Physical Therapist

• JOB SUMMARY

  • Plan, prepare and carry out individually designed programs of physical treatment to maintain, improve or restore physical functioning, alleviate pain and prevent physical dysfunction in patients.
  • Perform and document an initial exam, evaluating data to identify problems and determine a diagnosis prior to intervention.
  • Evaluate effects of treatment at various stages and adjust treatments to achieve maximum benefit.
  • Administer manual exercises, massage or traction to help relieve pain, increase patient strength, or decrease or prevent deformity.
  • Instruct patient and family in treatment procedures to be continued at home.
  • Confer with the patient, medical practitioners and appropriate others to plan, implement and assess the intervention program.
  • Review physician's referral and patient's medical records to help determine diagnosis and physical therapy treatment required.
  • Record prognosis, treatment, response, and progress in patient's chart or enter information into computer.
  • Obtain patients' consent to proposed interventions.
  • Discharge patient from physical therapy when goals or projected outcomes have been attained and provide for appropriate follow-up care or referrals
  • Supervise, train and assess therapy students during onsite clinical affiliations.
  • Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences.
  • Prepare and deliver lectures to therapy students at area academic programs on topics in area of clinical expertise.
  • Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions
  • Create and implement specialized training programs.
  • Ensure competency of staff in specialty areas.
  • Serve as a mentor and resource to GSPP therapy staff.
  • Provide leadership for departmental or individual research activities.
  • Assist management with the development and coordination of new programs.
  • Develop and update clinical pathways/guidelines.
  • Mentors staff and ensures staff are competent in identified area via accepted competency tool.
  • Assists Advanced Clinician II and/or Team Leader in development and update of competency tools.

• ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

  • PATIENT/CUSTOMER

    • Essential Accountabilities

      • Ensures communication and collaboration with supervisors and fellow co-workers to serve patients and other customers to the best of his/her ability.

      • Is professional in all actions and appearance

      • Ensure compliance with regulatory parameters

      • Uses resources wisely – as if they were one’s own.

      • Demonstrates understanding and ownership of how his/her role contributes to achieving the success of the Department and the Health System.

      • Demonstrates a personal commitment to ensuring a clean and safe working environment.

      • Anticipates patients’/customers’ needs and acts accordingly.

      • Works to enhance patient satisfaction

      • Assist patients and families

      • Analyzes problems from the customers’ point of view.

      • Honors patient/customer/employee confidentiality.

      • Seeks feedback on how to improve performance and offers constructive feedback, as well.

      • Applies learning for improved performance.

      • Presents self professionally & demonstrates professional behavior during interactions with others

      • Strives to understand and value differences in others’ race, nationality, gender, age, background, experience, and style.

      • Clinical Education

        • Serves as clinical instructor (if student available)
        • Assists with clinical education of students if not the Primary CI

      • Staff Education: Provides a formal presentation of evidenced-based information (i.e. in-service)

      • Scholarly Activity: Attendance at institutional in-services, staff meetings and/or continuing education programs

      • Professional Presentations: Presents self professionally and communicates appropriate evidence based and accurate technical information to professional groups outside of the department.

      • Mentorship & Clinical Competency

  • PATIENT/EMPLOYEE SAFETY ACCOUNTABILITIES

    • Patient Care Providers

      • Participates in Entity and Department wide initiatives for Patient /Employee safety
      • Demonstrates an awareness of patient/ employee safety when carrying out daily responsibilities of their position.
      • Validation of annual competencies required for the position

  • OPERATIONS

    • Essential Accountabilities

      • Therapy Examination
      • Therapy Treatment Planning
      • Therapy Treatment Implementation
      • Applies the Principles of Logic & Scientific Method to the Practice of PT
      • Full compliance with licensure requirements
      • Ethical & Legal Practice Standards
      • Therapy Documentation-
      • Compliance Audits-Total of 2 charts reviewed in a quarter by Site Manager or senior therapist. Done in 2 out of 4 quarters per year.
      • Qualitative Chart Audit-At least 1 done per year
      • Productivity Expectations
      • Health System ID is worn in accordance to GSPP policy
      • Non-essential Accountabilities
      • CEQI (Clinical Effectiveness Quality Improvement)
      • Unit daily operations: Assists Site Manager as directed to support daily operations.
      • Ensures patient care delivered by therapy staff is evidence based and meets “best practice” standards.

• QUALIFICATIONS

  • To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

    • Education

      • Bachelor's Degree in Physical Therapy required
      • Master's Degree preferred

    • Work Experience

      • 4 years of clinical experience required

    • Licenses / Certifications

      • Physical Therapist license required
      • Basic Life Support / CPR, as a healthcare provider, per the American Heart Association required
      • Advanced degree or eligible to sit for specialist/certification exam in a specialty area required

Location: GSPP Rehabilitation · Univ City GSPP OP - Physical Therapy
Schedule: Full Time (40 hrs/wk), Day / Evening Shift, varies