Acute Care Physical Therapist - Contract

Acute Care Inpatient PT MH REHAB SERV,3217.777000.27233

LOCALS OK

SCHEDULE IS M-F, BUT WILL BE REQUIRED TO WORK 3 WEEKEND SHIFTS PER 6 WEEKS (WEEKEND SHIFT = SAT OR SUN)
ACUTE CARE EXPERIENCE - HARD STOP REQUIRED

TRAVELERS ARE UNLIKELY TO WORK HOLIDAYS, BUT MAY BE EXPECTED TO WORK DAYS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE HOLIDAYS

TRAUMA LEVEL II FACILITY WITH STROKE CERT - Trauma experience is HIGHLY preferred. If no trauma experience, please screen and ensure clinician is comfortable with this environment as they will be expected to work independently.
CA LICENSE REQUIRED - May submit with license pending with proof of submission
2 YEARS EXPERIENCE REQUIRED - May screen for less, but must be able to work independently
FIRST TIME TRAVELERS ACCEPTED WITH ACUTE CARE AND TRAUMA EXPERIENCE

**Local Radius is 50 miles - please reach out to AM for local rate**
Start date:
Ratios: 1:2
Years of experience REQ: 1
First-timers accepted: Yes
Weekend REQ: MINIMUM EVERY OTHER WEEKEND, MAY EXCEED TO MEET UNIT NEEDS
Certs REQ: ACLS, BCLS, NIH
Is on-call REQ?: No
Will this traveler need to float between like units? Yes
Open to accommodating block schedule? Per manager discretion
Pending License accepted: No
RTO Restrictions: RTO must be included at time of submission
Guaranteed Hours: facility is able to call off once per two week pay period

Hospital Highlights
***MAY BE REQUIRED TO FLOAT TO PROVIDENCE MISSION LAGUNA***
Type of Facility: Acute Care Hospital
Total Staffed Beds: 488
Scrub Color:
RN: Royal Blue
OR: provided
Charting: Epic
Parking Cost: Free Parking! "

Job Requirements & Qualifications

• Years of Experience:
  2 year(s)
  Note: 2+ years highly preferred, can screen for less, must be able to work independtly
• Patient Ratio Experience:
  -
• Charting System:
  Preferred, Epic
• Teaching Hospital Experience:
  -
• Community Hospital Experience:
  -
• LTAC Experience:
  -
• Trauma Level I Experience:
  -
• Trauma Level II Experience:
  Required
• Travel Experience Required:
  No
  Note: Flexible requirement, but would need to have acute care and trauma experience.
• Certfications:Certs marked with * are preferred
  BLS, CA License
• Skills:Skills marked with * are preferred

  Work Settings

  Acute Care

  Assessment

  Adaptive Devices*
  AROM/AAROM/PROM
  Arousal and Attention
  Assistive Devices
  Body Mechanics
  Identifying Environmental Barriers
  Pain assessment
  Sensory response
  Skin integrity
  Strength testing
  Vital Sign monitoring

  Orthopedics

  Ankle sprains
  Cervicalgia
  Degenerative Disc Disease (DDD)
  Degenerative Joint Disease (DJD)
  Elbow injuries/tendinopathy
  Extremity Mobilization
  Frozen shoulder
  Gait training
  Hand injuries/tendinopathy*
  Hip fractures/injuries
  Knee injuries/tendinopathy
  LE Amputations
  Low back pain
  Osteoarthritis
  Pelvic floor training*
  Post op cervical surgery
  Post op shoulder repair
  Post op spinal surgery
  Rheumatoid Arthritis
  Sciatica
  Spinal Conditions
  Total hip replacement
  Total knee replacement

  Documentation

  Assessment
  Discharge
  Evaluation
  Plan of Care
  Reassessments
  Short Term Goals
  Time Management

  Equipment and Devices

  Bed alarms
  Call lights
  Crutches
  Gait belt
  Hospital beds/Specialty Beds
  Hoyer lift*
  Lower extremity prosthetics*
  Rolling Walker
  Shoulder slings
  Sit to stand lift*
  Sliding boards
  Soft/Hard collars
  Specialty beds (air mattresses)
  Standard Walker
  Upper extremity prosthetics*
  Wheelchair Assessment*

  Specialty/Patient Population

  Cardiopulmonary*
  Geriatrics
  Neurology*
  Oncology*
  Orthopedics*

  Cardiopulmonary/Circulatory

  Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
  Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)
  Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG)
  Cystic fibrosis*
  Emphysema*
  Lobe clearance techniques*
  Lymphedema management*
  Myocardial Infarction (MI)
  Peripheral Vascular Disease (PVD)

  Neurologic

  Cognitive disorders
  Concussion
  Dementia/Alzheimer's
  Multiple Sclerosis
  Muscular dystrophy*
  Nerve Palsy*
  Neurodevelopmental Technique (NDT)
  Parkinson's disease
  Post Stroke Rehabilitation
  Spinal cord injury
  Traumatic Brain injury

  Modalities

  Cryotherapy

  Professional Skills and Knowledge

  Home Exercise Program*
  Management/lead experience
  Patient family education
  Safety and injury prevention
  Signs & Symptoms physical, sexual, psychological abuse*

  Additional Skills

  ACUTE CARE EXP HARD STOP

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