Primary Location:

UofL Health - Hand Care East Louisville

Address:

4010 Dupont Circle, Suite 308A Louisville, KY 40207

Shift:

First Shift (United States of America)

Job Description Summary:

UofL Health is a fully integrated regional academic health system with five hospitals, four medical centers, nearly 200 physician practice locations, more than 700 providers, the Frazier Rehab Institute and Brown Cancer Center.With more than 12,000 team members—physicians, surgeons, nurses, pharmacists and other highly skilled health care professionals—UofL Health is focused on one mission: delivering patient-centered care to each and every patient each and every day.

Job Description:

The ideal candidate is experienced and passionate about delivering quality care to patients with conditions or injury to the upper extremity. Experience with advanced treatment and orthotic fabrication in hand setting preferred. Our ideal candidate is either a Physical Therapist or Occupational Therapist.

Essential Functions:

• Establishes and maintains therapeutic relationship with appropriate interpersonal boundaries
• Manages patient care by first completing an evaluation, establishing a treatment plan with objective and measurable goals (outcomes), and provide direct intervention or supervision of care
• Performs therapeutic procedures (exercise, neuromuscular reeducation, gait, massage, manual therapy, orthotic fitting and training, dynamic activities, compression garments)
• Promotes patient and family rights to self-determination
• Assists family to integrate the medical, social emotional, and family dynamics of the condition into the context of their life situation
• Adjusts patient care schedule and prioritizes tasks as indicated
• Performs documentation per policy and procedures (evaluation, progress notes, discharge summary, and multi-disciplinary education and treatment plans)
• Performs patient and family education regarding interventions, disease/injury, safety, and wellness

Other Functions:

• Participates in continuing education, departmental meetings, and in-service programs
• Maintains compliance with all company policies, procedures and standards of conduct
• Complies with HIPAA privacy and security requirements to maintain confidentiality at all times
• Performs other duties as assigned

Additional Job Description:

Education / Accreditation / Licensure (required & preferred):

• BS/MS/DPT degree in physical therapy or occupational therapy required.• Valid Kentucky State Board PT or OT License

Certification

• CPR, BLS through the American Heart Association.

Experience (required and preferred):• Experience or interest in developing hand therapy skills preferred.