Physical Therapist - Outpatient Pediatrics

Responsibilities/Job Description:

We are seeking a pediatric physical therapist to join our team at Fairview Masonic Children's University Hospital in Minneapolis! 

 

This PT will work in our outpatient clinic and have the opportunity to be part of a highly collaborative pediatric team that places a strong emphasis on evidence-based care and family involvement. The Fairview Masonic Children's University Hospital campus provides a wide range of medical specialties along with pediatric therapy and is designed to foster the highest level of collaboration between specialty physicians and pediatric therapists. Ideal candidate will have pediatric pelvic floor experience and experience with POTs patients. In collaboration with patients and families, the physical therapist is responsible for providing safe and effective delivery of patient care within scope of practice. This includes examination, evaluation, diagnosis, planning, intervention and establishing outcomes.

• FTE: 0.8 - 1.0, authorized for 64-80 hours per pay period.
• Schedule: Monday - Friday; regular business hours with a few evenings, likely until 5:30pm or 6pm.
• Full benefits such as medical, HSA, dental insurance, vision insurance, 403b, PTO, Shift Differentials, health & wellbeing resources, paid for continuing education credits, and more!

Fairview Rehabilitation offers a broad range of services that serve patients across 10 acute-care hospitals, 3 post-acute settings and 70 outpatient adult and pediatric therapy clinics. Consisting of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapy as well as Audiology and Cardiac & Pulmonary Rehab, our therapists collaborate with colleagues in all medical settings and offer dozens of specialty programs.

 

As an academic health system with residency and fellowship programs and a rehab-focused clinical quality team, we have a collaborative culture that is centered on learning with an emphasis on evidence based, patient-centered care. Rehab’s continuing education program offers 40+ continuing education courses per year at no cost to employees and further supports numerous external CE courses each year.

 

As a member of the Fairview rehab team, you would have opportunities for formal mentorship, clinical specialization and further recognition and compensation through our clinical specialist program. As an industry leader in rehabilitative care with nationally recognized programs, our therapists play a critical role in helping patients reach their goals and live more fulfilling lives.

Responsibilities

• The physical therapist partners with the patient and family while performing the Evaluation/Re-evaluation
• Gathers pertinent data
• Performs examination
• Determines treatment diagnosis
• Develops an individualized plan of care through collaboration with the patient and family
• Analyzes data to identify needs and potential risks
• Determines prognosis for recovery
• Establishes individualized goals with patient and/or caregiver
• Individualizes plan of care considering developmental level and cultural differences
• Implements and modifies plan of care based on reassessment and patient response
• Coordinates care and communicates effectively with interdisciplinary team for all aspects of patient care
• Establishes appropriate discharge plan
• Partners with patients and families to provide skilled intervention
• Implements plan of care
• Alters treatment/plan of care to reflect change in patient status and response to treatment
• Assesses patient and/or caregiver learning needs and provides appropriate education

Required Qualifications

• Physical Therapy License in the state of Minnesota or temporary license in the state of Minnesota
• Basic Life Support (American Heart Association or Red Cross)

Preferred Qualifications

• Doctorate of Physical Therapy
• 1 year experience
• Pediatric outpatient pelvic floor experience

Qualifications:

$86,507.20- $124,945.60 Annual