Physical Therapist - Outpatient Rehabilitation
Department: 37667 Rehabilitation Services: IL - Outpatient Rehabilitation
Status: Full time
Benefits Eligible: Yes
Hours Per Week: 40
Schedule Details/Additional Information:
OFFERING A $5,000 SIGN-ON BONUS PAYABLE IN TWO INSTALLMENTS - 50% AFTER 90 DAYS - 50% AFTER ONE YEAR
Monday - Friday
Outpatient-Libertyville
Vestibular experience preferred
Pay Range: $41.10 - $61.65
Job Summary:
We are seeking a highly skilled Physical Therapist to join our team in Outpatient Rehabilitation. As a Physical Therapist, you will be responsible for interpreting physician referrals, conducting evaluations, and implementing individual treatment plans for patients. You will also be responsible for monitoring patient outcomes, adjusting treatment plans as needed, and communicating with physicians and other stakeholders to ensure optimal patient care.
Responsibilities:
- Interprets physician referrals, as appropriate, and completes musculoskeletal, neuromuscular, cardiopulmonary, and/or integumentary evaluations utilizing appropriate methods.
- Establishes a plan of care and implements individual treatment based on evaluation results and functional goals and by utilizing appropriate techniques.
- Monitors and evaluates outcomes and appropriately adjusts the individualized treatment plan based on the patients response to treatment and provides status updates to physicians and other teammates.
- Identifies factors affecting patients physical and psychosocial comfort and attends to these needs.
- Plans for and completes patient discharge including providing written home programs, patient/family teaching, referral for community services, transition planning within the continuum of care and ordering equipment as indicated/appropriate.
- Communicates and collaborates with appropriate stakeholders to assist in achieving optimum care for the patient.
- Completes all required documentation following department policy and accreditation standards with appropriate co-signatures, including patient evaluations, progress notes, team conference reports, and discharge summaries as appropriate.
- Records patient care and progress of each patient assigned.
- Completes daily statistics, billing, and scheduling.
- Applies insurance guidelines regarding authorization and number of visits.
- Responsible for maintaining site/department established productivity standards.
- Responsible for understanding and adhering to all billing and documentation policies, procedures, and timelines.
- Responsible for cleaning up after patient treatment, putting away equipment, and keeping area neat and orderly.
- Performs various manual techniques, patient positioning, transferring and transporting duties, which require lifting and pushing/pulling, while utilizing proper technique.
- Demonstrates skill in use of modalities, exercise equipment and other devices that are available in area worked per department orientation checklist.
- Demonstrates knowledge of indications and contraindications of modalities and exercise.
- Promotes patient safety by participating in safety initiatives as requested and appropriately follows all safety and infection control measures pertaining to the general working environment.
- Participates in performance improvement activities designed to identify and resolve problems affecting patient care outcomes and to improve quality of care.
- Manages assigned caseload, informing site leadership of coverage needs and ability to cover; assists with coverage, based on department needs and regional needs.
- Pursues professional growth through participation in continuing education courses, department in-services, and reading professional literature.
- Orients new staff to clinical and department policies as requested.
- Participates in the evaluation process of co-workers by providing verbal or written feedback as requested.
- May supervise physical therapy assistants following all applicable state and local compliance requirements.
- Includes delegating patients to assistive personnel while providing direction, recommendations regarding treatment and ongoing supervision while maintaining responsibility for patient plan of care and goals.
- May supervise physical therapy extenders (rehab aides/techs) in administering treatments to patients and will teach them appropriate techniques to perform with specific patients.
- May supervise physical therapy students after completing one year of clinical experience.
Minimum Job Requirements:
- Education: Doctorate degree in Physical Therapy from an accredited school or educational requirements commensurate with the date of graduation.
- Maintains continuing education requirements as mandated by applicable state professional standards.
- Certification / Registration / License: Physical Therapy License in the State of Illinois or State of Wisconsin, must be licensed in the State upon which you work.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers (obtained within 90 days unless department leader has determined is not required) by American Heart Association (AHA).
Knowledge / Skills / Abilities:
- Intermediate computer skills
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organization skills
- Demonstrated organization, decision-making, and problem-solving skills
- Successfully completes all competency assessments/requirements pertaining to provision of patient care and consistent with site standards
- Team members will maintain annual educational requirements for hospital-based certifications (e.g. DNV, CARF or others).
- Must be able to demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served.
- Must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patients status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patients requirements relative to his/her age-specific needs.
Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:
- Must be able to sit, stand, walk, lift, and squat throughout the workday
- Must be able to:
- lift up to 50 lbs. from floor to waist
- lift up to 10 lbs. from waist to overhead
- lift and carry up to 40 lbs. at waist height a reasonable distance
- Must be able to:
- push/pull with 30 lbs. of force
- perform a sliding transfer of 150 lbs. with a second person present
- Must have functional use of senses to allow for effective communication
- Exposed to electrical and chemical hazards as well as blood and body fluids; therefore, must have ability to wear protective clothing as needed
- Position may require travel; therefore, may be exposed to road and weather hazards
- Operates all equipment necessary to perform the job
About Advocate Health:
Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations, and offers one of the nation's largest graduate medical education programs with over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to providing equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.