Number of Job Openings Available:
1
Date Posted:
July 09, 2024
Department:
31602110 Courage Kenny Rehabilitation Institute Outpatient Rehabilitation St Croix Adult
Shift:
Day/Evening (United States of America)
Shift Length:
8 hour shift
Hours Per Week:
36
Union Contract:
Non-Union
Weekend Rotation:
None
Job Summary:
To provide quality care that is appropriate, efficient, effective patient care meeting the patient’s requirements for physical therapy.
Key Position Details:
- Orthopedic PT position.
- Therapy provided half on land and half in pool.
- No weekend rotation
- Benefit-eligible position.
Job Description:
Principle Responsibilities- Provides therapy to patients.
- Assesses each patient, as related to the therapy requested on physician referral and provides reassessments.
- Gathers data including patient past and current health issues, systems review, selection of tests and measures to elicit additional information.
- Makes clinical judgments based on examination and data gathered to generate an accurate therapy diagnosis.
- Predicts optimal level of improvement and amount of time needed to reach that level.
- Uses reexamination to determine whether predicted outcomes and goals are reasonable and modifies as necessary.
- Involves patient and family in establishing goals of treatment.
- Designs implements and modifies therapeutic interventions.
- Uses re-examination to determine whether predicted outcomes are reasonable modifies as necessary.
- Coordinates, communicates, documents and bills per program, regulatory and professional standards.
- Accommodates selection of tests and measures and therapeutic interventions to the age of the patient or client.
- Make referrals to other practitioners as appropriate.
- Selects and delegates appropriate tasks of the plan of care per professional guidelines.
- Supervises the therapeutic program and maintains oversight of the plan of care.
- Promotes rehab services by ensuring patient and physician satisfaction.
- Participates in performance improvement and process improvement activities for the department.
- Supports and promotes new services as requested.
- Provides ongoing input to enhance the services provided by the department.
- Develops and promotes new and current programs as requested.
- Assists co-workers in managing the teams’ productivity/performance targets.
- Manage their daily patient schedule.
- Assists in maintaining an efficient clinic flow including assisting with scheduling, cleaning rooms and laundry.
- Other duties as assigned.
Job Requirements- Bachelor's degree in Physical Therapy from an accredited program required
- 0 to 2 years in the practice or program area required
- Licensed Physical Therapist - MN State Board of Physical Therapy required if providing services in Minnesota upon hire or
- Licensed Physical Therapist - WI Dept of Safety & Professional Services required if providing services in Wisconsin upon hire and
- BLS Tier 1 - Basic Life Support - Multisource required within 60 Days
- Valid Driver’s License required upon hire - MN and WI residents must obtain a valid driver’s license in their state of residence within 60 days of employment if providing services for Home Care and Hospice
Physical Demands Medium Work*:
Lifting weight Up to 32 lbs. occasionally (*Allina Safe Patient Moving Policy), Up to 25 lbs. frequently