Physical Therapist

Number of Job Openings Available:

1

Date Posted:

May 07, 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