Physical Therapist

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Key Position Details:

• Weekend only position - will include Saturday and Sunday every week
• .5 FTE (40 hours every two weeks)
• 10-hour, day shifts
• SEIU represented position

Job Description:

Provides quality care that is appropriate, efficient, effective patient care meeting the patient's requirements for physical therapy. Mentors and educates clinicians.

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.
  • Makes 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.
  • Manages their daily patient schedule.
  • Assists in maintaining an efficient clinic flow including assisting with scheduling, cleaning rooms and laundry.
  • Provides services across work areas as directed and as needed per patient volume.
• Educates and mentors clinicians.
  • Develops and delivers professional practice and performance improvement activities.
  • Assists or leads best practice development.
  • Performs clinical orientation and mentoring for clinical competence.
  • Participates in peer interviewing related to area of specialization.
  • Assists with development including chart audit tool and complete audits, annual clinical competency and professional practice presentations.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Physical Therapy from an accredited program
• 1+ years of experience in area of clinical specialty

Licenses/Certifications

• Licensed Physical Therapist - MN State Board of Physical Therapy if providing services in Minnesota or Licensed Physical Therapist - WI Dept of Safety & Professional Services if providing services in Wisconsin required upon hire
• BLS Tier 1 - Basic Life Support - Multisource within 60 Days
• American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties (ABPTS) certification required
• American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) membership preferred

Physical Demands

• Medium Work*:
• Lifting weightUp to 32 lbs. occasionally (*Allina Safe Patient Moving Policy), Up to 25 lbs. frequently