Acute Care PRN Therapist-PT

General Summary

Responsible for assessing and identifying patient care needs and priorities for care through education, assessment, planning, providing treatment and delegating care for patients with physical and/or cognitive disabilities to improve functional independence. Focuses on patient/family needs and assessing the patient’s response to care and progress toward outcomes.

Principal Job Functions

• Commits to the mission, vision, beliefs and consistently demonstrates our core values.
• Performs and documents an initial patient evaluation and assesses the data to identify problems.
• Establishes, documents and provides a plan of care with functional, measurable, SMART (specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, timely) goals based on evaluation of the examination data and patient needs.
• Provides or delegates and supervises physical therapy patient interventions in a safe, predictable manner consistent with the established data evaluation and the plan of care.
• Provides and documents patient/family education regarding current condition and plan of care, including home program/discharge instructions.
• Performs and documents patient re-examination, re-evaluates the data, and modifies and documents the plan of care.
• Communicates relevant patient care information with other health care professionals.
• Maintains currently clinical competency per department guidelines.
• Maintains professional growth and development through seminars, workshops, and professional affiliations to keep abreast of latest trends in field of expertise.
• Participates in meetings, committees and department projects as assigned.
• Performs other related projects and duties as assigned.

Required Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Maintains clinical competency as required for the unit including but not limited to age-specific competencies relative to patient’s growth and developmental needs, annual skill competency verification and mandatory education and competencies.
• Knowledge of the theory and practice of physical therapy.
• Knowledge of statistics and research design sufficient to understand and interpret the professional literature.
• Knowledge of computer hardware equipment and software applications relevant to work functions.
• Ability to apply team concepts and take initiative while working cooperatively with coworkers.
• Ability to clinically supervise, appropriate delegate responsibility and maintain required State and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) required supervision criteria for Physical Therapist Assistants, PT/OT Technician, support staff and students in the provision of physical therapy activities.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment related to changing patient needs and patient volumes including working with patients with acute, subacute, chronic and complex disease processes and those who are dying.
• Ability to proficiently and effectively evaluate, assess and treat a variety of patient population groups including pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric age groups.
• Ability to treat and work with patients of diverse cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds.
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to perform crucial conversations with desired outcomes.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with all levels of personnel and medical staff.
• Ability to practice proper body mechanics to ensure personal and customer/patient safety.
• Ability to problem solve and engage independent critical thinking skills.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality relevant to sensitive information.
• Ability to prioritize work demands and work with minimal supervision.
• Ability to maintain regular and punctual attendance.

Education And Experience

• Graduation from a Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE) and Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) school of Physical Therapy with a minimum of a Bachelor’s degree.
• Current licensure in the State of Nebraska required.

Other Credentials / Certifications

• Basic Life Support (CPR) certification required. Bryan Health recognizes American Heart Association (for healthcare professionals), American Red Cross (for healthcare professionals) and the Military Training Network.