Pelvic Floor Therapist, Full Time

About the role

Livingston Regional Hospital is a 114-bed community hospital certified for sepsis care by the Joint Commission and accredited for chest pain by the American College of Cardiology. As part of the ScionHealth network, the hospital delivers comprehensive healthcare services including 24-hour emergency care, inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation, a Level I neonatal nursery, a 16-bed gero-psych unit, and other specialty services. The hospital serves a five-county area in central Tennessee and southern Kentucky.

Responsibilities

• Evaluates and conducts medically prescribed physical therapy treatment programs.
• Provides educational information to patients regarding injury prevention, ergonomics, restorative therapy, and rehabilitation therapy.
• Supervises physical therapy assistants and aides in performing treatment.
• Interacts professionally with patients and families, treating them with respect and dignity.
• Identifies and addresses psychosocial, cultural, ethnic, and religious/spiritual needs of patients and their families.
• Effectively communicates with patients, physicians, family members, and coworkers, demonstrating customer service excellence.
• Performs appropriate assessments on all patients, including neonate, pediatric, adolescent, geriatric, and general patient populations.
• Supervises and delegates care provided by certified therapy assistants, technicians, aides, students, and support personnel, assessing competence and establishing communication channels according to licensing laws and practice standards.
• Administers treatments involving physical agent modalities such as equipment, moist packs, ultraviolet and infrared lamps, and ultrasound machines.
• Performs therapy interventions using standard techniques appropriate for the patient’s age and condition.
• Evaluates, fits, and adjusts prosthetic and orthotic devices and recommends modifications.
• Plans, prepares, and carries out individually designed physical therapy programs to maintain, improve, or restore physical functioning, alleviate pain, and prevent dysfunction.
• Formulates and implements teaching plans based on identified learning needs, including family as appropriate.
• Establishes a plan of care appropriate to identified problems, involving the patient according to their capabilities and desires, and documents goals, anticipated progress, and plans for reevaluation.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s, Master’s, or Doctorate of Physical Therapy.
• Licenses/Certifications: Current State Physical Therapy License; American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required within 90 days of hire or transfer.
• Experience: Ability to maintain high patient satisfaction and teamwork; attention to detail; adaptability to perform well under pressure; flexibility to work as needed for departmental coverage; basic computer knowledge with proficiency in Electronic Medical Records (EMR) systems; critical thinking skills; decisive judgment; proficient time management; sufficient proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing English to ensure patient and employee safety.
• Additional languages preferred.
• Demonstrates knowledge of physical therapy modalities.