Physical Therapist, Acute Care

Requirements

• Licensed to practice Physical Therapy in the State of North Carolina with current licensure
• Active member of APTA encouraged, but not required
• Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited physical therapy school required
• CPR certification required every two years

Responsibilities

• Provides patient care assessment and treatment
• Ensures patient evaluations and treatments are comprehensive, functional and according to the Standard of Practice
• Provides sound professional judgment in interpreting the evaluation results and establishing an acceptable treatment plan with realistic goals
• Maintains accurate patient documentation
• Completes written patient evaluations, progress notes, and discharge notes per policy
• Ensures accurate and timely documentation of patient/family education, charges and departmental statistics, and ICD-9 codes as appropriate
• Meets department financial and productivity standards
• Understands the budgeted expectations
• Maintains productivity standards
• Adjusts individual schedules to meet the needs of the patient and department
• Participates in process management to optimize quality and efficiency of services
• Identifies quality and operational opportunities
• Promotes professional development and education of other health care workers and provides representation on committees
• Conducts in-service training programs to provide state-of-the-art information to health care workers and enhances safety
• Supervises physical therapy and physical therapy assistant students to develop their clinical skills and ensure the delivery of quality patient care
• Communicates in a professional and timely manner with patients, physicians, staff, and all external customers
• Provides appropriate patient care in accordance with age/developmental guidelines
• Demonstrates age/developmentally specific knowledge, skills, and abilities for the patients served
• Adheres to the general hospital standards to promote a cooperative work environment by utilizing communication skills, interpersonal relationships and team building