Physical Therapist

About the role

At Allina Health/CKRI, we offer Physical Therapists the opportunity to make an impact on the lives of individuals in our community. Become part of a supportive team that values your expertise, fosters professional growth, and the resources to deliver exceptional care. You’ll find your purpose in helping others regain their independence, a culture of innovation, and the chance to be a vital part of a leading rehabilitation institute transforming lives every day.

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 and modifies as necessary.
• Collaborates with 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.
• Develops and promotes new and current programs as requested.
• Affords assistance to co-workers in managing the teams’ productivity/performance targets.
• Manages their daily patient schedule.
• Affords assistance in maintaining an efficient clinic flow including assisting with scheduling, cleaning rooms and laundry.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Physical Therapy from an accredited program.
• 0 to 2 years in the practice or program area.
• Licensed Physical Therapist - MN State Board of Physical Therapy required if providing services in Minnesota upon hire.
• Licensed Physical Therapist - WI Dept of Safety & Professional Services required if providing services in Wisconsin upon hire.
• Current BLS certification from the American Heart Association, American Red Cross, or Allina in-house BLS training (within 30 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.

Qualifications

• Physical Demands: Medium Work*: Lifting weight up to 32 lbs. occasionally (*Allina Safe Patient Moving Policy), up to 25 lbs. frequently.
• Work Schedule: 0.8 FTE (64 hours per two-week pay period), 8 hour day/evening shifts, shifts are Sun-Wed, Alternate Weekend Plan, the weekend rotation is every Sunday.
• Pay Range: $42.32 to $55.89 per hour.
• Benefits: Medical/Dental, PTO/Time Away, Retirement Savings Plans, Life Insurance, Short-term/Long-term Disability, Voluntary Benefits (vision, legal, critical illness), Tuition Reimbursement or Continuing Medical Education as applicable, Student Loan Support, Employee Resources Groups (ERGs), Community Involvement and Volunteering Events.

Benefits

• Well-being dollars, dedicated well-being navigators, and many programs, activities, articles, videos, personal coaching and tools to support personal journey.
• Employee resources groups (ERGs) -- voluntary, employee-led groups that serve as a resource for members and organizations by fostering a diverse, inclusive workplace aligned with the organization's mission, values, goals, business practices, and objectives.
• Engagement in various community involvement and volunteering events.