Physical Therapist
for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections when posting has real specific content. No job title heading. No Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate. We need to parse the posting.
The posting includes:
NATURE OF WORK: description of role.
ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES OF WORK: list of duties.
Knowledge, Skills And Abilities: list.
Training And Experience: list.
Special Requirements: list.
We need to map to sections: About the role (nature of work), Responsibilities (illustrative examples), Requirements (maybe training and experience + special requirements?), Qualifications (maybe knowledge, skills, abilities?), Skills (maybe part of knowledge, skills, abilities). Benefits, Pay, Schedule: none present, so omit.
We must not create sections with filler. So we will include sections where we have content.
We need to use for each section heading. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
for prose.
We must preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include all bullet points from illustrative examples, knowledge, skills, abilities, training and experience, special requirements.
We need to decide grouping.
Potential sections:
- About the role (nature of work) -> prose.
- Responsibilities (illustrative examples of work) -> list.
- Qualifications (knowledge, skills and abilities) -> maybe list.
- Requirements (training and experience, special requirements) -> could be combined or separate. Since we prefer few substantive sections over many thin ones, we could combine training and experience + special requirements into a "Requirements" section.
But we also have "Skills" section possible separate from qualifications. However knowledge, skills and abilities includes both knowledge and skills; we could put that under "Qualifications". Or we could split: "Qualifications" for knowledge, "Skills" for skills. But the instruction says use headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we can use those as appropriate.
We need to decide what content goes where.
Nature of work: prose.
Illustrative examples: list of duties -> Responsibilities.
Knowledge, Skills And Abilities: could be split into Qualifications (knowledge) and Skills (skills). But we have both knowledge and skills listed together. Could put all under Qualifications, and maybe Skills section omitted if no separate skills list. But we have skill statements: "Skill in selecting and providing a wide range of intervention strategies and monitoring their effectiveness." "Ability to plan, coordinate and provide training and continuing education..." "Skill in effective oral and written communication." Those are skills. Could put them under Skills section.
Training And Experience: could go under Requirements.
Special Requirements: also under Requirements (licensure, graduation). Could combine.
Thus sections:
About the role
... nature of work ...
Responsibilities
... illustrative examples ...
Qualifications
knowledge items ... maybe also some abilities? We'll include knowledge statements.
Skills
skill statements ...
Requirements
training and experience + special requirements ...
We must not include Benefits, Pay, Schedule.
We must ensure we preserve all substantive information. Let's extract each piece.
First, nature of work paragraph:
"The school physical therapist, as a member of the educational team, supports the education of students suspected of and/or diagnosed with disability in their least restrictive environment. The school physical therapist develops, implements and coordinates a physical therapy program within the local educational agency (LEA); providing screening, evaluation and intervention services. Skilled provision of physical therapy prevents injury (acute or chronic) of both students and educational staff. Working with students with disabilities and serious health impairments, the physical therapist is expected to analyze risk, problem solve effectively and demonstrate a high level of professional judgment when recommending and providing services, making environmental modifications and training staff to manage physical needs at an appropriate level of supervision. Direct supervision may be exercised over support personnel and must be provided to physical therapy assistants at least every 30 days. Consultation with educational and community personnel is also an essential component of the physical therapist’s roles/responsibilities. The physical therapist, though working as a team member serving students, is autonomous in applying principles of physical therapy and responsible for working within the North Carolina Physical Therapy Practice Act, Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and other legal mandates."
That's the prose.
Now illustrative examples list (bullet points). Let's extract each line after "ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES OF WORK". They are sentences each starting with a verb.
List:
- Adhere to professional, ethical and legal standards of practice.
- Provide direct supervision of physical therapy assistants in accordance with North Carolina’s Physical Therapy Practice Act (currently, at least every 30 days).
- Develop, implement and coordinate the physical therapy program within the LEA, including philosophy, vision, departmental procedures and goals.
- Evaluate students using appropriate tests, skilled professional observation and supplementary information from other agencies and records.
- Interpret assessment findings and appropriately convey information to parents and school teams.
- Participate with the school team to develop Individualized Education Programs and Section 504 Plans.
- Develop and implement intervention strategies.
- Develop physical management plan for daily classroom routines and train staff in its safe implementation.
- Plan for transition from school to community, preparing student to function independent from therapy service when targeted outcomes are achieved.
- Evaluate and report on student progress.
- Communicate and consult with school staff, parents, administrators, physicians, community and other professionals.
- Serve as resource to parent, school team, staff and administration on disabling conditions and their effects on education.
- Collaborate with community based therapists and other healthcare providers for effective coordination of service.
- Assess need and recommend assistive technology necessary for function at school.
- Contribute to planning safe transportation of students with disability.
- Provide consultation regarding emergency evacuation of students with disability.
- Participate with improving school accessibility and planning environmental modification.
- Maintain student service, administrative and other departmental records in accordance with the Physical Therapy Practice Act as well as school district, State and Federal policies.
- Participate in budget planning and policy development.
- Document need and advocate for personnel and equipment.
- Procure, maintain and inventory equipment, materials and supplies.
- Seek regular opportunities for professional growth.
- Provide clinical educational opportunities for students of physical therapy.
Now Knowledge, Skills And Abilities section:
"Knowledge of physical therapy principles, theory, methods and evidence based practice.
Knowledge of effective practice, clinical decision making, outcomes based intervention and their proper application in the educational environment.
Knowledge of areas of practice specific to pediatrics, including child development and specific diagnoses.
Knowledge of administrative management practices.
Ability to plan, implement, administer and coordinate a physical therapy program, from eligibility determination to exit, within an LEA.
Ability to select and administer appropriate assessment tools and interpret results of assessment.
Skill in selecting and providing a wide range of intervention strategies and monitoring their effectiveness.
Ability to plan, coordinate and provide training and continuing education both formally and informally to parents, school administration, school staff, community agencies, staff and other medical professionals.
Skill in effective oral and written communication.
Knowledge of current legal mandates, including: Federal and State law, compliance issues, confidentiality requirements, funding procedures and requirements.
Physical ability to execute job responsibilities that may include: transferring and/or lifting students or equipment, managing equipment."
We need to separate knowledge vs skills. Knowledge items: first four bullet points (knowledge of...). Also the last one about legal mandates is knowledge. Also maybe "Physical ability..." is ability but could be under skills? It's physical ability. We'll treat as skill? But we have separate Skills section for skill statements. Let's decide:
Qualifications: knowledge items.
Skills: skill items (including ability to plan..., ability to select..., skill in selecting..., ability to plan..., skill in effective oral..., physical ability...). Also maybe ability to plan... is ability but could be skill.
We'll put all ability and skill statements under Skills.
Thus:
Qualifications list:
- Knowledge of physical therapy principles, theory, methods and evidence based practice.
- Knowledge of effective practice, clinical decision making, outcomes based intervention and their proper application in the educational environment.
- Knowledge of areas of practice specific to pediatrics, including child development and specific diagnoses.
- Knowledge of administrative management practices.
- Knowledge of current legal mandates, including: Federal and State law, compliance issues, confidentiality requirements, funding procedures and requirements.
Skills list:
- Ability to plan, implement, administer and coordinate a physical therapy program, from eligibility determination to exit, within an LEA.
- Ability to select and administer appropriate assessment tools and interpret results of assessment.
- Skill in selecting and providing a wide range of intervention strategies and monitoring their effectiveness.
- Ability to plan, coordinate and provide training and continuing education both formally and informally to parents, school administration, school staff, community agencies, staff and other medical professionals.
- Skill in effective oral and written communication.
- Physical ability to execute job responsibilities that may include: transferring and/or lifting students or equipment, managing equipment.
Now Training And Experience:
"Two years of experience (preferably in pediatric practice).
Participation in recent continuing education programs related to pediatrics or school based physical therapy.
5 years school based therapy"
Wait the posting says: "Training And Experience Two years of experience (preferably in pediatric practice). Participation in recent continuing education programs related to pediatrics or school based physical therapy. 5 years school based therapy". Actually there is a line: "Two years of experience (preferably in pediatric practice). Participation in recent continuing education programs related to pediatrics or school based physical therapy. 5 years school based therapy". It seems contradictory: two years experience, 5 years school based therapy. We'll keep both as separate bullet points.
Special Requirements:
"Graduation from an accredited program of physical therapy.
Certification to practice in North Carolina as evidenced by current licensure as a physical therapist by the North Carolina Board of Physical Therapy Examiners."
Thus Requirements list combine training and experience + special requirements.
We'll produce:
Requirements
- Two years of experience (preferably in pediatric practice).
- Participation in recent continuing education programs related to pediatrics or school based physical therapy.
- 5 years school based therapy
- Graduation from an accredited program of physical therapy.
- Certification to practice in North Carolina as evidenced by current licensure as a physical therapist by the North Carolina Board of Physical Therapy Examiners.
Check for any duplicate or boilerplate: we removed nature of work etc. No EEO etc.
Now ensure we preserve all substantive information: Did we miss any? Let's review original text for any other details.
Original includes: "The school physical therapist, as a member of the educational team, supports the education of students suspected of and/or diagnosed with disability in their least restrictive environment." covered.
"Skilled provision of physical therapy prevents injury (acute or chronic) of both students and educational staff." covered.
"Working with students with disabilities and serious health impairments, the physical therapist is expected to analyze risk, problem solve effectively and demonstrate a high level of professional judgment when recommending and providing services, making environmental modifications and training staff to manage physical needs at an appropriate level of supervision." covered in nature of work.
"Direct supervision may be exercised over support personnel and must be provided to physical therapy assistants at least every 30 days." covered.
"Consultation with educational and community personnel is also an essential component of the physical therapist’s roles/responsibilities." covered.
"The physical therapist, though working as a team member serving students, is autonomous in applying principles of physical therapy and responsible for working within the North Carolina Physical Therapy Practice Act, Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and other legal mandates." covered.
Illustrative examples list we captured all.
Knowledge, Skills And Abilities we captured.
Training And Experience we captured.
Special Requirements we captured.
Now check if
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
for prose. We must preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include all bullet points from illustrative examples, knowledge, skills, abilities, training and experience, special requirements. We need to decide grouping. Potential sections: - About the role (nature of work) -> prose. - Responsibilities (illustrative examples of work) -> list. - Qualifications (knowledge, skills and abilities) -> maybe list. - Requirements (training and experience, special requirements) -> could be combined or separate. Since we prefer few substantive sections over many thin ones, we could combine training and experience + special requirements into a "Requirements" section. But we also have "Skills" section possible separate from qualifications. However knowledge, skills and abilities includes both knowledge and skills; we could put that under "Qualifications". Or we could split: "Qualifications" for knowledge, "Skills" for skills. But the instruction says use headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we can use those as appropriate. We need to decide what content goes where. Nature of work: prose. Illustrative examples: list of duties -> Responsibilities. Knowledge, Skills And Abilities: could be split into Qualifications (knowledge) and Skills (skills). But we have both knowledge and skills listed together. Could put all under Qualifications, and maybe Skills section omitted if no separate skills list. But we have skill statements: "Skill in selecting and providing a wide range of intervention strategies and monitoring their effectiveness." "Ability to plan, coordinate and provide training and continuing education..." "Skill in effective oral and written communication." Those are skills. Could put them under Skills section. Training And Experience: could go under Requirements. Special Requirements: also under Requirements (licensure, graduation). Could combine. Thus sections:
About the role
... nature of work ...
Responsibilities
- ... illustrative examples ...
Qualifications
- knowledge items ... maybe also some abilities? We'll include knowledge statements.
- Two years of experience (preferably in pediatric practice).
- Participation in recent continuing education programs related to pediatrics or school based physical therapy.
- 5 years school based therapy
- Graduation from an accredited program of physical therapy.
- Certification to practice in North Carolina as evidenced by current licensure as a physical therapist by the North Carolina Board of Physical Therapy Examiners.
Skills
- skill statements ...
Requirements
- training and experience + special requirements ...
Requirements