Physical Therapist
PATIENT/CUSTOMER
Ensures communication and collaboration with supervisors and fellow co-workers to serve patients and other customers to the best of his/her ability.
Is professional in all actions and appearance
Ensures compliance with regulatory parameters
Uses resources wisely – as if they were one’s own.
Demonstrates understanding and ownership of how his/her role contributes to achieving the success of the Department and the Health System.
Demonstrates a personal commitment to ensuring a clean and safe working environment.
Anticipates patients’/customers’ needs and acts accordingly.
Works to enhance patient satisfaction
Assist patients and families
Analyzes problems from the customers’ point of view.
Honors patient/customer/employee confidentiality.
Seeks feedback on how to improve performance and offers constructive feedback, as well.
Applies learning for improved performance.
Presents self professionally & demonstrates professional behavior during interactions with others
Strives to understand and value differences in others’ race, nationality, gender, age, background, experience, and style.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTION
- Ensures communication and collaboration with supervisors and fellow co-workers to serve patients and other customers to the best of his/her ability.
- Is professional in all actions and appearance
- Ensures compliance with regulatory parameters
- Uses resources wisely – as if they were one’s own.
- Demonstrates understanding and ownership of how his/her role contributes to achieving the success of the Department and the Health System.
- Demonstrates a personal commitment to ensuring a clean and safe working environment.
- Anticipates patients’/customers’ needs and acts accordingly.
- Works to enhance patient satisfaction
- Assist patients and families
- Analyzes problems from the customers’ point of view.
- Honors patient/customer/employee confidentiality.
- Seeks feedback on how to improve performance and offers constructive feedback, as well.
- Applies learning for improved performance.
- Presents self professionally & demonstrates professional behavior during interactions with others
- Strives to understand and value differences in others’ race, nationality, gender, age, background, experience, and style.
Clinical Education
- Serves as clinical instructor (after gaining one year of clinical experience & if student is available)
- Affords assistance with clinical education of students if not the Primary CI
Staff Education
- Provides a formal presentation of evidenced-based information (i.e. in-service)
- Attendance at institutional in-services, staff meetings and/or continuing education programs
Patient/Employee Safety
- Patient Care Providers
- Participates in Entity and Department wide initiatives for Patient /Employee safety
- Demonstrates an awareness of patient/ employee safety when carrying out daily responsibilities of their position.
- Validation of annual competencies required for the position
Operation
- Therapy Examination
- Therapy Treatment Planning
- Therapy Treatment Implementation
- Applies the Principles of Logic & Scientific Method to the Practice of PT
- Full compliance with licensure requirements
- Ethical & Legal Practice Standards
- Therapy Documentation- Compliance Audits-Total of 2 charts reviewed in a quarter by Site Manager or senior therapist. Done in 2 out of 4 quarters per year.
- Qualitative Chart Audit-At least 1 done per year
- Productivity Expectations
- Health System ID is worn in accordance to GSPP policy
Qualifications
- To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily.
- The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
- Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Education
- Bachelor's Degree in Physical Therapy required
- Master's Degree preferred
- Work Experience
- Previous healthcare experience preferred
- Licenses / Certifications
- Physical Therapist license required
- Basic Life Support / CPR, as a healthcare provider, per the American Heart Association required