Physical Therapist

About the role

Join the IHS as a Physical Therapist and make a lasting impact! You'll provide compassionate, culturally grounded care to American Indian and Alaska Natives, addressing social and emotional needs that affect health. Work with a dedicated team to strengthen wellness, resilience, and community well-being.

Responsibilities

• Help Manage and direct the Physical Therapy department including strategic planning, policy formulation, budget management.
• Promote training needs of all direct care staff to ensure staff development and competency.
• Provide quality physical therapy evaluation and treatment to impatient and outpatients of all ages with a wide variety of diagnostic conditions requiring rehabilitative services.
• Provide expert professional consultation to department personnel, medical staff within the assigned Service Unit.
• Plan and carry out a full range of physical therapy treatments.

Requirements

• This is a competitive vacancy announcement advertised under Delegated Examining Authority. Selections made under this vacancy announcement will be processed as new appointments to the civil service.
• This is a designated position covered by Public Law 101-630, requiring contact or control over Indian children.
• The selected individual is required to obtain and maintain medical staff clinical privileges, including any licensure requirements.

Qualifications

• A Graduate Or Higher Level Degree That Included A physical therapy curriculum approved by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) or a professional accrediting organization recognized by the U.S. Department of Education at the time the degree was obtained; andCompletion of the clinical requirements prescribed by the school.
• Licensure For all grade levels and positions, applicants must possess a current, active, full, and unrestricted license or registration as a Physical Therapist from a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States; and must have passed the National Physical Therapy Examination administered by the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy (FSBPT).

Benefits

• To determine if you need a RA, please review the Procedures for Requesting a Reasonable Accommodation for Online Assessments.

Pay

Details on pay will be provided upon selection.

Schedule

Details on schedule will be provided upon selection.