Physical Therapist - Chattanooga

Summary

Provides physical therapy services to children from birth to age 21 with a variety of diagnoses and developmental delays by performing the following duties.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Affirms and evaluates patients’ functional limitations and creates a plan of care to address gross motor issues, equipment needs, and family goals.
• Tests and measures patients’ strength, motor development, sensory perception, functional capacity, and cardiopulmonary efficiency, and records findings to develop/revise treatment programs.
• Able to administer active and passive manual therapeutic exercises to improve and maintain function; therapeutic massage; electrical modality treatments such as electrical stimulation; hot and cold packs; and traction to relieve neck and back pain.
• Maintains accurate and timely patient reports and documentation in electronic medical records.
• Reviews individual files to obtain background information prior to evaluations to determine appropriate tests to administer and to ensure that all necessary information is collected.
• Administers, scores, and interprets evaluation reports in order to develop and modify an individualized treatment plan.
• Reviews treatment plans, and assesses individual performance to modify, change, or write new goals; observes patients during treatments and compiles and evaluates data on patients' responses to treatments and progress.
• Maintains an awareness of the patient attendance policy, enforcing it impartially and consistently at all times.
• Acts as a consultant to educational, medical, and other professional groups as well as fellow staff members.
• Collaborates with other disciplines to incorporate physical therapy goals into daily activities.
• Researches and implements new physical therapy techniques.
• Refers patients for other services, whether internal or external, as warranted and appropriate.
• Attends meetings and conferences and participates in other activities to promote professional growth.

Education and/or Experience

• Master’s or Doctorate degree in Physical Therapy with related experience and/or training. Work experience preferred.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

• Active and unencumbered Tennessee State PT License required; American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS) Provider certification with skills testing required; membership in APTA recommended; HIPAA certification encouraged.

Computer Skills

• To be successful in this job, an individual should have basic computer skills and the ability to learn new software and web-based applications such as electronic medical records. Experience with electronic medical records systems preferred.

Values

• Compassion
• Willingness
• Courage
• faith