Physical Therapist Float
Concentra · Teterboro, NJ · Today
Healthcare$83k–$125k/yrFull-time
About the role
Join us at Concentra and see how your clinical competency and compassion can make a meaningful difference in the lives of the patients you serve. As a Physical Therapist Float, you will provide rehabilitative services for disabled, injured, and diseased patients within our centers.
Responsibilities
- Ensure delivery of high quality patient care services
- Perform direct patient care, including evaluation of muscle, skeletal, neurological and other physical problems
- Support and encourage multidisciplinary coordination of treatment
- Maintain professional standards through compliance with quality assurance policies/ procedures as well as applicable regulations and corporate policies
- Implement effective communication with own and other departments' staff, with medical staff and patients to ensure coordinated efforts and provision of high quality service and optimal patient care
- Demonstrate effective problem-solving and conflict-resolution abilities
- Inform Administrator of department problems, needs and solutions in a timely manner
- Plan, design, implement and interpret specific physical therapy treatment programs for patients to facilitate the patient's recovery and attainment of maximum physical potential
- Secure prescription for each patient treated
- Work closely with the physician to ensure comprehensive delivery of services and quality patient care
- Absorb tours as necessary
- Take all necessary precautions to protect center assets and property against loss or waste through negligence or dishonesty
- Communicate with the Outcome Assurance Injury Coordinator or the Case Manager for each patient
- Participate in clinical instruction of university occupational therapy and/or occupational therapist assistant students
- Participate with the evaluation of the effectiveness of the rehabilitation quality management process and assist in new and improved processes
- Ensure compliance with rules and regulations established by the relevant licensing, certification and accrediting bodies
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited Physical Therapy program
- Masters’ Degree from an accredited Physical Therapy program, preferred
- Ortho-outpatient experience, preferred
Skills
- Service Mentality
- Attention to Detail
- Sense of Urgency
- Initiative and Flexibility
- Outstanding customer service skills as well as the ability to deal with people in a manner which shows tact and professionalism
- The ability to properly handle sensitive and confidential information (including HIPAA and PHI) in accordance with federal and state laws and company policies
- Demonstrated willingness to participate in initial and ongoing training as required
- Demonstrated effective communication and interaction with employers, patients, providers and other employees
- Demonstrated ability to maintain working relationship with all levels of employees
- Demonstrated excellent customer service skills
- Demonstrated computer skills
- Knowledge of common safety hazards and precautions to establish a safe work medical environment
- Knowledge of developing and maintaining patient care records and writing reports
- Knowledge of time management, planning and workload control
- Knowledge of identifying problems and recommending solutions
- Knowledge of developing and maintaining medical quality assurance and quality control standards
- Knowledge of establishing and maintaining effective communication and working relationships with Management, patients, medical staff and the general public
- Ability to successfully complete orientation and training as well as demonstrate competency in all required physical therapy tasks
Benefits
- Generous paid time off (PTO)
- Paid holidays
- Paid sick/EID days
- Set schedule
- Flexible per diem opportunities*
- Medical and prescription plans
- Basic and enhanced dental and vision plans
- Supplemental health benefits (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance)
- LifeWorks employee assistance program
- Company-funded HSA
- Pre-tax spending accounts (health care and dependent care FSA)
- Training provided in our world-class occupational medicine process management model*
- Medical experts panel (MEP)
- Concentra CEU courses
- New hire learning program
- Occupational Health University
- Leducation development program
- Manual therapy certification
- Yearly CEU stipend and CEU time
- Tuition reimbursement
- Professional On-demand Learning Modules*
- Malpractice insurance*
- Unmatched opportunities for advancement locally and nationally*
- Traditional and Roth 401(k) with employer match*
- Competitive salary*
- Colleague referral bonus program*
- Colleague discount program*
- Life insurance/disability
- Pre-tax spending accounts