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Physical Therapist - Full-time

Select Specialty Hospital · Fort Myers, FL · 4 days ago
Healthcare$54/hrFull-time

About the role

Select Specialty Hospital is a critical illness recovery hospital dedicated to providing world-class inpatient post-ICU services to chronically ill patients. Physical Therapists (PTs) are integral in delivering compassionate, high-quality care throughout the recovery process.

Responsibilities

  • Performing initial and ongoing systematic patient assessments.
  • Promoting continuous quality improvement.
  • Teaching and counseling patients and families.
  • Setting goals and developing treatment plans.
  • Working cooperatively to identify and solve patient-specific and facility-wide needs.
  • Participating in discharge planning, including patient/family education and adaptive equipment placement.
  • Supervising Physical Therapy Assistants and PT and PTA students.
  • Conducting individual patient therapy regimens.
  • Moderating patient responses to treatment during sessions, as necessary.
  • Completing appropriate documentation according to department policies and procedures.
  • Participating in departmental, hospital, and community continuing education seminars and in-services.

Requirements

  • Current state licensure as a Physical Therapist.
  • Certified BLS or completion within the first 90 days of employment.

Qualifications

  • Graduation from an accredited Physical Therapy program.
  • Experience in acute care settings preferred.

Skills

  • Strong clinical skills.
  • Effective communication and teaching abilities.
  • Ability to work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team environment.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical/RX, health, vision, and dental plans.
  • Generous paid time off.
  • Tuition reimbursement and continuing education opportunities.
  • Student debt relief program.
  • Company-matching 401(k) retirement plan.
  • Life and disability protection.

Pay

Up to $54.00/hr., based on years of experience. A sign-on bonus of $10,000 is also available.

Schedule

Full-time schedule.

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