Physical Therapist I (Per Diem) - Acute Pediatrics

Your passion belongs at UNC Health. Join more than 56,000 teammates working together to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve across North Carolina. UNC Rehabilitation Services is seeking a Physical Therapist to join our team in providing comprehensive care for patients and families in our PICU/PCICU and inpatient pediatric floors at UNC Children’s.

As a top-tier academic medical center, UNC Children’s hospital upholds a four-tiered mission to “CARE,” aligning clinical care, advocacy, research, and education to deliver world-class, family-centered care – always regardless of a family’s ability to pay. UNC Children’s clinical home, N.C. Children’s Hospital, is a major referral center for children with complex conditions and consistently recognized by U.S. News & World Report as one of "America's Best Children's Hospitals" on its annual list. UNC Children’s is also designated as a Level I Trauma Center.

This role involves highly skilled, rehabilitative work with children and families whose abilities to cope with the daily tasks of living are impaired by prematurity, medical complexities, severe illness, trauma, oncologic diagnoses, and more. The selected candidate will need acute pediatric experience.

About the role

This is professional level work involving the evaluation of patient disabilities, planning, and administration of physical therapy treatments. Incumbents complete documentation, instruct patients, families, and students, and participate in clinical program development and management. Work is performed under general supervision with all treatments being prescribed by a physician.

Responsibilities

• Selects and performs appropriate Physical Therapy (PT) evaluation procedures to identify and assess problems.
• Sets treatment goals and devises a treatment plan.
• Re-evaluates and adjusts the PT treatment plan in response to the patient's changing condition and discharge plans.
• Manages resources needed to perform PT treatment plan to accomplish goals set for the patient.
• Completes PT documentation in the medical record per department guidelines and completes department records for billing and statistics.
• Manages PT caseload with efficiency and efficacy.
• Provides clinical supervision and teaching for PT students or staff, including planning orientation, caseload, and other learning activities, providing regular feedback and coaching, and evaluating the learner's performance.
• Plans and coordinates clinical programs in response to patient needs, technologies, clinical practices, regulations, and reimbursement.
• Provides regular communication with physicians, supervisor, and others regarding PT programs and patients served.

Requirements

• Graduation from an accredited Physical Therapy program.
• Licensed as a Physical Therapist in the state of North Carolina.
• BLS certification.
• Acute pediatric experience.

Pay

$35.87 - $51.57 per hour (Hiring Range). Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity.

Schedule

• Per Diem
• Standard Hours Per Week: 8.00
• Variable schedule
• Onsite, located in Chapel Hill, NC