Physical Therapist II

Duties & Essential Job Functions

• Attends team meetings and conferences on patient care and discharge planning.
• Attends, participates, and contributes to in-service educational training.
• Communicates with family, case managers, health insurers, etc. as appropriate.
• Confers with other PT’s, aides, and department manager as appropriate for problem solving and program planning.
• Confers with referring physicians, and health care team about patient status.
• Completes required administrative forms for leave of absences, payroll, and statistics.
• Writes clear, concise, legible, and objective information on patient evaluations, progress notes, discharge notes, equipment orders, and insurance forms and records accurate daily treatment attendance and charges.
• Participates in gathering data for Continuing Quality Assurance, Performance Improvement, staff surveys, etc.
• Proficient in use of SMS computer system.
• Uses appropriate safety measures - body mechanics, infection control, environmental hazard control; cleans treatment area after use.
• Administers comprehensive PT evaluations, using tests and measurements appropriate for the patient’s diagnosis, age, and disabilities.
• Affords appropriate PT tasks to the PT Aide, PT Assistant, or PT I.
• Develops and implements a treatment plan using various physical therapy procedures, group classes, modalities, and techniques to produce changes in patient outcomes.
• Educates patient, family, other caregivers in self-care, prevention and wellness, home exercise programs, use of equipment, and safety.

Team Leader Responsibilities

• Accepts responsibility for non-patient care duties, e.g. task forces, in-service new staff, and IOP, which aids in the delivery of care of the department.
• Arranges schedules to accommodate patient care when a team member is absent.
• Assigns new patients to team therapists taking into consideration workloads among therapists, variety of patients, clinical expertise, etc.
• Assists new PT I Clinical Instructor in developing skills as a preceptor in the student program.
• Makes sure schedules are up to date, coordinates the scheduling of Saturday coverage, arranges schedules to accommodate patient care when a team member is absent and ensures upcoming discharges are monitored.
• Orients and supervises new staff members and students.
• Proofreads notes and supervises patient care until assured of their competence.
• Helps evaluate PT Is, PT Assistants, and PT Aides.
• Evaluates students fairly and accurately with the approved clinical evaluation tools.
• Prepares the rough draft of the weekly collaborative care conferences.

Qualifications

• Education: Graduation from an approved school of Physical Therapy.
• Experience: At least one year of experience in the class of Physical Therapist I as employed by Alameda Health System; OR two years or more of recent experience in another clinical setting related to the area of proposed supervision (acute medical, rehab, SNF, or outpatient).
• Licenses/Certifications: BLS - Basic Life Support Certification - issued by AHA-American Heart Association. Current Licensure with the California Board of Physical Therapy as a Physical Therapist.