Physical Therapist Per Diem – EntireCare Acute

Responsibilities

• Participates in patient care conferences with other related health services, patient, and family to review patient's progress and evaluate goals.
• Develops appropriate plan of care that includes goals and home instructions in conjunction with other team members, patient and family.
• Delegates selected treatment to supportive personnel with assumption of responsibility for care of patient and continuing supervision of supportive personnel.
• Plans specific measures to meet assessed learning needs and documents in patient record.
• Recognizes and addresses patient, family, and appropriate others in the learning needs of the individual.
• Presents information clearly and in a manner appropriate to the level of patient and family understanding.
• Implements the treatment plan and evaluates and records the patient responses to the treatment sessions.
• Participates in the development of individual discharge plans that are responsive to patient/family concerns.
• Able to revise/update plan based on assessment.
• Completes documentation per department policy.
• Acts as a resource person to peers within the rehabilitation department, fielding questions, mentoring, or providing educational opportunities.
• Acts as a liaison/partners with other educational institutions/groups/organizations to enhance professional development.
• Evaluates the patient by performing chart review, interpreting tests and measurements appropriate to discipline and patient diagnosis.
• Performs treatments and patient care activities in a timely manner following appropriate protocols and guidelines.
• Reports any safety-related incident in a timely fashion through the Midas/RDE tool; attends all safety-related training programs; performs work in a safe manner; monitors work environment for possible safety issues and ensures others are also performing work in a safe manner.
• Stays current and complies with state and federal regulations/statutes and company policies that impact the employee's area of responsibility.
• Attends 75% of monthly department meetings; responsible for 100% of department meeting content including reviewing minutes, asking questions as needed, and reviewing handouts.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree- Required
• Master's Degree- Preferred
• Certification Specific To Profession- Preferred
• Current license in the state of Arizona- Required
• BLS (American Heart Association) - Required upon date of hire.
• Employee will obtain and maintain appropriate clinical competencies for the roles assigned by their departmental leader.
• Clinical Documentation Experience- Required