Senior Physical Therapist

About the role

Join Team Tidelands and help people live better lives through better health! As the region's largest health care provider, we are also one of the area's largest employers.

Responsibilities

• Review physician's referral (prescription), patient's condition, medical history, and submitted medical records to determine physical therapy treatment required.
• Plans and prepares written treatment program based on evaluation of patient and incorporate proper interventions that can help patients better perform everyday tasks, decrease pain, ambulation, and improve strength and mobility.
• Evaluate patients' functional ability through various standardized tests, measure patient's strength, motor development, sensory perception, functional capacity, and level of independence with daily activities, and records findings to develop treatment programs.
• Develop a treatment plan for patients with specific goals and tasks.
• Administer treatments involving application of physical agents, such as cold packs, contrast baths, moist packs, ultraviolet and infrared lamps, Iontophoresis, electrical stimulation, and ultrasound machines.
• Evaluate effects of treatment at various stages and adjust treatments to achieve maximum benefit.
• Record treatment, responses, and progress in the patient’s electronic medical record and prepare reports as indicated by licensure, the provider, and or insurance recommendations.
• Instruct patient and family in treatment procedures to be continued at home.
• Complete documentation per clinical / department guidelines and meets expectations of monthly department chart audits.
• Ensure clinic productivity by maintaining adequate staffing to volume as evidenced by the financials for the department, and individual productivity at target.
• Adequately manage clinic budget as it relates to managing patient volume and operating expenses.
• Promote/educate organizations rehabilitation programs to referring physicians, healthcare providers, and or co-workers by performing in-services and/or marketing activities.
• Reduce cancel/no-show rates to improve quality of care and patient outcomes.
• Achieve the established average monthly patient care productivity metric.
• Complete required orientation as directed by facility.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree Required
• Master's Degree if obtained prior to 2016 Preferred
• Doctoral Degree if obtained after 2016 Preferred
• Physical Therapist - South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation Required
• Basic Life Support Certified - American Heart Association within 30 Days Required

Skills And Abilities

• Ability to utilize therapy equipment in an outpatient rehabilitation setting to provide treatment and procedures
• Punctual and dependable for assigned/confirmed shifts
• Respect cultural and religious practices of patients

Benefits

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Pay

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Schedule

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