Senior Physical Therapist, Inpatient, Per Diem

Essential Responsibilities

• Evaluates patients and interprets evaluation findings to determine the nature and extent of dysfunction.
• Establishes treatment goals and plans treatment to achieve established goals.
• Initiates discharge planning for physical therapy.
• Implements the treatment plan through direct treatment of the patient, delegates a portion of the treatment plan to appropriate supportive personnel, and coordinates the treatment program with other health care personnel as appropriate.
• Provides advice and education to patient and family.
• Regularly reassesses clinical signs and symptoms to determine effectiveness of treatment, progress of patients towards goals, and the need for modifying goals and treatment.
• Discharges patient from physical therapy when the patient has received maximum benefit from physical therapy.
• Provides accurate, timely documentation of physical therapy patient management.

Qualifications

• Minimum two (2) years of experience in physical therapy.
• Graduate of an accredited physical therapy curriculum with a bachelors, masters or doctoral degree with certification in physical therapy or foreign-trained equivalent.
• Physical Therapist License (California) required at hire.
• Basic Life Support required at hire.
• National Provider Identifier required at hire.

Benefits

• 20% per diem differential on top of base pay.
• $75 weekend shift bonus.

Pay

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Schedule

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Skills

• Ability to work independently with complex patients.
• Knowledge of physical therapy principles and techniques.
• Effective communication and teaching skills.

Benefits

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