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Kettering Health is a not-for-profit system comprising 13 medical centers and over 120 outpatient facilities serving southwest Ohio. We are dedicated to transforming the healthcare experience by providing high-quality care at every life stage. Our mission is service-oriented and actively demonstrated through facility care, training future healthcare professionals, and engaging in international outreach.

Kettering Health Hamilton

• Formerly Fort Hamilton Hospital, KH Hamilton has served the Hamilton community for over 90 years.
• Provides leadership in health in Butler County, serving Fairfield, Oxford, Cincinnati, Middletown, and surrounding areas.
• Offers maternity, emergency services, advanced wound healing, and various outpatient services.
• Received an "A" grade from the Leapfrog Group in 2020, ranking among the safest hospitals in the U.S.
• Full-service community hospital with 203 licensed beds.
• Received several awards from Healthgrades in 2020, including:
• America’s 250 Best Hospitals (2018-2020)
• America’s 100 Best Pulmonary Care (2018-2020)
• Gastrointestinal Care Excellence Award (2020)

Responsibilities

• Participates as a member of the interdisciplinary team, conducting physical therapy evaluations to assess functional limitations related to diagnoses.
• Develops and adjusts targeted treatment plans to reduce or eliminate functional limitations.
• Utilizes therapeutic modalities such as thermotherapy, electrotherapy, hydrotherapy, exercise, postural training, gait training, soft tissue mobilization, and independent living skills training.
• Documents patient progress objectively, focusing on symptom elimination and functional restoration, serving adult and geriatric populations.
• Supervises and directs physical therapist assistants to ensure patient goals are achieved.
• Reports to the Administrative Director of PM&R, with indirect supervision from the Senior Physical Therapist, Program Manager, and Medical Director of Rehab.

Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited school of physical therapy.
• Current license or eligibility for licensure in Ohio; license must be displayed at primary work site.

• BSc or MSc preferred.
• Strong communication skills.
• Dependability, versatility, teamwork.
• Flexibility and adaptability to change.
• Ability to work under stress and manage multiple tasks.
• Independent thinking, problem-solving, good judgment, analytical skills.
• Ability to perform tasks delegated by an assistant.