Motion Analysis Center Physical Therapist

Shriners Children's; Lexington (KY); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Shriners Children’s is seeking a Motion Analysis Center Physical Therapist to provide specialized physical therapy services within our motion analysis laboratory, focusing on assessment, treatment, and rehabilitation of children with complex musculoskeletal and neuromuscular conditions.

The role includes leading MAC PTs regionally, ensuring clinical care and documentation, and coordinating with system leaders to standardize processes and maintain accreditation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Physical Therapy (required).
• Licensed in state of practice (required).
• 5 years motion analysis lab experience (preferred).
• 5 years pediatric experience (preferred).

Responsibilities

• Meets regularly with MAC PTs within their region.
• Provides oversight of MAC PTs within their region to ensure proper clinical care and documentation.
• Works with system leaders to standardize clinical processes across the system.
• Ensures MAC PTs in their region maintains CMLA accreditation.
• Interprets motion lab data including kinematics, kinetics, EMG, and other analyses.
• Generates concise PT evaluations integrating motion lab findings.

Education

Bachelor's in Physical Therapy

Masters Degree

Job description

Company Overview

Shriners Children’s is an organization that respects, supports, and values each other. Named as the 2025 best mid-sized employer by Forbes, we are engaged in providing excellence in patient care, embracing multi-disciplinary education, and research with global impact. We foster a learning environment that values evidenced based practice, experience, innovation, and critical thinking. Our compassion, integrity, accountability, and resilience define us as leaders in pediatric specialty care for our children and their families.

Company Overview

Shriners Children’s is an organization that respects, supports, and values each other. Named as the 2025 best mid-sized employer by Forbes, we are engaged in providing excellence in patient care, embracing multi-disciplinary education, and research with global impact. We foster a learning environment that values evidenced based practice, experience, innovation, and critical thinking. Our compassion, integrity, accountability, and resilience define us as leaders in pediatric specialty care for our children and their families. With 20+ hospitals, outpatient clinics, ambulatory care centers and outreach locations across the globe, we provide excellent care to children up to age 18 regardless of their family’s ability to pay or insurance status.

Job Description

The Motion Analysis Center Physical Therapist at Shriners Hospitals for Children is responsible for providing specialized physical therapy services within our state-of-the-art motion analysis laboratory, focusing on the assessment, treatment, and rehabilitation of children with complex musculoskeletal and neuromuscular conditions.

Key Responsibilities

• Meets regularly with MAC PTs within their region.
• Provides oversight of MAC PTs within their region to ensure proper clinical care, clinical documentation, maintenance of a full caseload and timeliness of documentation.
• Works with other System leaders to standardize clinical processes across the system.
• Ensures MAC PTs in their region obtains and maintains the clinical aspect of the Commission for Motion Laboratory Accreditation (CMLA) accreditation.
• Competent in SMACnet standards for the examination of the patient including history/systems review, selection and administration of specific tests and measures including but not limited to range of motion, manual muscle testing, outcome measures and neurological testing.
• Competent in basic collection of motion capture data, EMG, pedobarograph, video, report generation to ensure continuity of care if the coordinator or engineer is not available.
• Demonstrates proficiency in the interpreting all motion lab data including but not limited to kinematics, kinetics, EMG, pedobarograph, O2 consumption, and video analysis.
• Generates a concise and clearly written physical therapy evaluation summarizing and integrating the pertinent findings of the motion lab evaluation including the patient history, physical exam, spatial and temporal parameters, kinematics, kinetics, electromyography evaluations, foot pressure distribution analysis and other assessments.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's in physical Therapy
• Licensed in state of practice

Preferred Qualifcations

• 5 Years Motion analysis lab
• 5 Years Pediatric experience
• Masters Degree

Compensation is determined based on years of relevant experience and departmental equity.