Physical Therapist

NorthLakes Community Clinic; Iron River (MI); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

NorthLakes Community Clinic is seeking a qualified Physical Therapist to plan and administer treatment plans that promote overall fitness and health for patients in our service area. Candidates must reside in the service area and be eligible to work within Wisconsin licensing standards.

The role includes diagnosing movement dysfunction, creating care plans, documenting records, and collaborating with a team of providers. Part-time to full-time opportunities are available.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Physical Therapy from an accredited program.
• 1–2 years of experience in a similar role.
• Successful passing of the National Physical Therapy Examination; active Wisconsin Physical Therapy license

Responsibilities

• Consult with and evaluate the patient to determine goals and needs.
• Diagnose and treat movement dysfunction.
• Create plans of care and document patient records in accordance with regulatory, licensing, payor, and accrediting requirements.
• Provide education on therapy exercise techniques and use of adaptive equipment.
• Provide hands-on therapy such as massage, thermotherapy, dry needling, etc. as applicable.
• Work collaboratively with other providers including other therapists, surgeons, and the patient's primary care provider.
• Clean and maintain equipment to ensure clean and safe work environment.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Patient evaluation

Plan of care

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Education

Master's Degree in Physical Therapy

Tools

Electronic Medical Records (EMR)

Job description

Caring for our community starts with you. Join a team that believes everyone deserves care.

Candidates must reside within NorthLakes' service area at the time of hire and maintain residency throughout employment.

Responsible for planning and administering physical therapy treatment plans designed to promote overall fitness and health of patients.

Will consider part-time to full-time candidates.

Essential Job Functions

Essential Functions of the Job: [Other duties may be assigned.]

• Consult with and evaluate the patient to determine patient goals and needs.

• Diagnose and treat movement dysfunction.

• Create plans of care and document patient records in accordance with regulatory, licensing, payor, and accrediting requirements.

• Provide education on therapy exercise techniques and use of adaptive equipment such as walkers or wheelchairs.

• Provide hands-on therapy such as massage, thermotherapy, dry needling, etc. as applicable.

• Work collaboratively with other providers including other therapists, surgeons, and the patient's primary care provider.

• Clean and maintain equipment to ensure clean and safe work environment.

• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications and Education Requirements

• Minimum Level of Completed Education: Masters Degree in Physical Therapy from an accredited physical therapy school

• Prior years of experience in similar role: 1-2

• Experience with systems, computer applications/software: None required. Electronic Medical Record experience preferred.

• Required (or Preferred) Licensure/Cert/Credentials: Successful passing of the National Physical Therapy Examination; must have active Wisconsin Physical Therapy license

Benefit Statement

For full time and part time employees who work 24 or more hours per week we offer a generous benefits package that includes:

• Medical and dental insurance

• Employer paid group term life and disability

• Employer contribution toward Health Savings Account

• Flexible Spending Accounts

• 6 weeks Paid Time Off (PTO), Paid Holidays and Paid Leave Bank

• 403(b) with a 4% employer match

Various voluntary benefits:

• Vision Insurance

• Supplemental Life, AD&D and Disability

• Tuition reimbursement

• Health and Wellness reimbursement program

• Employee Assistance Program, and other specialized behavioral health services and resources for employees and family members

• Partner of HRSA/NHSC loan repayment program

Our Mission is to respond to the healthcare needs of our communities with an integrated array of quality services and actively remove barriers to wellness.

NorthLakes Community Clinic is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment regardless of age, race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, marital status, disability, military or veteran status, or any other classification protected by applicable law.

All offers of employment are contingent upon successful completion of a criminal background check and references.

At NorthLakes Community Clinic , our organizational competencies highlight the behaviors and values that guide how we work and provide a shared foundation for performance, development, and growth throughout an employee’s career with us.

NorthLakes Community Clinic Organizational Competencies

Mission Driven -Advances the organizational mission, visionand values inexecuting job duties.

Customer Service - Committed to increasing customer satisfaction, sets proper customer expectations, assumes responsibility for solving customer problems, ensures commitments to customers are met.

Quality - Is attentive to detail and accuracy, is committed to excellence, looks for improvements continuously, monitors quality levels, finds root cause of quality problems, owns/acts on quality problems.

Creativity - Generates new ideas, supports change, provides innovative solutions, solves problems creatively.

Integrity - Earns the trust and confidence of coworkers and customers through honest communication, ethical behavior and professionalism in all interactions.

Teamwork - Contributes to meeting team deadlines and responsibilities, listens to others and values opinions, helps team to meet goals, welcomes newcomers and promotes a cooperative team atmosphere.

Self-Development - Seeks out and accepts feedback, is a proactive learner, takes on tough assignments to improve skills, keeps knowledge and skills up-to-date, turns mistakes into learning opportunities.

Job Knowledge - Understands duties and responsibilities, possesses necessary job knowledge and technical skills, maintains job knowledge current.

Communication - Understand and communicate effectively with others using a variety of contexts and formats, which include writing, speaking, reading, listening and interpersonal skills.

Dependability - Meets commitments, works independently, accepts accountability, handles change, sets personal standards, stays focused under pressure, meets attendance/punctuality requirements.

Trauma/Resilience Informed - Understands that trauma is prevalent and resilience can be cultivatedand improved; and operates in a mannerconsistent with these principles.