Physical Therapist

Shriners Children's; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Shriners Children’s Salt Lake City is seeking a Pediatric Physical Therapist to join a collaborative, mission-driven team focused on delivering high-quality, compassionate care to children and families. The role emphasizes education, family-centered practice, and continuity of care across the treatment journey.

You will evaluate and treat diverse pediatric patients, design comprehensive plans, and collaborate with local leaders to ensure safe, compliant, and evidence-based care under the

Qualifications

• Evaluates pediatric patients across developmental stages using evidence-based practice.
• Designs and implements comprehensive treatment plans.
• Fabricates orthotic devices as indicated by the plan.
• Maintains HIPAA-compliant, accurate clinical documentation.

Responsibilities

• Perform thorough examinations and document findings.
• Develop and implement age-appropriate, family-centered therapy plans.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary team to ensure continuity of care.
• Maintain current knowledge of scope of practice, coding/billing, and documentation.

Job description

Company OverviewShriners 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. Please click here to learn more about our locations.CURRENT EMPLOYEES: Please log into Workday Click Here to apply internally through the \"Jobs Hub\"Job DescriptionShriners Children’s Salt Lake City is seeking a Pediatric Physical Therapist to join our collaborative and mission-driven team. This role offers the opportunity to make a lasting impact on children and families by delivering high-quality, compassionate care in a setting that truly puts patients first.As a Physical Therapist, you will provide comprehensive evaluation and treatment services tailored to each child’s developmental, physical, and functional needs. Care is delivered in an age-appropriate, family-centered manner, with a strong emphasis on education, collaboration, and continuity of care across the treatment journey.You will work closely with an interdisciplinary team and local leaders to provide safe, compliant, and evidence-based care aligned with professional standards of practice. All care is delivered within the Shriners Children’s FOCUSED Program, our system-wide model of professional practice that emphasizes patient-centered care, teamwork, and excellence—always putting the needs of children and their families first.Key Responsibilities:Demonstrates competency in the examination of the patient to include history and systems review, selection and administration of specific tests and measures to obtain clinical dataDemonstrate the knowledge and advanced skills to design and implement a comprehensive treatment plan, utilizing evidence base practice, for patients of diverse ages and diagnoses based on their assessmentDemonstrates and maintains current knowledge /skills necessary to fabricate orthotic devices as indicated by the treatment planUtilizes language appropriate to patient/family level of understanding, and written or demonstrated methods for exercises/activities, splints and equipment useRecords clinical activity as close as possible to the time care was delivered, only uses abbreviations approved by the facility, is objective and factual using quantitative metrics, and is HIPAA compliantParticipates in program development and departmental responsibilities as assigned while demonstrating adherence to deadlinesResponsible for maintaining current knowledge in changes related to scope of practice, coding/billing practices, compliant documentation and any other knowledge related to the compliant practice in a revenue cycle environmentRequired Qualifications:Education necessary to obtain License in State of PracticeLicensed in state of practiceBasic Life Support (BLS)Preferred Qualifications:1+ year Physical TherapyCompensation is determined based on years of relevant experience and departmental equity.