Physical Therapist

Catholic Health Initiatives; Turtle Lake (ND); On-site; USD 46,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

CHI St. Alexius Health Turtle Lake is seeking a Physical Therapist to organize and conduct medically prescribed therapy programs, helping patients reach their maximum performance while operating within their capabilities.

You will evaluate patients, design rehab plans, document accurately for billing, educate patients, manage workload, develop new programs, and supervise students in a busy 25-bed hospital setting with 24/7 emergency care.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Physical Therapy.
• Licensed or eligible for licensure by the North Dakota State Examining Committee of Physical Therapists.

Responsibilities

• Evaluates patients, designs, implements, and progresses rehabilitation programs, including clear home exercise plans.
• Ensures timely, complete, and accurate patient notes, certifications, and treatment instructions, adhering to QI criteria and reflecting services provided for billing.
• Clearly explains injury/condition, treatment purpose, and rehabilitation goals to clients, ensuring understanding and satisfaction with departmental care.
• Demonstrates ability to manage heavy caseloads by improving personal efficiency, working extended hours when necessary, and assisting colleagues.
• Develops new programs and collaborates with physicians to stimulate referrals, enhance relationships, and improve care quality.
• Supervises students, teaches classes, provides public speaking, manages the department in the absence of a manager/staff PT, resolves departmental conflicts, and completes assigned reports.

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Physical Therapy

Job description

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Physical Therapist, you will organize and conduct medically prescribed therapy programs. Every day you will help patients reach their maximum performance while learning to live within their capabilities. To be successful in this role, you will demonstrate meticulous attention to detail, excellent customer service, contributing to a positive patient care experience.

• Patient Evaluation & Rehabilitation: Evaluates patients, designs, implements, and progresses rehabilitation programs, including clear home exercise plans

• Documentation & Billing Accuracy: Ensures timely, complete, and accurate patient notes, certifications, and treatment instructions, adhering to QI criteria and reflecting services provided for billing

• Patient Education & Satisfaction: Clearly explains injury/condition, treatment purpose, and rehabilitation goals to clients, ensuring their understanding and satisfaction with departmental care

• Workload Management & Efficiency: Demonstrates ability to manage heavy caseloads by improving personal efficiency, working extended hours when necessary, and assisting colleagues

• Program Development & Referrals: Develops new programs and collaborates with physicians to stimulate referrals, enhance relationships, and improve care quality

• Leadership & Departmental Oversight: Supervises students, teaches classes, provides public speaking, manages the department in the absence of a manager/staff PT, resolves departmental conflicts, and completes assigned reports

Job Requirements

Required

• Bachelor’s Degree in Physical Therapy
• Licensed or eligible for licensure by the North Dakota State Examining Committee of Physical Therapists

Where You'll Work

CHI St. Alexius Health Turtle Lake is a 25 bed critical access hospital with a Level V Emergency Department that is available 24 hours a day. Our hospital has been committed to providing patients quality medical treatment in the Turtle Lake area and surrounding communities since 1952. Through the years, the hospital has sought to continually upgrade the quality and numbers of services it provides. The hospital's affiliation with major medical centers and health care agencies has allowed it to expand its health care services through a network that begins at the local level. CHI St. Alexius Health Turtle Lake is equipped with 2 emergency rooms, on-site lab, radiology, CT and physical therapy services. Our patients have access to 24/7 emergency care, swing-bed programs, and acute care services.

Pay Range

$33.63 - $48.17 /hour

We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.