Physical Therapist - Atrium Health Cleveland - PRN

Advocate Aurora Health; Shelby (NC); Presencial; USD 64.000 - 88.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Advocate Health is seeking a PRN Physical Therapist for Outpatient and Acute Care opportunities at Atrium Health Rehabilitation Cleveland and Kings Mountain in North Carolina. You will evaluate patients, develop and modify treatment plans, document progress, and coordinate with physicians and staff to support discharge planning.

The role requires a Bachelor's Degree in Physical Therapy, an active PT license in the state, and CPR/BLS certifications.

Formación

• Bachelor's Degree in Physical Therapy from an accredited program required.
• State license to practice physical therapy required.
• CPR Certification and BLS required per policy guidelines.

Responsabilidades

• Evaluates patients and establishes care plans with modalities, procedures, and exercise programs.
• Gathers data from medical records, physician reports, patient and family, and uses devices as needed.
• Documents evaluations, tests, progress notes, discharge notes and charges.
• Re-evaluates patients as status changes and adjusts goals accordingly.
• Communicates progress to physicians and coordinates schedules and discharge planning.

Conocimientos

Patient evaluation

Therapy planning

Documentation

Team supervision

Educación

Bachelor's Degree in Physical Therapy

State PT License

CPR Certification

BLS Certification

Descripción del empleo

This is a PRN position for both Outpatient and Acute Care opportunities!

Atrium Health Rehabilitation Cleveland and Kings Mountain, part of Advocate Health, is located in Cleveland Country, North Carolina. We offer a comprehensive range of outpatient rehabilitation services. These include a multidisciplinary team of physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy. We offer rehabilitation for conditions such as musculoskeletal injuries, strokes, spinal cord injuries, pediatrics, pelvic health, and lymphedema. The facility also provides innovative therapies like aquatic rehabilitation, cancer rehabilitation, and vestibular rehabilitation.

Essential Functions

• Evaluates patients and establishes appropriate patient care plan to include necessary modalities, procedures, exercise programs, and patient education as warranted by the patient's diagnosis and condition.
• Gathers and interpretes appropriate data from the medical record, physician reports, patient, and/or family as evidenced by documentation and identifies need for and utilizes appropriate assistive and orthotic devices.
• Documents evaluations, tests, progress notes, daily treatment notes, attendance records, patient/family education, outcomes, discharge notes, and charges.
• Re-evaluates patients as needed, modifying goals and treatment as patient's status changes.
• Communicates patient's evaluation and subsequent progress to physician, referral sources, and other clinical staff and coordinates patient's schedule, treatment programs, discharge planning and recommends solutions to patient care problems.
• Provides and documents patient and family education in regard to deficits, progress toward goals, and therapeutic techniques, with individualized instruction for a home program including equipment use.
• Directs and supervises activities of Physical Therapist Assistant, Physical Therapy Technician, students, and volunteers and assists with orienting new and rotating staff.

Physical Requirements

Hearing (corrected) adequate for oral/aural communication. Vision (corrected) adequate for reading. Intelligible speech and adequate language/cognitive skills to perform job duties. Sitting, standing, and walking required throughout the day. Job duties sometimes require climbing stairs, kneeling, twisting, bending; on occasion, crouching, crawling and reaching overhead. Lifting of patients, equipment or supplies will be required up to 20 pounds frequently and 50 pounds occasionally. Able to laterally transfer patients 100 pounds rarely. Must be able to demonstrate any appropriate exercise and activities to patients/caregivers. Personal Protective Equipment such as gloves, goggles, gowns, and masks are sometimes required due to possible exposure to hazardous chemicals or blood and body fluids. Work is in a fast-paced clinical environment. The work environment is primarily indoors but occasionally outdoors.

Education, Experience and Certifications

Bachelor's Degree in PT from an accredited program required. applicable state license for PT required. CPR Certification and BLS required per policy guidelines