Physical Therapist Coordinator, Rehab Services Acute Care

BHS Baptist Healthcare System; Lexington (KY); On-site; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Vision, Dental, and Life

Short Term and Long-term Disability

Tuition Reimbursement up to $6,000

Maternity and Paternity Leave

5 days Paid Time Off

Bereavement Leave

PTO Sell Back

Compassionate Leave Sharing

Employee Support Fund

Retirement with Company Match

Work Experience Education

Job summary

Baptist Health Rehab Services is seeking a Physical Therapist Coordinator for a full-time day position. The role involves evaluating and treating patients, developing treatment plans, setting goals, and educating patients and families as part of the plan of care.

The coordinator will supervise PT assistants, participate in performance improvement initiatives, and assist with education of students and staff while ensuring care meets regulatory and hospital policies.

Qualifications

• Two years of experience in physical therapy
• Current license by the KY Board of Physical Therapy
• BLS within 30 days of hire

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and treat patients, develop treatment plans, and set goals
• Provide patient and family education as part of the treatment plan
• Complete documentation per state and hospital policies
• Educate affiliating students, PT staff, hospital staff, and community
• Delegate to and supervise physical therapist assistants and technicians
• Participate in departmental performance improvement initiatives
• Meet the needs of patients with impaired mental abilities, vision, hearing, or mobility

Education

Bachelor's Degree Physical Therapy

Job description

Summary Job Description

Baptist Health Rehab Services provides a full range of physical, occupational, and speech therapy services for all ages. Our therapists and assistants are trained in treating neurological, orthopedic, vestibular, lymphedema, pediatrics, industrial medicine, swallowing, and speech and language disorders.

Physical Therapist Coordinator

Full-time, Days

The Team Coordinator is responsible for advancing the team’s quality of care, through in servicing, mentoring, and coordination of performance improvement projects. The physical therapist shall evaluate and treat patients, develop a treatment plan, and set goals for patients. Patient and family education is included in the treatment plan and goals. The PT will complete documentation according to applicable national and state regulations as well as hospital and departmental policies. The therapist will assist with the education of affiliating students, the PT staff, hospital staff, and the community at large. The therapist will appropriately delegate to and supervise physical therapist assistants and technicians. The therapist will participate in departmental performance improvement implementation. The therapist must demonstrate professional care appropriately and meet the needs of the patients with impaired mental abilities, vision, hearing, or mobility.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree Physical Therapy
• Two Years experience
• Current License by the Ky Board of Physical Therapy
• BLS within 30 days of hire

Benefits

• Health, Vision, Dental, and Pet Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Short Term and Long-term Disability and Life Insurance
• Identity Theft Protection
• Tuition Reimbursement up to $6,000 annually
• Company paid Maternity and Paternity Leave
• 5 days of Paid Time Off available upon hire
• Bereavement Leave (includes pets)
• PTO Sell Back Program
• Compassionate Leave Sharing Program (PTO Donation)
• Employee Support Fund, for employees in need of emergency financial assistance
• Retirement with Company Match
• Work Experience Education

About Baptist Health

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of 10 hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 470 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics. Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates two joint venture hospitals: the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana, and the Baptist Health Rehabilitation Hospital, a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation facility with Encompass Health, based in Birmingham, Alabama. Baptist Health employs more than 24,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states. Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet or Pathway to Excellence designation for nursing excellence. Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has more than 1,820 employed providers offering care in 78 specialties, including approximately 862 physicians and 958 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians.

EEO Statement

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and seeks to employ individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, religious or political beliefs, protected veteran status, employment status or any other protected class identified in any federal, state, or local law. Baptist Health specifically encourages minority, female, disabled, veteran and other candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply and strengthen our team. Please note that Baptist Health is a drug-free workplace and employment with Baptist Health is subject to post offer, pre‑employment drug testing.

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