Physical Therapist - Full-time

Select Specialty Hospital; Birmingham (AL); On-site; USD 45,460 - 70,257; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition reimbursement

Health, vision, and dental plans

Generous PTO

Company-matching 401(k) retirement plan

Job summary

Select Specialty Hospital in Birmingham, AL is hiring a Full-Time Physical Therapist (PT) to provide compassionate treatment to critically ill patients. Applicants should have a current physical therapy licensure in Alabama and be committed to patient care.

The role involves patient assessments, treatment planning, and supervising assistants while ensuring compliance with quality standards. Benefits include extensive orientation, tuition reimbursement, and a comprehensive health plan.

A positive impact on patients' lives is at the heart of our mission.

Qualifications

• Current state licensure as a Physical Therapist required.
• Certified BLS or completion in first 90 days of employment required.

Responsibilities

• Perform initial and ongoing systematic patient assessment.
• Promote continuous quality improvement.
• Teach and counsel patients and families.
• Set goals and develop treatment plans.
• Work cooperatively to solve patient-specific needs.
• Participate in discharge planning for each patient.
• Supervise Physical Therapy Assistants and students.
• Conduct individual patient therapy regimens.
• Monitor patient's response and modify treatment.
• Complete appropriate documentation according to policies.
• Participate in continuing education seminars.

Skills

Patient assessment

Quality improvement

Patient education

Treatment planning

Education

Current state licensure as a Physical Therapist

Tools

BLS certification

Job description

Position: Physical Therapist (PT)

Location: Birmingham, AL (3rd floor of Brookwood Baptist Medical Center)

Schedule: Full-Time, Monday - Friday, no weekends or holidays

Compensation: $33.00 - $51.00 per hour, based on years of experience

Select Specialty Hospital Birmingham is a critical illness recovery hospital committed to providing world-class inpatient post-ICU services to chronic, critically ill patients who require extended healing and recovery. We help patients during some of the most vulnerable, painful moments of their lives - and Physical Therapists (PT) play a central role in providing compassionate, excellent treatment every step of the way.

Why Join Us

• Start Strong: Extensive and thorough Physical Therapist (PT) orientation program to ensure a smooth transition into our setting.
• Advance Your Career: Tuition reimbursement, and continuing education opportunities.
• Elevate Your Skills: Clinical ladder program.
• Ease the Burden: Student debt benefit program.
• Your Health Matters: Comprehensive medical/RX, health, vision, and dental plan offerings
• Recharge & Refresh: Generous PTO to maintain a healthy work-life balance
• Invest in Your Future: Company-matching 401(k) retirement plan, as well as life and disability protection
• Your Impact Matters: Join a team of over 44,000 nationwide committed to providing exceptional care.

Responsibilities

• Performing initial and ongoing systematic patient assessment.
• Promoting continuous quality improvement.
• Teaching and counseling patients/families.
• Setting goals and developing treatment plans.
• Working cooperatively to identify and solve patient-specific and facility-wide needs.
• Participating in discharge planning for each patient, including placement, patient/family education and adaptive equipment.
• Supervising Physical Therapy Assistants, as well as supervising PT and PTA students.
• Conducting individual patient therapy regimens.
• Monitoring patient's response to treatment and modifying treatment during sessions, as needed.
• Completing appropriate documentation according to department policies and procedures.
• Participating in departmental, hospital, and community continuing education seminars and in-services.

Minimum Qualifications

• Current state licensure as a Physical Therapist required.
• Certified BLS or completion in first 90 days of employment required.