Physical Therapist I - Per Diem

UNC Health Care; Lenoir (NC); On-site; USD 61,000 - 83,000; Part time

Job summary

UNC Health Caldwell Memorial Hospital in Lenoir, NC is seeking a per diem Physical Therapist to join the team. The role focuses on evidence-based evaluation, treatment, and education for diverse diagnoses across orthopedics and neurologic rehabilitation, with emphasis on clinical collaboration and ongoing professional growth.

Responsibilities include documentation, testing, plan of care development, and mentoring staff.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication with patients and staff.
• Strong interprofessional collaboration abilities.
• Physical stamina for ongoing patient interventions.

Responsibilities

• Completes physical therapy documentation, billing, and statistics per team guidelines.
• Administers tests and measures to establish a plan of care and interventions; communicates with care team.
• Mentors assistants and delegates responsibilities per licensing guidelines.
• Provides clinical precepting and teaching for students and staff; offers feedback and coaching.

Skills

Communication

Interprofessional skills

Stamina

Education

Accredited PT program

Job description

Description

Your passion belongs at UNC Health. Join more than 56,000 teammates working together to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve across North Carolina.

Caldwell Memorial Hospital is seeking a per diem Physical Therapist to join our team!Our team offers a wide range of clinical specialties, creating an environment where you can contribute your expertise while continuing to grow. We provide services across general orthopedics and neurologic rehabilitation, as well as more specialized areas such as women's health and pelvic pain, lymphedema management, and LSVT. With such a diverse skill set within the department, we especially welcome candidates with a background or strong interest in lymphedema care who are eager to join a collaborative and supportive clinical team!

Summary

The Physical Therapist I provides evidence-based evaluation, treatment interventions, and educational instruction to patients and caregivers with various diagnoses, disabilities, and impairments affecting multiple body regions, structures, systems, functional mobility, and activity participation. The clinician provides student shadowing, clinical instruction, and participates in departmental and community continuing education and outreach.

Responsibilities

• Completes physical therapy documentation, billing, and statistics per team guidelines. Manage daily caseload with efficiency and efficacy. Meets productivity standards per team guidelines.
• Administers tests and measures to assist in establishing a plan of care and interventions and manages resources to accomplish patient goals; Communicates relevant information to promote continuity of care.
• Mentors assistive personnel and delegates responsibilities as per licensing board guidelines.
• Provides clinical precepting and teaching for students and/or staff under the guidance of the clinical specialist or other subject matter experts. Provides regular feedback, coaching and mentoring. Evaluates the learner's performance.
• Assists in the planning and coordinating of clinical programs in collaboration with the clinical specialist or manager. Participates in continuous improvement in clinical services by attending and participating in departmental meetings and in-services.

Other Information

Education Requirements:

• Graduation from an accredited Physical Therapy program.

Licensure/Certification Requirements:

• Licensed as a Physical Therapist in the state of North Carolina.
• BLS within 3 months of hire date.

Professional Experience Requirements:

• No prior experience required.

Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:

• Exhibits effective communication and interprofessional skills; requires physical stamina and repetitive movements, including, but not limited to, sitting, standing, kneeling, walking, and squatting during patient interventions while supporting one's weight; can engage in high-level problem-solving to ensure patient safety during mobilization.

Job Details

Legal Employer: NCHEALTH

Entity: Caldwell Memorial Hospital

Organization Unit: Physical Therapy

Work Type: Per Diem

Standard Hours Per Week: 10.00

Pay Rate: $52.02 per hour

Work Assignment Type: Onsite

Work Schedule: Day Job

Location of Job: US:NC:Lenoir

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: Yes

This position is employed by NC Health (Rex Healthcare, Inc., d/b/a NC Health), a private, fully-owned subsidiary of UNC Heath Care System. This is not a State employed position.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.

UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities.