Physical Therapist-Outpatient Lymphedema

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Vision, and Dental Insurance

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

Tuition Reimbursement up to $6,000

Paid Time Off

Maternity/Paternity Leave

Bereavement Leave (including pets)

PTO Sell Back

Donation-based Leave Sharing

Employee Support Fund

Retirement with Company Match

Job summary

Baptist Health Rehab Services in Kentucky is seeking a Physical Therapist for outpatient lymphedema clinics to evaluate and treat patients, develop treatment plans, and educate patients and families. Day shift, full-time position.

The role requires a Bachelor’s in Physical Therapy and current licensure by the Kentucky Board of Physical Therapy; BLS within 30 days from hire. You will supervise students and Rehab Services Technicians and participate in departmental plans.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Physical Therapy.
• Current license by the Ky Board of Physical Therapy.
• BLS within 30 days from date of hire.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and treat patients; develop treatment plans and goals.
• Complete documentation per regulations and policies.
• Supervise/delegates/directs activities of students and Rehab Services Technicians.

Education

Bachelor's Degree in 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. The staff 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, department 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 operational plan. The therapist must intervene appropriately and meet the needs of patients with impaired mental abilities, vision, hearing, or mobility.

Physical Therapist, Lymphedema Outpatient Full-Time, Days Job Description

Completes appropriate chart / medical record review. Follows plan of treatment appropriately, notifies referring provider of change in status and need for modifications to treatment plan or goals. Plans treatment appropriately, including input from patient. Receives and implements therapy orders. Completes evaluation form, treatment notes, progress reports, and D/C summaries in a timely manner, and appropriately submits to referring provider. Supervises/delegates/directs activities of students and Rehab Services Technicians.

Requirements

• Bachelors Degree in Physical Therapy
• Current license by the Ky Board of Physical Therapy BLS within 30 days from date 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

EEO Statement

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.

NOTICE OF NONDISCRMISSION AND ACCESSIBILITY TO SERVICES

Persons with hearing and speech impairments can contact Baptist Health facilities by using the Kentucky Relay Service, a toll-free telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD). For voice to TDD, call 800.648.6057. For TDD to voice, call 800.648.6056.

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