Physical Therapist, Outpatient, Orthopedics

North Carolina Baptist Hospital; Winston-Salem (NC); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

North Carolina Baptist Hospital is seeking a licensed physical therapist to join our care team in Winston-Salem. You will evaluate patients, design and implement treatment plans, and monitor progress to achieve functional goals.

The role emphasizes collaboration with physicians, nurses, and therapists, adherence to standards of practice, and accurate documentation. CPR certification and state licensure are required for clinical practice.

Qualifications

• Graduated from an accredited physical therapy program with required degree.
• Current licensure in the state of practice.
• CPR certification (Basic Life Support, Level C).

Responsibilities

• Promotes a cooperative work environment through effective communication and teamwork.
• Performs patient care assessments and develops goals-based treatment plans.
• Maintains accurate documentation including evaluations, progress notes and discharge summaries.
• Adheres to department productivity standards and budgeting expectations.
• Participates in process improvement to enhance quality and efficiency of care.
• Supports professional development and inter-professional education.
• Communicates with patients, families, and staff to ensure understanding of care.
• Delivers age-appropriate care with developmentally suitable approaches.

Skills

State licensure

CPR Certification

Education

B.S., M.S., or D.P.T. degree from accredited physical therapy program

Job description

What You’ll Need:

• B.S., M.S., or D.P.T degree from accredited physical therapy school.
• Current licensure in the state of applicable state
• CPR certification in Basic Life Support, Level C.

What You’ll Do:

• Adheres to the general hospital standards to promote a cooperative work environment by utilizing communication skills, interpersonal relationships and team building. Following hospital policies and procedures. Following departmental policies and procedures. Contributing to the overall quality of services. Assuming responsibility for keeping informed about changes in policies and procedures
• Provides patient care assessment and treatment. Ensures patient evaluations and treatments are comprehensive, functional and according to the Standard of Practice. Provides sound professional judgment in interpreting the evaluation results and establishing an acceptable treatment plan with realistic goals. Encourages patients and significant others in setting goals. Recognizes and responds to changes in the patient’s physiologic state. Recommends next level of care. Ensures quality patient outcomes. Supervises support staff who are assisting with patient care by providing direction and feedback.
• Maintains accurate documentation. Completes written patient evaluations, progress notes, and discharge notes per policy. Ensures accurate and timely documentation of patient/family education, charges and departmental statistics, and ICD-10 codes as appropriate. Maintains patient records in a systematic order. Ensures that documentation is legible.
• Meets department financial and productivity standards. Understands the budgeted expectations. Maintains productivity standards. Adjusts individual schedules to meet the needs of the patient and department.
• Participates in process management to optimize quality and efficiency of services. Identifies quality and operational opportunities. Participates in process management and communicates progress barriers to supervisor. Researches and suggests evidence based best practices to improve the quality of patient care.
• Promotes professional development and education of other health care workers and provides representation on committees. Conducts in-service training programs to provide state-of-the-art information to health care workers and enhances safety. Understands changes/developments in the profession locally, at the state level, and nationally. Shares clinical expertise with other therapists, student affiliates, and other health care professionals.
• Communicates effectively. Communicates in a professional and timely manner with patients, physicians, staff, and all external customers. Responds to questions by staff. Promotes an open atmosphere of communication. Shares information learned from seminars. Informs supervisor of issues and resolutions to potential problems. Communicates information with patient and family and ensures understanding
• Provides appropriate patient care in accordance with age/developmental guidelines. Demonstrates age/developmentally specific knowledge, skills, and abilities for the patients served. Utilizes knowledge of age/developmentally specific data when assessing patients. Interprets age/developmentally specific response to treatment/activity accurately. Maintains competence related to age/developmentally specific patient care by regularly updating knowledge of growth and development and the aging process