Physical Therapist, PRN, Pediatrics

Advocate Health; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Advocate Health is seeking a licensed Physical Therapist to provide comprehensive patient care and treatment in alignment with standard practice. The role requires NC licensure, a BS in Physical Therapy, and CPR certification renewed every two years.

You will evaluate, plan, document, and adjust care while mentoring students and collaborating with the health care team. The position emphasizes productivity standards, accurate coding, and maintaining quality through ongoing process improvements

Qualifications

• Licensed to practice Physical Therapy in the State of North Carolina.
• Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited physical therapy school required
• CPR certification required every two years.

Responsibilities

• Provides patient care assessment and treatment according to Standard of Practice.
• Maintains accurate patient documentation including evaluations, progress notes, and discharge notes.
• Meets department financial and productivity standards and adjusts schedules to meet patient needs.
• Participates in process management to improve quality and efficiency of services.
• Supervises physical therapy and physical therapy assistant students.
• Communicates professionally with patients, physicians, staff and external customers.
• Delivers patient care in accordance with age/developmental guidelines and hospital standards.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Documentation

Team collaboration

Supervising students

Interdisciplinary communication

Education

Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy

Tools

ICD-9 coding

Job description

What You'll Need:

• Licensed to practice Physical Therapy in the State of North Carolina with current licensure, active member of APTA encouraged, but not required.
• Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited physical therapy school required
• CPR certification required every two years.

What You'll Do:

• 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.
• Maintains accurate patient 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-9 codes as appropriate.
• 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.
• 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.
• Supervises physical therapy and physical therapy assistant students to develop their clinical skills and ensure the delivery of quality patient care.
• Communicates in a professional and timely manner with patients, physicians, staff, and all external customers.
• Provides appropriate patient care in accordance with age/developmental guidelines. Demonstrates age/developmentally specific knowledge, skills, and abilities for the patients served.
• Adheres to the general hospital standards to promote a cooperative work environment by utilizing communication skills, interpersonal relationships and team building.