Physical Therapist (PT), Pediatrics - Per Diem

Virtua Health; Barrington (NJ); On-site; USD 70,000 - 99,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental & Vision

401(k)

Paid time off

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Tuition assistance

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Virtua Health is seeking a licensed Pediatric Physical Therapist to provide educationally based evaluations, treatments and consultations to pediatric clients within school environments. You will work with the school district’s child study teams and teachers to ensure services align with IEP goals.

Responsibilities include evaluative interventions, documenting educationally focused records, and collaborating with CST, families, and teachers.

Qualifications

• Educationally based pediatric experience preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in physical therapy required.
• Current licensure in NJ; CPR certification; NJ Department of Education school certification.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates comprehensive evaluation skills and interventions; adjust plan of care to meet IEP mandates.
• Maintain and complete all student documentation and reports in education-focused format.
• Collaborate with CST, teachers, families and therapists to provide quality patient care and operations.
• Attend school team and IEP meetings and adapt schedule to minimize disruption to student treatment.

Skills

Pediatric physical therapy

IEP collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in physical therapy

Job description

Job Summary

Provides educationally based PT evaluations, treatments and consultations to pediatric clients within the educational environment. Provide services in conjunction with the school district’s child study teams and teachers, ensuring that the services delivered are relevant and useful in meeting the student’s individual education plans (IEP).

Job Summary

Provides educationally based PT evaluations, treatments and consultations to pediatric clients within the educational environment. Provide services in conjunction with the school district’s child study teams and teachers, ensuring that the services delivered are relevant and useful in meeting the student’s individual education plans (IEP).

Position Responsibilities

• Demonstrates comprehensive evaluation skills and interventions. This includes evaluating the effectiveness of interventions and modification of plan of care as appropriate. Therapist will meet IEP mandates per student.
• Maintains and completes all student documentation, records and reports ensuring they are educationally based, timely, thorough and professional. All documentation must be in accordance with regulatory and department guidelines.
• Consults with student’s child study team, teacher, family, paraprofessionals, district and non-district therapists, CST staff, contract coordinator, supervisors and offsite director to provide optimum quality patient care and effective operations.
• Attend and participate in required meetings including school team meetings, student IEP meetings, required CST meetings and any other required meeting. Will be flexible and adjust schedule to accommodate without negative impact to student treatment time/schedule.

Required Experience

Educationally based pediatric experience preferred

Required Education

Minimum Bachelor’s degree in physical therapy.

Training / Certification / Licensure

• Current licensure in the State of NJ
• CPR certification
• School certification by the NJ Department of Education

Salary

$61.35 - $61.35 Hourly

Benefits

• medical/prescription, dental and vision insurance
• health and dependent care flexible spending accounts
• 403(b) (401(k) subject to collective bargaining agreement)
• paid time off, paid sick leave as provided under state and local paid sick leave laws, short-term disability and optional long-term disability, colleague and dependent life insurance and supplemental life and AD&D insurance
• tuition assistance, and an employee assistance program that includes free counseling sessions.

Eligibility for benefits is governed by the applicable plan documents and policies.