Physical Therapist, Senior

UPMC; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

UPMC's Centers for Rehab Services in Lawrenceville (CHP Main Hospital) is seeking a Senior Physical Therapist for the Outpatient department. This full-time role involves advanced clinical assessment and treatment for a broad patient population in a busy outpatient setting.

You will supervise PTAs, develop plans of care, participate in education programs, and contribute to ongoing research efforts. Occasional weekends on-call may be required.

Responsibilities

• Communicates patient status to the referring physician and health care team.
• Attends staff meetings and in-service education programs.
• Supervises PTAs during treatment of pediatric to geriatric patients.
• Develops plan of care with goals and treatment plan.
• Modifies plan of care based on patient response.
• Schedules patients to meet productivity standards while delivering quality care.
• Provides home instructions to patient/family when applicable.
• Maintains documentation of services rendered and reflects billing data.

Job description

Join our team as a Full-Time Physical Therapist, Senior!

This position will work at the CHP Main Hospital in Lawrenceville in our Outpatient Physical Therapy Department. This position will work 4 days per week, 10-hour shifts. This position requires occasional weekends on-call.

The Physical Therapist provides physical therapy assessment and treatment using advanced clinical skills in a specialty area of physical therapy for patients referred to non-contracted and contracted facilities of Centers for Rehab Services, serves as a clinical resource for other staff members, and participates in research conducted within Centers for Rehab Services.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Communicates patient's status to the referring physician and other health care team members.
• Attends and actively participates in staff meetings and in-service education programs.
• Assists Team Leader(s)/Assistant Facility Director(s), Facility Director, or Program Coordinator in performance review process.
• Performs physical therapy assessment, reassessment and treatment and supervises physical therapist assistants in the treatment of pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients referred by a physician to the clinic.
• Develops plan of care including goals and treatment plan in accordance with physician referral, nature of injury/illness and results of physical therapy assessment.
• Modifies or adjusts plan of care based on patient's response to treatment and/or changes in patient's status.
• Works PTAs to adjust patient programs as patient status changes.
• Provides verbal and/or written home instructions to patient and/or family members when applicable.
• Schedules patients to achieve and maintain a level of productivity which meets or exceeds the standard established for the facility by the organization while ensuring delivery of quality patient care.
• Participates as an instructor in professional or community education programs sponsored by the organization as requested.
• May have an instructional agreement with an institution for academic purposes outside the scope of the clinical practice of the Rehabilitation Institute.
• May serve as Team Leader/Assistant Facility Director, Facility Director or Program Coordinator in absence of the incumbent.
• Completes necessary charge and statistical information to accurately reflect the service rendered to the patient.
• Rotates through selected treatment areas when necessary to facilitate organizational needs.
• Serves as an educational resource for management of patients with a variety of musculoskeletal and neuromuscular complaints for junior physical therapy staff members.
• Promotes ongoing staff development through in-services and/or individualized instruction and support.
• May serves as a clinical instructor for physical therapy students as well as residents and fellows in a specialty area of physical therapy.
• Participates in program development.
• Serves on organizational committees as an active and contributing member as requested.
• Maintains written documentation for all physical therapy services rendered including documentation of initial assessment, follow-up visits, and discharge summary consistent with department standards.
• Co-signs physical therapist assistant documentation biweekly.
• Maintains professional license/registration through steady pursuit and participation in appropriate continuing education and professional development opportunities to satisfy requirements for licensure/registration renewal.