PRN Physical Therapist (Acute Care)

BHS Baptist Healthcare System; Elizabethtown (KY); On-site; USD 68,000 - 84,000; Full time

Job summary

Baptist Health in Kentucky is seeking a Physical Therapist for Acute/Inpatient Care PRN (as needed) in Elizabethtown. The PT evaluates patients, drafts Plans of Care with physicians, and ensures documentation is completed in a timely manner within hospital policies.

Candidates must hold a CAPTE-accredited PT degree and a Kentucky license. This PRN role supports inpatient rehab services across Baptist Health facilities in the region.

Qualifications

• Must hold a Kentucky license as a physical therapist.
• Requires a CAPTE-accredited PT degree or higher.

Responsibilities

• Perform patient evaluations and determine Plan of Care.
• Write Plan of Care in accordance with physician MD.
• Complete required documentation and submit within timeframe.

Skills

KY PT license

CAPTE PT degree

Education

CAPTE-accredited PT degree

Job description

Summary Job Description

Physical Therapist - Acute/Inpatient Care PRN - as needed

Job Description

The Physical Therapist performs all patient evaluations, writes Plan of Care in accordance with MD, completes required documentation and submits within the allotted timeframe, maintains standards of quality in accordance with accepted standards and hospital and departmental policies and procedures.

Requirements

• Requires a Bachelor, Master or Doctoral degree from a physical therapy program accredited by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE), or higher.
• Kentucky license as a physical therapist required.

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.

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