Senior Physical Therapist

Georgetown Hospital System; Country Club Estates (SC); On-site; USD 75,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Tidelands Health is seeking a Senior Physical Therapist (Outpatient) to oversee the outpatient therapy clinic, direct service delivery, and ensure compliance with Joint Commission and DHEC standards. You will lead staff, manage payroll and inventory, and coordinate physician marketing for rehabilitation services.

You will develop treatment plans, assess patients, and administer therapies to improve mobility, strength, and function.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Physical Therapy required
• SC licensure as Physical Therapist is required
• BLS certification within 30 days of hire

Responsibilities

• Review referrals and patient records to determine PT treatment
• Develop and implement individualized treatment plans
• Administer therapies including manual techniques and modalities
• Evaluate patient progress with standardized tests and adjust plans
• Document progress in EMR and generate reports as needed
• Lead staff orientations, training, and performance reviews
• Maintain clinic operations, staffing, and budget adherence
• Promote rehabilitation programs to referring physicians and providers

Skills

Therapy equipment

Punctuality

Cultural sensitivity

Clinical assessment

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Physical Therapy

Master's Degree (preferred)

Doctoral Degree (preferred after 2016)

Tools

Rehabilitation tools

Job description

Employee Type:RegularWork Shift:Day - 8 hour shift (United States of America)Join Team Tidelands and help people live better lives through better health!Senior Physical Therapist OutpatientAre you passionate about quality and committed to excellence? Consider joining our Tidelands Health team. As our region's largest health care provider, we are also one of our area's largest employers. More than 2,500 team members at more than 70 Tidelands Health locations bring our healing mission to life each day.A Brief OverviewThe Senior Therapist is responsible for the oversight of the outpatient therapy clinic including the direction of the service delivery performed in accordance with the hospital and department policies and procedures. Key management responsibilities include, and are not limited to, new staff orientations, ensuring staff competencies, staff performance reviews, attending monthly manager meetings, maintaining employee files, payroll / attendance records, maintaining facility environment per Joint Commission and DHEC standards, clinic operations / staffing, clinic expenses / inventory, physician marketing / relationships, monthly chart audits, and performing required emergency drills. The senior therapist is also responsible for providing a full range of therapeutic services including assessment, treatment planning and therapeutic interventions in an interdisciplinary environment consistent with the position's qualification, professional practices, and ethical standards. The incumbent shall also demonstrate accountability for the contribution to program development, quality improvement, problem solving, and productivity enhancement in a flexible interdisciplinary fashion. Performs other duties as required. The employee will complete other duties as assigned.What you will doReview physician's referral (prescription), patient's condition, medical history, and submitted medical records to determine physical therapy treatment required. Plans and prepares written treatment program based on evaluation of patient and incorporate proper interventions that can help patients better perform everyday tasks, decrease pain, ambulation, and improve strength and mobilityEvaluate patients' functional ability through various standardized tests, measures patient's strength, motor development, sensory perception, functional capacity, and level of independence with daily activities, and records findings to develop treatment programsDevelop a treatment plan for patients with specific goals and tasksAdminister treatments involving application of physical agents, such as cold packs, contrast baths, moist packs, ultraviolet and infrared lamps, Iontophoresis, electrical stimulation, and ultrasound machinesEvaluate effects of treatment at various stages and adjusts treatments to achieve maximum benefitRecord treatment, responses, and progress in the patient’s electronic medical record and prepare reports as indicated by licensure, the provider, and or insurance recommendationsInstruct patient and family in treatment procedures to be continued at homeComplete documentation per clinical / department guidelines and meets expectations of monthly department chart auditsEnsure clinic productivity by maintaining adequate staffing to volume as evidenced by the financials for the department, and individual productivity at targetAdherence to the clinic budget as it relates to managing patient volume and operating expensesPromote/educate Organizations Rehabilitation programs to referring physicians, healthcare providers, and or co-workers by performing in-services and/or marketing activitiesReduce cancel/no-show rates to improve quality of care and patient outcomesAchieve the established average monthly patient care productivity metricComplete required orientation as directed by facilityEducation QualificationsBachelor's Degree RequiredMaster's Degree if obtained prior to 2016 PreferredDoctoral Degree if obtained after 2016 RequiredSkills and AbilitiesAbility to utilize therapy equipment in an outpatient rehabilitation setting to provide treatment and proceduresPunctual and dependent for assigned/confirmed shiftsAbility to respect cultural and religious practices of patientsLicenses and CertificationsPhysical Therapist - South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation RequiredBasic Life Support Certified - American Heart Association within 30 Days RequiredPhysical DemandMedium-Heavy Physical DemandThe intent of this job description is to provide a representative and level of the types of duties and responsibilities that will be required of positions given this title and shall not be construed as a contract for employment nor a declaration of the total of the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position. Employees may be directed to perform tasks other than those specifically presented in this description. Tidelands Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran status.Tidelands Health is an equal opportunity employer (EOE). Tidelands Health does not discriminate against employees or applicants for employment on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, age, national origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, gender, genetic information, familial status, or any other legally protected status.