Senior Physical Therapist

Tidelands Health; Georgetown (SC); On-site; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Tidelands Health is seeking a Senior Physical Therapist for its outpatient services in Georgetown, SC. This role oversees the outpatient therapy clinic, manages staff, and ensures care aligns with Joint Commission and DHEC standards.

The incumbent will provide comprehensive PT services and contribute to program development and quality improvement. The position requires a Doctoral Degree (post-2016) and SC PT licensure, with strong emphasis on leadership, documentation, and patient outcomes.

Qualifications

• Proficient in outpatient physical therapy assessment and treatment planning.
• Ability to deliver evidence-based interventions and document progress.
• Competency in clinical documentation and chart audits.

Responsibilities

• Oversee outpatient therapy clinic operations and staff.
• Evaluate and treat patients with physical therapy needs.
• Develop treatment plans and document progress in EMR.
• Administer physical therapy modalities and interventions.
• Maintain staff competency, attendance, and payroll records.

Skills

Therapy equipment handling

Punctuality

Cultural sensitivity

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree (preferred)

Doctoral Degree (post-2016)

Job description

Employee Type: Regular
Work Shift: Day - 8 hour shift (United States of America)

Join Team Tidelands and help people live better lives through better health!

Senior Physical Therapist Outpatient

Are 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 Overview

The 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 Do

• Review 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 mobility.
• Evaluate patients’ functional ability through various standardized tests, measure patient’s strength, motor development, sensory perception, functional capacity, and level of independence with daily activities, and records findings to develop treatment programs.
• Develop a treatment plan for patients with specific goals and tasks.
• Administer treatments involving application of physical agents, such as cold packs, contrast baths, moist packs, ultraviolet and infrared lamps, Iontophoresis, electrical stimulation, and ultrasound machines.
• Evaluate effects of treatment at various stages and adjusts treatments to achieve maximum benefit.
• Record treatment, responses, and progress in the patient’s electronic medical record and prepare reports as indicated by licensure, the provider, and or insurance recommendations.
• Instruct patient and family in treatment procedures to be continued at home.
• Complete documentation per clinical / department guidelines and meets expectations of monthly department chart audits.
• Ensure clinic productivity by maintaining adequate staffing to volume as evidenced by the financials for the department, and individual productivity at target.
• Adherence to the clinic budget as it relates to managing patient volume and operating expenses.
• Promote/educate Organizations Rehabilitation programs to referring physicians, healthcare providers, and or co-workers by performing in-services and/or marketing activities.
• Reduce cancel/no-show rates to improve quality of care and patient outcomes.
• Achieve the established average monthly patient care productivity metric.
• Complete required orientation as directed by facility.

Education Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree Required
• Master's Degree if obtained prior to 2016 Preferred
• Doctoral Degree if obtained after 2016 Required

Skills And Abilities

• Ability to utilize therapy equipment in an outpatient rehabilitation setting to provide treatment and procedures.
• Punctual and dependable for assigned/confirmed shifts.
• Ability to respect cultural and religious practices of patients.

Licenses and Certifications

• Physical Therapist - South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation Required
• Basic Life Support Certified - American Heart Association within 30 Days Required

Physical Demand

Medium-Heavy Physical Demand

The 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.