VA Physical Therapist - Rehabilitation & Functional Care

Veterans Health Administration; Memphis (TN); On-site; USD 92,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Veterans Health Administration \u2013 Memphis VA Medical Center is seeking a dedicated Physical Therapist to apply scientific principles in evaluating and rehabilitating patients with neuromuscular, skeletal, pulmonary and cardiovascular disorders. The role includes planning treatment programs and documenting care to support optimal function.

Responsibilities span supervision of students and staff, scheduling in VISTA, and ensuring safe, cost-effective patient care.

Qualifications

• Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment.
• If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education.

Responsibilities

• Performs appropriate cleansing and re-processing of reusable medical equipment incompliance with VHA directives and SOPs.
• Keeps up-to-date with current trends in rehabilitation medicine/therapy through scheduled in-services, library resources, continuing education courses and hospital training and development workshops scheduled by the facility.
• Completes other administrative duties as assigned (work orders, FSOD, information processing, program development, etc.) for the PM&R Service or Medical Center.
• Plans and facilitates treatment programs for patients with complex impairments and providing therapeutic interventions to meet functional goals.
• Maintains timely and appropriate documentation of all consults, initial evaluations, progress notes, discharge notes, patient/family education, workload statistics, QA monitors, patient attendance records and other clinical activities.
• Follows appropriate billing and coding practices.
• Inputs scheduling data into VISTA computer system or through approved charting methods and updates daily to reflect current status of patients.
• Completes all employee/patient incident documentation in a timely manner as required by hospital or Service policy.
• Uses department resources wisely and effectively to render care in a cost effective, efficient manner.
• Performs non-technical maintenance of equipment to prevent malfunctions.
• Maintains treatments area in a safe, orderly manner.
• Recognizes potentially hazardous situations and takes corrective action.
• Supervises and trains students, volunteers, therapy assistants, therapists and non-PT students and support personnel.

Job description

Veterans Health Administration \u2013 Memphis VA Medical Center is seeking a dedicated Physical Therapist to apply scientific principles in evaluating and rehabilitating patients with neuromuscular, skeletal, pulmonary and cardiovascular disorders. The role includes planning treatment programs and documenting care to support optimal function.

Responsibilities span supervision of students and staff, scheduling in VISTA, and ensuring safe, cost-effective patient care.