About this role
Minimum Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree, post-graduate certificate, entry level Master's Degree in Physical Therapy, or DPT including successful completion of required affiliations.
- Idaho Physical Therapist License
- BLS Certification (or completion upon hire)
- Preferred: Driver's license, reliable transportation, and auto insurance
Key Responsibilities
- Provides direct patient care, evaluates functional needs and outcomes, and consults with other specialists as needed.
- Reviews patient's functional needs and adjusts care plan as indicated to ensure optimal patient outcome.
- Designs and implements a plan of care for the patient based on a thorough assessment of potential development and incorporates participation by significant others whenever it seems possible.
- Conducts therapy practice within defined standards of care.
- Directs the assistance of support staff in order to achieve the patient's functional goals.
- Communicates effectively with other professionals and support staff in order to achieve positive patient outcomes.
- Practices established hospital and departmental policies and procedures, objectives, quality improvement programs, safety, environmental, and infection control standards.
- Documents evaluations, treatment goals, and plans. Regularly updates documentation and maintains all required prescriptions and signatures.
- Enhances professional growth and development of self and other through participation in educational programs, in-service meetings, and workshops. Keeps up to date on current professional literature.
- Provides direction and leadership to staff and acts as a resource to promote physical therapy within the community.
- Maintain and educate physical therapist and physical therapy assistants on insurance requirements to optimize documentation and patient care.
- Collaborate with the director to address clinical issues related to patient care and patient complaints/grievances.
- Partner with the front office and billing staff to navigate insurance issues, referral triage, and problem solving.
- Create relationships with hospital departments and be a liaison for protocol development and future program development.
- Create schedules and optimize coverage for inpatient and outpatient therapy.
- Monitor provider schedules and assist front office staff in managing wait times for patients and optimize patient scheduling.
- Collaborate with the Director to build budgets, evaluate the need for equipment both minor and capital.
- Supervise and motivate other physical therapists' and physical therapy assistants' work performance to optimize high quality services and therapy for patients.
- Demonstrate excellent communication and leadership skills.
- Collaborate with the Director to manage performance evaluations for physical therapists and physical therapy assistants at 90 days and annually.
- Develop a relationship and act as a liaison with contracted organizations and overseeing physicians.
- Other duties as assigned.
Physical Demands
- Lifting: Occasional-max of 20 lbs. from floor to overhead height. Frequent-max of 20 lbs. up to twice per hour. Items boxes, testing materials, and patients.
- Push/Pull: Moderate force required to push Banker Boxes on infrequent basis
- Carry: <10 lbs. 300+ yards, items include binders, dysphagia trays, toys, test equipment.
- Transfers: Min-max assist stand pivot transfers approximately 1x day. neuro/ped patients
- Fine Motor: High degree required to utilize testing equipment and for computer use. Computer: Approximately 2 hours per day.
- Climbing: Up to 1 minute at one time and 10 minutes in one day.
- Standing: Up to 10 minutes at one time and 2 hours in one day.
- Sitting: Up to 45 minutes at one time and 6 hours in one day.
- Kneeling: Up to 5 minutes at one time and 20 minutes in one day.
- Stooping: Up to 1 minute at one time and up to 5 minutes per day.
- Driving: Up to 90 minutes at one time and 180 minutes in one day.
Environmental Considerations
- Location: Indoors
- Regularly exposed to the risk of blood borne disease and other infectious diseases.
- Contact with patients under a wide variety of circumstances, including their home environment.
- May be exposed to/occasionally exposed to patient elements, accidents, injuries, and illnesses.
- Subject to varying and unpredictable situations; potentially violent or angry patients and families; emergencies and crisis situations.
- Occasionally subjected to irregular hours/shifts.
- Subjected to a variety of elemental exposures and driving conditions.
- Frequently required to function competently with multiple demands and tasks.
- Maybe exposed to environmental hazards in patient homes.
- Maybe exposed to noxious and potentially hazardous fumes.
- Outside: With precautions, small amount of fall risk enroute to & from car when on off-site service (i.e., group homes, Adult Day Health, schools).