Senior Physical Therapist

• Evaluates patients and interprets evaluation findings to determine the nature and extent of dysfunction
• Establishes treatment goals and plans treatment to achieve established goals
• Initiates discharge planning for physical therapy
• Implements the treatment plan through direct treatment of the patient, delegates a portion of the treatment plan to appropriate supportive personnel, and coordinates the treatment program with other health care personnel as appropriate
• Provides advice and education to patient and family
• Regularly reassesses clinical signs and symptoms to determine effectiveness of treatment, progress of patients towards goals, and the need for modifying goals and treatment
• Discharges patient from physical therapy when the patient has received maximum benefit from physical therapy
• Provides accurate, timely documentation of physical therapy patient management
• Participates in appropriate and approved educational and clinical research activities in physical therapy
• Participates in specialized patient care clinics outside the department
• Assists in the development, implementation, and review of departmental patient care programs
• Performs other duties as needed in the areas of staff education, departmental operations, and departmental projects
• Demonstrates on-going progress toward meeting the criteria for professional practice
• Acts as an instructor in patient education classes/groups within and/or outside the department based on operational need as defined by departmental leadership
• Provides a minimum of one departmental in-service per year as requested by the Rehab Director e.g. journal club presentation, regular in-service presentation
• Serves as a clinical instructor to PT students as requested by the Rehab Director
• Able to manage complex patients independently with minimal consultation

• Minimum two (2) years of experience in physical therapy
• Graduate of an accredited physical therapy curriculum with a bachelors, masters or doctoral degree with certification in physical therapy or foreign-trained equivalent
• Physical Therapist License (California) required at hire
• Basic Life Support required at hire
• National Provider Identifier required at hire
• Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment

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