Northern Arizona Healthcare

Physical Therapist

Northern Arizona Healthcare

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States • Arizona

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Job Level

Junior

Tech Stack

Node.js

About the role

  • Participates in patient care conferences with other related health services, patient, and family to review patient's progress and evaluate goals.
  • Develops appropriate plan of care that include goals and home instructions in conjunction with other team members, patient and family.
  • Delegates selected treatment to supportive personnel with assumption of responsibility for care of patient and continuing supervision of supportive personnel.
  • Plans specific measures to meet assessed learning needs and documents in patient record.
  • Recognizes and addresses patient, family, and appropriate others in the learning needs of the individual.
  • Presents information clearly and in a manner appropriate to the level of patient and family understanding.
  • Implements the treatment plan and evaluates and records the patient responses to the treatment sessions.
  • Participates in the development of individual discharge plans that are responsive to patient/family concerns.
  • Able to revise/update plan based on assessment.
  • Completes documentation per department policy.
  • Acts as a resource person to peers within the rehabilitation department, fielding questions, mentoring, or providing educational opportunities.
  • Acts as a liaison/partners with other educational institutions/groups/organizations to enhance professional development.
  • Evaluates the patient by performing chart review, interpreting tests and measurements appropriate to discipline and patient diagnosis.
  • Performs treatments and patient care activities in a timely manner following appropriate protocols and guidelines.
  • Responsible for reporting any safety-related incident in a timely fashion through the Midas/RDE tool; attends all safety-related training programs; performs work in a safe manner; monitors work environment for possible safety issues and ensures others are also performing work in a safe manner.
  • Stays current and complies with state and federal regulations/statutes and company policies that impact the employee's area of responsibility.
  • Ensures all certifications and/or licenses are up-to-date and valid prior to expiration dates (if required for the position).
  • Completes all company mandatory modules and required job-specific training in the specified time frame.
  • Completes charges in a timely manner and according to proper procedures.
  • Meets productivity goals according to departmental standards.
  • Responds to new orders promptly in compliance with department policy.
  • Adheres to regulatory and organizational standards affecting patient care and safety as well as all hospital and departmental.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree- Required
  • Master's degree- Preferred
  • Current license in the state of Arizona- Required
  • BLS (American Heart Association) - Required upon date of hire
  • Certification specific to profession- Preferred
  • Fingerprint Clearance Card application number- Required upon hire
  • Fingerprint Clearance Card- Required within 90 days of hire
  • One to three years supervisory experience- Required
  • Clinical documentation experience- Required
  • Competence in using computers and basic software programs