Physical Therapist, Wheelchair Specialist
Shriners Children's
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Salt Lake City • Utah • 🇺🇸 United States
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Provides evaluation and therapy services, including direct patient care, patient/family education and transition or care, in an efficient, age-appropriate, and culturally sensitive manner upon licensed independent practitioner referral
- Provides comprehensive compliant and safe clinical care demonstrating the philosophy of family centered care
- In cooperation with other local leaders, offers exceptional care following the Shriners Children's FOCUSED Program
- Demonstrates competency in the examination of the patient to include history and systems review, selection and administration of specific tests and measures to obtain clinical data
- Demonstrate the knowledge and advanced skills to design and implement a comprehensive treatment plan, utilizing evidence base practice, for patients of diverse ages and diagnoses based on their assessment
- Demonstrates and maintains current knowledge /skills necessary to fabricate orthotic devices as indicated by the treatment plan
- Utilizes language appropriate to patient/family level of understanding, and written or demonstrated methods for exercises/activities, splints and equipment use
- Records clinical activity as close as possible to the time care was delivered, only uses abbreviations approved by the facility, is objective and factual using quantitative metrics, and is HIPAA compliant
- Participates in program development and departmental responsibilities as assigned while demonstrating adherence to deadlines
- Responsible for maintaining current knowledge in changes related to scope of practice, coding/billing practices, compliant documentation and any other knowledge related to the compliant practice in a revenue cycle environment
- Note: This is not an all-inclusive list of this job's responsibilities. The incumbent may be required to perform other related duties and participate in special projects as assigned.
Requirements
- Required Education necessary to obtain License in State of Practice
- Licensed in state of practice
- Basic Life Support (BLS)
- Preferred 1 year Physical Therapy
- 1 year of PT or OT practice experience
- AOTA fieldwork educator certificate, APTA credentialed clinical instructor, or ASHA clinical fellowship mentor
- Knowledge, skills, and abilities in working with children at various levels of care
- Ability to work independently, work within a multidisciplinary treatment team, and collaborate and/or coordinate services with team members
- Excellent written and oral communications skills.
- Ability to interact effectively and sensitively with children and families of different developmental levels and cultural backgrounds.
Benefits
- medical coverage on their first day!
- 403(b) and Roth 403 (b) Retirement Saving Plan with matching contributions of up to 6% after one year of service
- paid time off
- life insurance
- short term and long-term disability
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA) plans
- a Health Savings Account (HSA) if a High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP) is elected
- tuition reimbursement
- home & auto
- hospitalization
- critical illness
- pet insurance and much more!
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
patient careclinical evaluationtreatment plan designorthotic device fabricationevidence-based practicecoding practicescompliant documentationquantitative metricsHIPAA complianceprogram development
Soft skills
communication skillscollaborationindependencecultural sensitivityfamily-centered careteamworkinterpersonal skillssensitivity to developmental levelseducation skillsorganizational skills
Certifications
Licensed in state of practiceBasic Life Support (BLS)AOTA fieldwork educator certificateAPTA credentialed clinical instructorASHA clinical fellowship mentor