Overview Acute Physical Therapist, Part Time, 60 Hours Per Pay Period, Day Shifts Cumberland Medical Center
Overview: Cumberland Medical Center in Crossville, Tennessee is part of Covenant Health, East Tennessee's largest nonprofit health system and a Becker's "Top 150 Places to Work in Healthcare." Fully accredited by the Joint Commission, Cumberland Medical Center is an acute care hospital offering all private patient rooms as well as comprehensive care including cardiology, orthopedics, maternity, cancer treatment, and wound care. The hospital features emergency and critical care, surgical suites, and specialized programs such as imaging, cardiac rehab, sleep disorder care, and hyperbaric medicine, all in a family-oriented environment focused on exceptional patient care.
Position Summary Under general supervision, plans, evaluates and implements treatment programs for occupational therapy patients. Modifies treatment plans in accordance with patient progress.
Responsibilities Clinical Practice • Evaluates and treats patients • Establishes treatment plans and makes recommendations • Sets goals in accordance with patient needs and evidence-based practice • Meets established targets for passive/active treatment ratios • Involves patient and family in treatment, education, and goal setting • Coordinates with other medical personnel regarding patient's progress, needs, and discharge planning • Demonstrates knowledge and competency, including providing for age-specific needs of the population served
Support and Education • Serves as a resource person for support staff and other health system staff • Assists with training, orientation, and supervision of support staff • Assumes responsibility for the educational development of assigned students • Maintains and updates patient documentation in accordance with professional, departmental, organizational, and payer guidelines and timeframes • Maintains established targets for compliance with chart audits • Meets established targets for Quality/outcome measures, Service/patient satisfaction measures, Financial/productivity measures, and Growth/patients-per-day measures
Leadership and Professional Development • Demonstrates leadership, including: • Supervision of support staff • Participates in professional organization/meetings (TOTA, AOTA) • Volunteers for Covenant Health activities such as the marathon, golf tournament, sports physicals, employee education, etc. • Completes partnering activities per established targets per month • Physician office visits • Community lectures/volunteer • Case Manager visits/marketing • Provides in-services
Policies and Procedures • Follows policies, procedures, and safety standards • Completes required education assignments annually • Works toward achieving goals and objectives, and participates in quality improvement initiatives as requested • Performs other duties as assigned
Qualifications Minimum Education: None specified; however, must be sufficient to meet the standards for achievement of the below indicated license and/or certification as required by the issuing authority.
Minimum Experience: One (1) year experience preferred.
Professional organization membership preferred.
Good communication skills required.
Licensure Requirement: Current Tennessee Physical Therapy License. CPR required.