Physical Therapist - PRN

Job Description

Description

Your passion belongs at UNC Health. Join more than 56,000 teammates working together to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve across North Carolina.

Summary:

• The Staff Physical Therapists provides patient care assessment and treatment. Identify, plan, and participate in rehabilitative programs that improve mobility, relieve pain, increase strength, and decrease/ prevent deformity. Responsible for mentoring Therapists, Assistants, Technicians, and Students. Collaborates with other healthcare team members and physicians in a multi-disciplinary fashion to deliver the highest quality of care. Participates in CQI activities. Facilitates the provision of excellent customer service.

Responsibilities:

1. Provides patient care assessment and treatment.

a. Perform initial evaluation.

• Assess patients; motor and development skills for the purpose of determining their deficits.

• Evaluate patient's physical and mental abilities and analyze data to determine realistic rehabilitation plan of care.

• Review regularly physician's referral and patient's medical records to help determine diagnosis and physical therapy treatment required.

• Record prognosis, treatment, response, and progress in patient's medical record.

• Prepare a wide variety of written materials (e.g. evaluations, plans of care, progress notes, correspondence with physicians or other agencies related to patient care, etc.).

• Maintain patient records confidentially.

• Facilitate patient mobility skills including use of safe patient handling equipment.

• Manage equipment utilized in treatments.

• Adapt and modify environments, equipment, and materials to assist with promotion of functional mobility and amelioration of patients' deficits.

• Document and identify progress and plans for reevaluation.

• Evaluate effects of treatment and adjust treatment to maximize benefit.

• Facilitate social adjustment and prevent physical or mental disability.

• Evaluates patients in a comprehensive age-appropriate manner. Sets quantifiable and realistic goals. Utilizes advanced judgment and skills in implementing treatment plans. Physician communication is timely and documentation is up-to-date. Patient mobility is accomplished using appropriate safe patient handling techniques and/or equipment. Maintains up-to-date cumulative physical therapy records.

2. Facilitates the provision of excellent customer service

• Takes the initiative to resolve client concerns or confirms that the appropriate party resolves the concerns.

• Educate patient and family in treatment procedures to be continued at home

• Instruct patient, educatinal personnel, and family to facilitate skills in areas of physical functining as well as health maintenance

• Train caregivers and patient how to provide for the needs of patient during and after therapy

• Promote activites that will help patients learn mobility skills within limits of their mental and physical capbilities

• Implement programs and activities to assist patients learn mobility skills and adjust to handicaps

• Recommend changes in patients work or living environments, consistent with their needs and capabilities

• Monitors and holds co-workers accountable. Model appropriate comunication and behavior. Follow Lenoir Memorial Hospital Code of Conduct

• Teamwork

• Plan, coordinate, and provide training to family, patient, medical professionals

• Provide clinical educational opportunities for students and team members

• Provide direction, supervises physical therapist assistnats, techs

• Consult with rehabilitation team to select activity programs and coordinate physical therapy with other therapeutic activities

• Assists peer physical therapists, physical therapist assistants, and other team members with workload as needed

• Answers questions. Communicates hospital and departmental information.

• Collaborates with other healthcare team members in a multi-disciplinary fashion.

• Assists in the orientation of new employees

• Mentors students and other rehab services personnel as assigned

• Confer with patient, medical practioners and appropriate others to plan, implement and assess the intervention program

4. Development

• Maintains clinical competencies
• Seek opportunities for professional growth
• Participate in CQI activities
• Participate in continuing education for professional development to ensure techniques are consistent with best practice
• Maintain proficiency in physical therapy techniques
• Arange the provision of education and training for new equipment and procedures. Build positive relationships with physicians, other healthcare team members and the community. Assist departmental promotional efforts.

Other information:

• EDUCATION

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree or Doctorate in Physical Therapy from an accredited School of Physical Therapy.

• EXPERIENCE

• None

• LICENSURE/REGISTRATION/CERTIFICATION

• Current NC Board of Physical Therapy license or eligible.

Job Details

Legal Employer: Lenoir Health

Entity: UNC Lenoir Health Care

Organization Unit: Physical Therapy

Work Type: Per Diem

Standard Hours Per Week: 4.00

Work Assignment Type: Onsite

Work Schedule: Day Job

Location of Job: LENOIR MEM

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.