| Location | Lancaster, OH |
4-10 hour days or 5-8 hour days per week
No weekends or holidays
Job Description
Job Title: Physical Therapist
Pay Grade:
Reports to: Supervisor
Job Code: 1010
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
OSHA Exposure Level:
Job Summary
Conducts a physical therapy plan of care to facilitate the rehabilitation of a patient who is suffering from a disability caused by disease, injury, dysfunction, or other physical, cognitive, or perceptual limitation.
Job Qualifications
Education: Graduate of accredited Physical Therapy Program and possess a Valid license to practice in the state of Ohio.
Experience: One year of experience preferred.
Job-related Skills: Strong interpersonal, communication and presentation skills; ability to problem-solve and facilitate resolution to issues; demonstrates ability to handle multiple priorities; ability to make independent decisions.
Organizational Expectations and Responsibilities:
1. Mission and Service Values
a. Empathy Demonstrates a willingness to understand others perspectives, without labeling or judging; treats others with compassion and is personally engaged in providing patient and family-centered care.
b. Integrity Takes responsibility for own words and actions; has passion and courage to do the right thing; delivers on promises and commitments; is honest and achieves excellence in all things through ethical and legal behavior.
c. Stewardship Uses FMC resources wisely; respects the time and resources of patients, family and peers; shows pride in FMC and gives back to the Center and community with time, talent and /or money.
d. Agility Demonstrates courage to take initiative to find creative solutions; anticipates concerns and responds promptly; minimizes bureaucracy and explores opportunity for growth.
e. Teamwork works collaboratively, not in silos; treats others with courtesy and respect; assumes good intent and welcomes differing viewpoints; creates a spirit of belonging and fellowship within FMC; embraces the FMC culture.
2. Commitment and Engagement
a. Quality Demonstrates commitment to improve individual performance and contributes to team accomplishments and quality improvement initiatives.
b. Safety Creates and maintains a safe and clean work environment and reports unsafe conditions to the appropriate individuals.
c. Service Recognizes and anticipates the needs of customers and strives to surpass customer expectations; utilizes AIDET, TeamSTEPPS and other tools to avoid and/or resolve concerns with the best possible outcome.
d. Sustainability Demonstrates timely, accurate and cost-conscious use of resources in the daily work.
3. Personal Engagement
a. Organization Commitment Complies with FMC policies, procedures, work instructions and guidelines; reports compliance or ethical concerns to appropriate personnel; does not gossip but works to create a positive work experience with others.
b. Personal Commitment Demonstrates ownership of the job; willing to step up and help others; works across departmental lines; is fully present at work physically and emotionally; maximizes own talents and that of others.
c. Personal Growth Demonstrates a commitment to ongoing learning; completes all mandatory education and participates in learning events/opportunities/experiences to enhance on-the-job performance.
Essential Job Functions
Job Expectations and Responsibilities:
4. Evaluates patients, establishes appropriate treatment goals, plans treatments, carries out treatment plan and documents evaluations and treatments in an accurate and timely manner.
5. Supervises Physical Therapy Assistants and Physical Therapy Attendants according to state laws and department work instructions.
6. Assists manager in the areas of: budgeting, setting yearly department goals, revising work instructions, providing in-service training and education and assisting with improving patient satisfaction survey scores.
8. Supervises and mentors volunteers and/or students in adherence with department work instructions and/or APTA guidelines.
Physical Capacity Demand
HEAVY Work: Exerting up to 50-100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 25-50 pounds of force
frequently, and/or up to 10-20 pounds of force often.
Job Considerations
Psychological/Mental critical thinking skills, memory, problem-solving and creativity
Physiological- Potential Exposures: Electrical Equipment, Blood Contact, Mechanical Equipment, Burns,
Chemicals and Exposure to Infectious Disease
Cognitive-Communication and collaboration with other co-workers, physicians, other employees, and patients and families; prioritizing and time management; persuasiveness and judgment
Environmental-inconsideration for both patient and staff safety.
Protective Equipment- Per hospital isolation protocols.