Physical Therapist Job Opening

SHIFT: Full-Time or Part-Time; Days

SALARY: DOE

POSITION TO BE FILLED: Summer/Fall 2019

JOB SUMMARY:

Assess, plan, organize, and participate in rehabilitative programs that improve mobility, relieve pain, increase strength, and decrease or prevent deformity of patients suffering from disease or injury.

RESPONSIBILITIES (include but are not limited to):

• Plan, prepare and carry out individually designed programs of physical treatment to maintain, improve or restore physical functioning, alleviate pain and prevent physical dysfunction in patients.
• Perform and document an initial exam, evaluating data to identify problems and determine a diagnosis prior to intervention.
• Evaluate effects of treatment at various stages and adjust treatments to achieve maximum benefit.
• Administer manual exercises, massage or traction to help relieve pain, increase patient strength, or decrease or prevent deformity or crippling.
• Instruct patient and family in treatment procedures to be continued at home.
• Confer with the patient, medical practitioners and appropriate others to plan, implement and assess the intervention program.
• Record prognosis, treatment, response, and progress in patient’s chart via computer software.
• Identify and document goals, anticipated progress and plans for reevaluation.
• Inform patients when diagnosis reveals findings outside physical therapy and refer to appropriate practitioners.
• Direct, supervise, assess, and communicate with supportive personnel.
• Refer clients to community resources and services.
• Ability to treat and meet competencies for top four (4) referral diagnosis as assigned by department manager.

QUALIFICATIONS:

1. Graduate of an accredited Physical Therapy program.

2. Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.

3. Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume.

4. Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

5. Current Idaho PT License or eligible to apply for Idaho license.

CLOSING DATE: Open until filled

EOE/M/F/V/D