Physical Therapist, Full-Time
Company: Think Whole Person Healthcare
Location: Omaha
Posted on: May 26, 2023
Job Description:
CORE VALUE COMMITMENT:
In common mission, our teams work together with our patients at the
center. We strive to continuously improve. We value one another's
diversity of talent, experience, and perspective. We each
contribute to something bigger than ourselves while promoting
integrity, belonging, and collaboration.
Role Summary:
This individual will be the patient's partner throughout restoring
motion and ensuring that the client will function at their personal
best. You will maximize the quality of life and movement potential
within the spheres of promotion, prevention, diagnosis, treatment
or intervention, and rehabilitation.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
- Meet the patient's goals and needs and provide quality care by
assessing and interpreting evaluations and test results;
determining physical therapy treatment plans in consultation with
physicians or by prescription.
- Help patient accomplish treatment plan and accept therapeutic
devices by administering manual exercises; instructing,
encouraging, and assisting patients in performing physical
activities, such as non-manual exercises, ambulatory functional
activities, and daily-living activities and in using assistive and
supportive devices, such as crutches, canes, and prostheses.
- Complete discharge planning by consulting with physicians,
nurses, social workers, and other health care workers; contributing
to patient care conferences.
- Assure continuation of therapeutic plan following discharge by
designing home exercise programs; instructing patients, families,
and caregivers in home exercise programs; recommending and/or
providing assistive equipment; recommending outpatient or home
health follow-up programs.
- Accurately document and maintain clinical records, maintain
patient confidentially and following HIPAA compliance.
- Protect patients and employees by adhering to infection-control
policies and protocols. Maintain safe and clean working environment
by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations.
- Complies with federal, state, and local legal and professional
requirements by studying existing and new legislation; anticipating
future legislation; enforcing adherence to requirements; advising
management on needed actions.
- Provides crisis intervention.
- KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES
- Knowledge of biomechanics, anatomy and physical
rehabilitation.
- Skill in communicating in a professional manner, both verbally
and in writing.
- Skill in planning, organizing, time management.
- Skill in using a computer and a variety of software, including
Electronic Health Records (EHR) software, Word, Excel, Access, and
Outlook.
- Skill in managing multiple priorities and problem solving.
- Ability able to safely and effectively administer physical
modalities; including but not limited to electrical stimulation,
ice and moist heat, ultrasound and iontophoresis/phonphoresis.
- Ability to work effectively under pressure to meet established
goals and objectives.
- Ability to maintain high levels of professional and personal
integrity.
- Ability to convey professional demeanor and sound judgment in
dealing with patients' care, protection of patient privacy, and
confidentiality.
- Ability to translate general administrative guidelines into
specific action.
- Ability to act as a good representative of the company.
- Ability to work flexible hours.
EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:
Successful completion from an accredited Physical Therapy program
and a current, unrestricted license to practice as a Physical
Therapist in the State of Nebraska without any previous actions by
the board or other governing body. A minimum of three (3) years of
experience in out-patient physical therapy setting preferred with
experience in general orthopedics, neck and spine rehabilitation,
balance and fall prevention, and gait and mobility.
NOTE: The information above is a reflection of the general nature
of job duties. From time to time, additional duties may be
assigned.
Think Whole Person Healthcare is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Keywords: Think Whole Person Healthcare, Omaha , Physical Therapist, Full-Time, Healthcare , Omaha, Nebraska
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