Join our team as a Full-Time Physical Therapist, Senior!

This position will work at the CHP Main Hospital in Lawrenceville in our Outpatient Physical Therapy Department. This position will work 4 days per week, 10-hour shifts. This position requires occasional weekends on-call.

The Physical Therapist provides physical therapy assessment and treatment using advanced clinical skills in a specialty area of physical therapy for patients referred to non-contracted and contracted facilities of Centers for Rehab Services, serves as a clinical resource for other staff members, and participates in research conducted within Centers for Rehab Services.

Primary Responsibilities:

+ Communicates patient's status to the referring physician and other health care team members.

+ Attends and actively participates in staff meetings and in-service education programs.

+ Assists Team Leader(s)/Assistant Facility Director(s), Facility Director, or Program Coordinator in performance review process.

+ Performs physical therapy assessment, reassessment and treatment and supervises physical therapist assistants in the treatment of pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients referred by a physician to the clinic.

+ Develops plan of care including goals and treatment plan in accordance with physician referral, nature of injury/illness and results of physical therapy assessment.

+ Modifies or adjusts plan of care based on patient's response to treatment and/or changes in patient's status.

+ Works PTAs to adjust patient programs as patient status changes.

+ Provides verbal and/or written home instructions to patient and/or family members when applicable.

+ Schedules patients to achieve and maintain a level of productivity which meets or exceeds the standard established for the facility by the organization while ensuring delivery of quality patient care.

+ Participates as an instructor in professional or community education programs sponsored by the organization as requested.

+ May have an instructional agreement with an institution for academic purposes outside the scope of the clinical practice of the Rehabilitation Institute.

+ May serve as Team Leader/Assistant Facility Director, Facility Director or Program Coordinator in absence of the incumbent.

+ Completes necessary charge and statistical information to accurately reflect the service rendered to the patient.

+ Rotates through selected treatment areas when necessary to facilitate organizational needs.

+ Serves as an educational resource for management of patients with a variety of musculoskeletal and neuromuscular complaints for junior physical therapy staff members.

+ Promotes ongoing staff development through in-services and/or individualized instruction and support.

+ May serves as a clinical instructor for physical therapy students as well as residents and fellows in a specialty area of physical therapy.

+ Participates in program development.

+ Serves on organizational committees as an active and contributing member as requested.

+ Maintains written documentation for all physical therapy services rendered including documentation of initial assessment, follow-up visits, and discharge summary consistent with department standards.

+ Co-signs physical therapist assistant documentation biweekly.

+ Maintains professional license/registration through steady pursuit and participation in appropriate continuing education and professional development opportunities to satisfy requirements for licensure/registration renewal.

+ Graduate of an accredited program approved by the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA).

+ Minimum of 3 years clinical experience preferred.

+ Demonstrated clinical expertise in a specialty area preferred.

+ Previous clinical teaching experience preferred.

+ Program development experience and ability preferred.

+ Six months experience with Rehabilitation Institute preferred.

Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:

+ Direct Access Physical Therapist (DAPT) license in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

+ Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)

+ Physical Therapist (PT)

+ Clearances with renewal:

+ Act 31, 33, 34, & 73

UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran