Chiropractor

Excelsia Injury Care•Philadelphia, PA

About The Position

Excelsia Injury Care provides management services to healthcare companies delivering rehabilitation, diagnostic, surgical, and pain management services for people affected by post-traumatic neuro-musculoskeletal injuries. Its providers focus on personal injury and workers’ compensation care, helping patients recover through an interdisciplinary, patient-centric approach. The company states that it follows legal, regulatory, and ethical standards and integrates environmental, social, and governance considerations into its business practices. The Chiropractor evaluates and treats patients’ musculoskeletal and neuromuscular conditions, including through manual adjustments, chiropractic diagnosis, medical-history review, examinations, and interpretation of X-rays. The role includes maintaining patient case histories, recommending and explaining treatment, counseling patients on health-related habits, coordinating diagnostic imaging and referrals, and applying supports when needed. Functional Capacity Evaluations and oversight of work hardening are performed if applicable. Additional duties may be assigned.

Requirements

Pennsylvania Doctor of Chiropractic License.
Adjunctive Therapies License.

Nice To Haves

Additional courses in physical therapy are advantageous.
Knowledge of medicine, including techniques for diagnosing and treating injuries, diseases, and deformities; symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.
Knowledge of customer and personal service principles and processes, including assessing customer needs, meeting service quality standards, and evaluating customer satisfaction.
Knowledge of therapy and counseling principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions.

Responsibilities

Perform manual adjustments to the spine or other articulations to correct the musculoskeletal system.
Evaluate the neuromuscular skeletal system and spine using chiropractic diagnostic systems.
Diagnose health problems by reviewing medical histories, questioning, observing, and examining patients, and interpreting X-rays.
Maintain accurate patient case histories.
Advise patients about recommended courses of treatment.
Analyze X-rays to identify sources of patients’ difficulties and rule out fractures or diseases.
Counsel patients about nutrition, exercise, sleeping habits, stress management, and other matters.
Arrange for diagnostic X-rays.
Consult with and refer patients to appropriate health practitioners when necessary.
Suggest and apply supports such as straps, tapes, bandages, and braces when necessary.
Perform Functional Capacity Evaluations, if applicable.
Oversee work hardening, if applicable.
Perform other duties as assigned.