Outpatient Physical Therapist | Pediatrics

Memorial Hospital of Boscobel•La Crosse, WI

7d•Hybrid

About The Position

Emplify Health by Gundersen is looking for a part-time Pediatric Physical Therapist to join their outpatient therapy teams. This role focuses on caring for the pediatric population in La Crosse, WI and Winona, MN, providing patient-centered care close to home. The therapist will work with children, teens, and families to examine, evaluate, diagnose, prognose, and intervene to ensure optimal outcomes. Responsibilities include developing plans of care, providing treatment techniques and interventions to improve mobility, reduce pain, and restore function, and collaborating with referring providers and other clinical staff. The role involves creating plans of care with individual goals, age-specific activities, and family education, and helping children and teens improve balance, coordination, proper positioning, motor development, build skills, and provide mobility training and adaptive equipment recommendations. The current pediatric therapy team includes 5 Occupational Therapists, 3 Physical Therapists, and 2 Rehabilitation Technicians.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree, or higher, in Physical Therapy from an American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) approved curriculum in Physical Therapy
State of Wisconsin & State of Minnesota Physical Therapist Licenses
Current BLS for Health Care Providers from American Heart Association or American Red Cross
Must be credentialed with Gundersen prior to starting

Nice To Haves

Passion for working with children and teens
Prior pediatric experience

Responsibilities

Work with children, teens, and families to examine, evaluate, diagnose, prognose, and intervene to ensure optimal outcomes.
Develop plans of care and provide treatment techniques and interventions to improve mobility, reduce pain, and restore function.
Collaborate with referring providers and other clinical staff ensuring optimal patient care through appropriate and timely methods of communication and treatment.
Create a plan of care that identifies individual goals, age-specific activities, milestones, and family education that will be integrated into each follow-up session.
Help children and teens overcome challenges, improve balance and coordination, improve proper positioning, teach motor development, provide age-appropriate developmental activities and intervention to build skills, and provide mobility training and adaptive equipment recommendations.

Benefits

Unlimited potential at one of the leading health systems in the midwestern United States
A highly adaptable and mission-driven organization with a work environment that supports you personally and professionally and a work culture where you are valued and appreciated
A care team with longevity and low turnover, shared office spaces for therapist collaboration, and the ability to work with complex patient cases both independently and as a team
Continuing Education and Patient Education through Medbridge: All PTs, PTAs, OTs, OTAs, and SLPs receive a silver level membership to Medbridge for patient home programs and continuing education
Competitive Compensation: Enjoy an attractive salary, based on your years of experience, ensuring your skills and dedication are valued and rewarded
A comprehensive and generous benefits package (Medical, Dental, Life Ins, HSA/FSA) ensuring your comfort and well-being as a valuable team member
Substantial retirement contribution including a 401k match & annual discretionary base contribution
Paid Time Off (PTO) combines vacation, sick, and personal days into one balance to allow you the flexibility to use your time off as you need
Support for your career growth through Professional Development Opportunities, our Tuition Investment Program, and Career Development Center
Other benefits include a Wellness program with incentives, employer-paid life insurance and AD&D, optional short-term and long-term disability coverage, an employee assistance program, identity theft protection, pet insurance, Inspire & Celebrate colleague recognition and rewards program, a discount program, and more!
Relocation Assistance Available