Pediatric Physical Therapist

Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital • Grand Rapids, MI

306d • $36

About The Position

We have the great privilege of helping patients and families re-build their lives. It's extraordinarily meaningful work and the reason we greet the day with optimism and anticipation. When patients “Ask for Mary,” they experience a culture that has been sculpted for more than a century. Our hallmark is to carefully listen to patients and innovatively serve them. This is true of every employee, from support staff and leadership, to clinicians and care providers. Mary Free Bed is a not-for-profit, nationally accredited rehabilitation hospital serving thousands of children and adults each year through inpatient, outpatient, sub-acute rehabilitation, orthotics and prosthetics and home and community programs. With the most comprehensive rehabilitation services in Michigan and an exclusive focus on rehabilitation, Mary Free Bed physicians, nurses and therapists help our patients achieve outstanding clinical outcomes. The growing Mary Free Bed Network provides patients throughout the state with access to our unique standard of care.

Requirements

• Graduate of Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE).
• Licensure is required in every US State and Territory the Therapist is practicing.
• Possesses and maintains BLS certification to meet department/program protocol.

Responsibilities

• Provides patient care, treatment, and services within the scope of their license, certification or registration and as required by law and regulation.
• Evaluates patient condition.
• Establishes treatment goals in collaboration with patient and family as appropriate, and in collaboration with the treatment team.
• Establishes written treatment plan, and administers treatment for each patient according to the stated goals.
• Delegates responsibilities to physical therapist assistants and rehabilitation technicians as appropriate.
• Re-evaluates patient's status and effects of treatment.
• Revises treatment plan as necessary.
• Reviews revised goals with patient and family as appropriate.
• Evaluates patient's need for medical equipment and orders the appropriate equipment as necessary.
• Evaluates equipment upon delivery and instructs patient, patient's family and health care workers on its use.
• Participates in planning for patient discharge by considering and communicating with patient, family, community support/services and environmental limitations.
• Documents patient's status and progress through initial evaluation, progress notes, and discharge summary according to established internal/external time standards and adherence to reimbursement guidelines.
• Communicates with others to integrate physical therapy treatment with all aspects of patient care.
• Participates in conferences/discussions as needed and exchange of written records with other interdisciplinary team members to integrate physical therapy treatment plan.
• Instructs the patient and the family in physical therapy procedures as part of providing patient and family education including written instructions as necessary.
• Attends various meetings and in-services as designated.
• Follows all hospital policy and procedures including but not limited to patient confidentiality and infection control.
• Meets or exceeds program productivity expectations.
• Provides discipline specific coverage (following cross training) within the Mary Free Bed system as requested.
• Participates in orientation and training of new staff.
• Serves as clinical instructor for physical therapy students.
• Participates in program development and/or research activities as assigned.
• Meet or exceed clinical outcome collection standards established by department leadership.
• Meet or exceed clinical outcome performance/improvement goals established by department leadership in designated programs.

Benefits

• Starting at $36.54 (eligible for increase based on experience)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Hospitals
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree