Pediatric Physical Therapist - Inpatient/Outpatient Float

Advocate Health and Hospitals Corporation • Charlotte, NC

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About The Position

The Pediatric Physical Therapist provides care in a float role across the Healthy Futures Outpatient Clinic, Jeff Gordon's Children Center Inpatient, and LCH Inpatient. The therapist evaluates pediatric patients, develops individualized care plans, delivers evidence-based interventions, and adjusts treatment based on ongoing assessment. The role includes patient and family education, clinical documentation, communication with physicians and other care professionals, care coordination, discharge planning, and supervision of PTAs and rehabilitation technicians or aides as required for licensure. This is a full-time position scheduled for 40 hours per week, with weekend and holiday requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a Physical Therapy program.
• Applicable state license for Physical Therapy.
• BLS certification required per policy guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate patients and select and administer appropriate assessment techniques.
• Synthesize information to establish patient care plans, including modalities, procedures, exercise programs, therapeutic groups, and patient education as warranted by the patient's diagnosis, condition, age, and discharge needs.
• Gather and interpret data from medical records, physician reports, patients, and/or families, and document findings.
• Establish functional goals with patients and provide evidence-based interventions, continually assessing progress and adjusting plans of care as needed.
• Document evaluations, tests, progress notes, daily treatment notes, attendance, patient and family education, outcomes, discharge notes, and charges as needed.
• Communicate evaluations and patient progress to physicians, referral sources, and other clinical staff.
• Coordinate patient schedules and treatment programs, and participate in discharge planning.
• Supervise PTAs and rehabilitation technicians or aides as required for licensure.
• Demonstrate appropriate exercises and activities to patients and caregivers.

Benefits

• Paid time off programs.
• Medical, dental, vision, life, and short- and long-term disability benefits.
• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses.
• Adoption assistance and paid parental leave.
• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs.
• Educational Assistance Program.
• Competitive compensation, premium pay for eligible shifts and on-call work, incentive pay for select positions, and opportunity for annual performance-based increases.
• Career development programs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time