Physical Therapist - Home & Community

Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital•Grand Rapids, MI

2d•$76,003 - $110,198

About The Position

Our dedicated team of SLPs, PTs, and OTs provides exceptional care to patients who are too advanced for inpatient therapy but not quite ready for outpatient settings. Our Home and Community Services Program offers the flexibility to receive therapy at home, focusing on helping patients return to their everyday routines, such as shopping, cooking, volunteering, and enjoying their favorite leisure activities We work with adults and children across West Michigan, who have various neurological, cognitive, and physical conditions, including brain and spinal cord injuries, cerebral palsy, and multiple sclerosis. 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 At Mary Free Bed, we take pride in our values-based culture: Focus on Patient Care. A selfless drive to serve and heal connects all MFB employees. Clinical Variety and Challenge. An inter-disciplinary approach and a top team of professionals create ever-changing opportunities and activities. Family Culture. We offer the stability of a large organization while nurturing the family/team atmosphere of a small organization. Trust in Each Other. Each employee knows that co-workers can be trusted to make the right decision for our family, patients, staff, and community. A Proud Tradition . Years of dedicated, quality service to our patients and community have yielded a reputation that fills our employees with pride. Assumes full responsibility for evaluating patient’s need for physical therapy. Plans and executes individual treatment programs in accordance with the State of Michigan licensure and PT scope of practice. Keeps treatment skills upgraded through continuing education, evidence-based research, and program development. Perform job responsibilities in accordance with the program’s strategic objectives and goals to carry out organizational strategic objectives.

Requirements

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

Responsibilities

Provides patient care.
Evaluates patient condition.
Establishes treatment goals in collaboration with patient and family as appropriate, and in collaboration with the treatment team.
Treatment goals should be interdisciplinary and patient-centered whenever possible.
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.
Demonstrates competence in relevant software and hardware required to meet job responsibilities.
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 .
Adheres to the Mary Free Bed Standards of Behavior when working with patients, coworkers and members of the community.
Supports program operations as assigned.
May perform the following items to meet program or hospital needs.
Participates in orientation and training of new staff.
Serves as clinical instructor for physical therapy students.
Supervises, teaches, and evaluates skills of students.
Communicates with participating universities regarding skill levels of 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.