Physical Therapist l - Inpatient

Advocate Health • Belmont, NC

12d • $38 - $57 • Onsite

About The Position

The Physical Therapist I provides direct therapy services to patients in an inpatient level of care, including care required seven days a week and on holidays. The role evaluates patients, chooses and administers assessment techniques, and develops patient care plans that may include modalities, procedures, exercise programs, therapeutic groups, and patient education, taking into account the patient's diagnosis, condition, age, and discharge needs.

The therapist gathers and interprets information from medical records, physician reports, patients, and families, and documents evaluations, tests, progress, treatments, attendance, education, outcomes, discharges, and charges as needed. The role communicates evaluations and progress with physicians, referral sources, and clinical staff; coordinates schedules, treatment programs, and discharge planning; and supervises physical therapist assistants and rehabilitation technicians or aides as required for licensure. The position is based at Carolinas Rehabilitation Mount Holly, with a Monday–Thursday schedule of 10:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m. and Friday 9:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m., including weekend coverage and holiday rotation.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a Physical Therapy program.
• Applicable state license for Physical Therapy.
• BLS certification per policy guidelines.
• Adequate corrected hearing and vision for communication and reading, intelligible speech, and language and cognitive skills sufficient to perform job duties.
• Ability to sit, stand, and walk throughout the day and to perform job-related movements including climbing stairs, kneeling, twisting, bending, and occasionally crouching, crawling, and reaching overhead.
• Ability to lift patients, equipment, or supplies up to 20 pounds frequently and 50 pounds occasionally, and to laterally transfer patients weighing 100 pounds rarely.
• Ability to demonstrate appropriate exercises and activities to patients and caregivers.
• Ability to use personal protective equipment when required due to possible exposure to hazardous chemicals or blood and body fluids.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct therapy services to admitted patients, including services required seven days a week and on holidays.
• Evaluate patients and select and administer assessment techniques.
• Develop appropriate 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 the information.
• Document evaluations, tests, progress notes, daily treatment notes, attendance records, patient and family education, outcomes, discharge notes, and charges as needed.
• Communicate patient evaluations and progress to physicians, referral sources, and other clinical staff.
• Coordinate patient schedules, treatment programs, and discharge planning.
• Supervise physical therapist assistants and rehabilitation technicians or aides as required for licensure.

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.
• Premium pay such as shift and on-call pay, based on the role.
• Incentive pay for select positions.
• Opportunity for annual increases based on performance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level