Physical Therapist OP II

About the position

At Houston Methodist, the Physical Therapist II (PT II) position is responsible for evaluating and developing the therapy plan of care for a broad range of diagnoses and acuities. This position may specialize in care for certain complex patient types, through advanced training and education. As an experienced therapist, this position provides education to patients, patient's family members, and/or caregivers, and collaborates with other interprofessional team members, as needed, for problem resolution and/or achievement of identified patient specific goals. As a member of the interprofessional care team, the PT II position provides patient care directly and delivers exceptional patient care with adherence to safety standards and guidelines to ensure optimal patient safety, customer service, and optimum patient outcomes. This position serves as preceptor, mentor, and resource to less experienced staff, including other Therapists, and technicians and may act as a clinical resource to students, and clinical fellows. The PT II position assists with collection of quality metrics and analytics, with development of best practices and process improvement initiatives, as designated.

Responsibilities

• Contributes to teamwork, consistently offering assistance, and responding positively to requests for assistance.
• Collaborates to foster healthy relationships in the work environment.
• Offers guidance to interprofessional health care team, when appropriate, and applies feedback to improve patient outcomes.
• Uses therapeutic communication, which includes active listening and teaching, to establish a relationship with patients, families and interprofessional health care team to collaborate on the plan of care.
• Partners with members of the interprofessional care team by actively communicating and reporting pertinent patient care information and data in a comprehensive manner.
• Teaches and provides guidance to nursing, and support staff.
• Orients new team members and assists with precepting students in clinical rotations and clinical fellows.
• Performs complete and comprehensive evaluation of patients across a broad range of diagnosis and acuities to identify patient's level of function and to determine the treatment plan.
• Develops the plan of care based on evaluation findings and implements the physical therapy treatment plan.
• Provides education to patients, patient's family members, and/or caregivers, based on learning needs.
• Consistently evaluates the patient's comprehension and adapts teaching methods accordingly.
• Collaborates and communicates with the healthcare team modifications to patient's treatment plan, progress, and discharge planning for achievement of identified patient specific goals.
• Advocates on patient/family's behalf to identify and resolve clinical and ethical concerns, utilizing appropriate resources.
• Balances and adjusts as needed the caseload for the assigned team members to result in optimum patient care and outcome.
• Initiates improvements for department score on patient satisfaction, through peer-to-peer accountability to service standards.
• Assesses patients regularly, monitors progress towards treatment goals, modifies goals, and plan or program as indicated.
• Recognizes complications/limitations associated with certain procedures and proactively addresses such for optimum outcomes.
• Provides select oversight of physical therapy-related activities provided by interprofessional health care team, and if necessary, adjusts the plan to improve quality of outcome and maintain the safety of the patient.
• Proactively identifies opportunities for corrective action and assists in process improvement by providing recommendations.
• Maintains accurate and complete documentation of patient education and procedures performed in a timely manner in the patient record.
• Enters accurate charges for services provided, as applicable.
• Uses resources efficiently to maximize utilization of time and equipment.
• Self-motivated to independently manage time effectively, minimizing incidental overtime, and prioritize daily tasks.
• Initiates innovative solutions through evidence-based practice/performance improvement projects.
• Actively participates in and may lead department projects and/or hospital committees.
• Identifies and presents areas for innovation, efficiency and improvement in patient care or unit operations using evidence-based practice literature.
• Seeks opportunities to identify self-development needs and expand learning beyond baseline competencies.

Requirements

• Graduate of education program approved by the credentialing body for the required credential(s).
• Two years of experience as a Physical Therapist; or completion of HM or comparable Physical Therapy Residency program.
• BLS - Basic Life Support (AHA).
• PT - Physical Therapist - State Licensure with the Texas Board of Examiners.
• Compact license acceptable according to current ECPTOTE requirements within 90 days.
• PT-Temp - Physical Therapist Temporary - State Licensure with the Texas Board of Examiners.
• Sufficient proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing the English language necessary to perform the essential functions of this job.
• Strong assessment, organizational and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrates increasing expertise and executes experienced clinical skills in treatments provided.
• Exhibits strong interpersonal, teamwork and leadership skills.
• Ability to function independently, capable of handling challenging/difficult therapy procedures and patient care situations.
• Demonstrates sound judgment in interactions with physicians, interprofessional care team and patients and their families.
• Possesses proficient computer knowledge; operates multiple computer systems and standard Rehabilitation equipment.