Physical Therapist Pelvic Floor

CommonSpirit Health • Redwood City, CA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

As our Physical Therapist, you will help patients rebuild or maintain their physical wellbeing so they can function at their best level, reduce pain, and improve their quality of life. Every day you will perform initial evaluations, develop and update individualized plans of care, and provide a variety of direct treatments. You will be expected to consistently meet patient care productivity standards, collaborate with the interdisciplinary team and families, and promote a positive customer service environment. To be successful in this role, you must possess strong age-appropriate competency skills, excellent communication abilities, and a collaborative, patient-centered approach to care.

Requirements

• Bachelors Other Physical Therapy
• Prior hospital experience (non-licensed is acceptable), upon hire
• Prior hospital experienced (non-licensed is acceptable)
• Physical Therapist: CA, upon hire
• Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire

Nice To Haves

• Masters Other Physical Therapy, upon hire preferred
• Pelvic floor experience preferred

Responsibilities

• On referral, by receipt of an MD order (outpatient) or within 24 hours (inpatient), evaluates patients by administering muscle, range of motion, neurological, gait and functional tests to determine impairment and disabilities.
• Develops a treatment plan and goals based on results of the evaluation and physician diagnosis; reassesses each Rx and makes appropriate changes/progressions in the treatment program according to the patients status.
• Administers safe direct patient care, utilizing established Physical Therapy procedures and techniques.
• Organizes the patient care time to meet established treatment goals by appropriate setting of priorities and accomplishing tasks competently within established productive standards, and is able to complete duties and responsibilities within established daily work hours.
• Delegates and supervises patient treatment done by PT support staff.
• Instructs the family and patient in the treatment program and establishes an effective patient therapist rapport to facilitate the achievement of treatment goals as evidenced by chart review and patient satisfaction feedback.
• Prepares, maintains, and transmits accurate, complete, and timely patient records in accordance with JCAHO guidelines, department standards (close of work day) and hospital inpatient standards (multidisciplinary and discharge documents).
• Corresponds/confers appropriately with physicians (initial evaluation and discharge summaries), ancillary staff, other staff therapists, insurance companies (e.g., Medicare forms), etc. to ensure optimum patient care.

What This Job Offers

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