Physical Therapist

Tidelands Health • Murrells Inlet, SC

9d

About The Position

The Physical Therapist provides a full range of therapeutic services in an outpatient rehabilitation setting, including patient assessment, treatment planning, and therapeutic interventions in an interdisciplinary environment. The role evaluates patients’ conditions and develops customized rehabilitation plans to restore or maintain movement and functional ability and maximize quality of life. The therapist also contributes to program development, quality improvement, problem solving, and productivity enhancement. The employee may handle and deliver medications as required by the job and assigned facility, and may perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Doctoral degree required if obtained after 2016.
• Physical Therapist license from the South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation required.
• Basic Life Support certification from the American Heart Association required within 30 days.
• Ability to use therapy equipment in an outpatient rehabilitation setting to provide treatments and procedures.
• Punctuality and reliability for assigned or confirmed shifts.
• Ability to respect patients’ cultural and religious practices.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree preferred if obtained prior to 2016.

Responsibilities

• Review physician referrals, patient conditions, medical histories, and medical records to determine required physical therapy treatment.
• Evaluate patients’ functional abilities using standardized tests and measures, assess strength, motor development, sensory perception, functional capacity, and independence with daily activities, and record findings.
• Prepare written treatment programs and develop patient treatment plans with specific goals and tasks.
• Administer treatments using physical agents and equipment, including cold packs, contrast baths, moist packs, ultraviolet and infrared lamps, iontophoresis, electrical stimulation, and ultrasound machines.
• Evaluate treatment effects at various stages and adjust treatment to achieve maximum benefit.
• Record treatments, patient responses, and progress in the electronic medical record, and prepare reports as indicated by licensure, providers, or insurance recommendations.
• Instruct patients and families in treatment procedures to continue at home.
• Complete documentation according to clinical and department guidelines and meet monthly department chart-audit expectations.
• Promote and educate referring physicians, healthcare providers, and coworkers about the organization’s rehabilitation programs through in-services or marketing activities.
• Reduce cancellation and no-show rates to improve quality of care and patient outcomes.
• Meet the established average monthly patient-care productivity metric.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time