Physical Therapist - Full-time

Select Medical • Birmingham, AL

21h • Onsite

About The Position

Select Specialty Hospital is a critical illness recovery hospital committed to providing world-class inpatient post-ICU services to chronic, critically ill patients who require extended healing and recovery. Physical Therapists (PT) play a central role in providing compassionate, excellent treatment every step of the way. The hospital offers an extensive and thorough Physical Therapist (PT) orientation program to ensure a smooth transition into the setting. Employees have opportunities to advance their careers through tuition reimbursement and continuing education, and can elevate their skills with a clinical ladder program. A student debt benefit program is also available. The team is comprised of over 44,000 nationwide committed to providing exceptional care.

Requirements

• Current state licensure as a Physical Therapist required.
• Certified BLS or completion in first 90 days of employment required.

Responsibilities

• Performing initial and ongoing systematic patient assessment.
• Promoting continuous quality improvement.
• Teaching and counseling patients/families.
• Setting goals and developing treatment plans.
• Working cooperatively to identify and solve patient-specific and facility-wide needs.
• Participating in discharge planning for each patient, including placement, patient/family education and adaptive equipment.
• Supervising Physical Therapy Assistants, as well as supervising PT and PTA students.
• Conducting individual patient therapy regimens.
• Monitoring patient's response to treatment and modifying treatment during sessions, as needed.
• Completing appropriate documentation according to department policies and procedures.
• Participating in departmental, hospital, and community continuing education seminars and in-services.

Benefits

• Extensive and thorough Physical Therapist (PT) orientation program to ensure a smooth transition into our setting.
• Tuition reimbursement
• Continuing education opportunities.
• Clinical ladder program.
• Student debt benefit program.
• Comprehensive medical/RX, health, vision, and dental plan offerings
• Generous PTO to maintain a healthy work-life balance
• Company-matching 401(k) retirement plan
• Life and disability protection

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees