Physical Therapist

Specialists Hospital Shreveport, LLC • Shreveport, LA

36d • Onsite

About The Position

This position is for a licensed, full-time Physical Therapist that is looking to join our team providing outpatient services to the Shreveport area. Specialists Hospital Shreveport offers a competitive benefits package and the opportunity to work with a dynamic group of clinicians dedicated to providing quality care for our patients. Our caseload is primarily orthopedic seeing both chronic and acute conditions as well as providing post-operative care to the spine and extremities. Dry needling certification is preferred.

Requirements

• Graduation from an accredited school of physical therapy
• Licensed to practice physical therapy in Louisiana
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification (with AED)

Nice To Haves

• Dry needling certification is preferred

Responsibilities

• Performs physical therapy evaluations, establishes appropriate plans of care, and effectively implements treatments to restore patient to maximum function
• Collaborates well with designated team of PTAs and supervises PT technicians to provide best quality of care for patient
• Maintains accurate paper and electronic record of documentation of services rendered per hospital and state guidelines
• Cultivates relationships with referring physicians and communicates as necessary regarding patient care
• Creates and maintains good patient-therapist rapport to ensure successful therapy experience
• Assists in on-call weekend coverage for inpatient floor (up to 2 weekends per quarter)

Benefits

• 401(k)
• Company parties
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Paid holiday, sick, and vacation after probationary period
• Health, vision, and dental coverage
• Short-term and long-term disability
• 401K
• CEU annual allowance and licensure reimbursement

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed