Physical Therapist (Float) - Inpatient

Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital•Grand Rapids, MI

9d•Hybrid

About The Position

We are seeking an experienced Physical Therapist to join our team as a float PT to ensure we have the coverage needed in all areas of our 6th floor. As a Float Physical Therapist, you'll have the opportunity to support and develop expertise with a variety of patient populations and teams throughout the hospital. While this position is based on our 6th floor, you will float to other inpatient units as needed to help provide coverage based on staffing and patient care needs. This role is a great fit for a PT who enjoys variety, is adaptable, and values the opportunity to collaborate with different interdisciplinary teams while making an impact wherever support is needed. Our 6th floor unit consists of Ortho, Trauma, Amputation and General Rehabilitation. We have the great privilege of helping patients and families re-build their lives. It’s extraordinarily meaningful work and the reason we greet the day with optimism and anticipation. When patients “Ask for Mary,” they experience a culture that has been sculpted for more than a century. Our hallmark is to carefully listen to patients and innovatively serve them. This is true of every employee, from support staff and leadership, to clinicians and care providers. Mary Free Bed is a not-for-profit, nationally accredited rehabilitation hospital serving thousands of children and adults each year through inpatient, outpatient, sub-acute rehabilitation, orthotics and prosthetics and home and community programs. With the most comprehensive rehabilitation services in Michigan and an exclusive focus on rehabilitation, Mary Free Bed physicians, nurses and therapists help our patients achieve outstanding clinical outcomes. The growing Mary Free Bed Network provides patients throughout the state with access to our unique standard of care.

Requirements

Graduate of Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE)
Licensure is required in every US State and Territory the Therapist is practicing. Licensure requirements should be met according to individual State laws.
Possesses and maintains BLS certification to meet department/program protocol.
Must be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served in assigned department.
Must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient’s status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient’s requirements relative to age-specific needs and to provide the care needed as described in the department’s policies and procedures.

Nice To Haves

Adaptable
Enjoys variety
Values the opportunity to collaborate with different interdisciplinary teams

Responsibilities

Assumes full responsibility for evaluating patient’s need for physical therapy.
Plans and executes individual treatment programs in accordance with the State of Michigan licensure and PT scope of practice.
Keeps treatment skills upgraded through continuing education, evidence-based research, and program development.
Perform job responsibilities in accordance with the program’s strategic objectives and goals to carry out organizational strategic objectives.
Provides patient care, treatment, and services within the scope of their license, certification or registration and as required by law and regulation.
Evaluates patient condition.
Establishes treatment goals in collaboration with patient and family as appropriate, and in collaboration with the treatment team. Treatment goals should be interdisciplinary and patient-centered whenever possible.
Establishes written treatment plan, and administers treatment for each patient according to the stated goals.
Delegates responsibilities to physical therapist assistants and rehabilitation technicians as appropriate.
Re-evaluates patient's status and effects of treatment. Revises treatment plan as necessary.
Reviews revised goals with patient and family as appropriate.
Evaluates patient's need for medical equipment and orders the appropriate equipment as necessary.
Evaluates equipment upon delivery and instructs patient, patient's family and health care workers on its use.
Participates in planning for patient discharge by considering and communicating with patient, family, community support/services and environmental limitations.
Documents patient's status and progress through initial evaluation, progress notes, and discharge summary according to established internal/external time standards and adherence to reimbursement guidelines.
Communicates with others to integrate physical therapy treatment with all aspects of patient care.
Participates in conferences/discussions as needed and exchange of written records with other interdisciplinary team members to integrate physical therapy treatment plan.
Instructs the patient and the family in physical therapy procedures as part of providing patient and family education including written instructions as necessary.
Attends various meetings and in-services as designated.
Follows all hospital policy and procedures including but not limited to patient confidentiality and infection control.
Meets or exceeds program productivity expectations.
Provides discipline specific coverage (following cross training) within the Mary Free Bed system as requested.
Adheres to the Mary Free Bed Standards of Behavior when working with patients, coworkers and members of the community.
Supports program operations as assigned.
Participates in orientation and training of new staff.
Serves as clinical instructor for physical therapy students. Supervises, teaches, and evaluates skills of students.
Communicates with participating universities regarding skill levels of students.
Participates in program development and/or research activities as assigned.
Meet or exceed clinical outcome collection standards established by department leadership.
Meet or exceed clinical outcome performance/improvement goals established by department leadership in designated programs.
Demonstrates excellent customer service and standards of behaviors as well as encourages, coaches, and monitors the same in team members.
Consistently promote teamwork and direct communication with co-workers and deal discretely and sensitively with confidential information.
Contribute by identifying problems and seeking solutions.
Promote patient/family satisfaction where possible; participates in departmental efforts to monitor and report customer service.