Physical Therapist (PT)

SSM Health Rehabilitation Hospital - NTC•O’Fallon, MO

20h•Onsite

About The Position

SSM Health Rehabilitation Hospital - Neuro Transitional Center in O'Fallon, MO is seeking a Per Diem Physical Therapist to join their team, opening in June 2025. This role offers an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact on the lives of individuals with acquired brain injuries or spinal cord injuries who require intensive rehabilitation to return home. The Neuro Transitional Center, with 12 beds, aims to provide this specialized care, with a current success rate of 93% of patients returning to their homes upon discharge. This expansion allows patients to receive this high level of service without having to leave the state.

Requirements

Current state licensure or eligibility for state licensure as a Physical Therapist required.
Certified BLS or completion in the first 90 days of employment required.
Current State Driver's License in good standing required.
One or more years of clinical experience with neuro rehabilitation or neuro transitional experience required.

Responsibilities

Evaluates all assigned patients and develops, implements, and modifies the plan of care in accordance with patient needs and in collaboration with the transdisciplinary team.
Directs the transfer of skills learned by patients during formal therapy into evenings, weekends, and community settings through team collaboration, communication, and training of Neuro Rehab Coaches.
Serves as the primary therapist for assigned patients, working within a transdisciplinary team philosophy.
Delivers therapy across multiple environments, modifying structure and stimuli to maximize patient success.
Serves as an educator for patients, families, students, coworkers, and self.
Performs other professional duties associated with patient care and the enhancement of the Neuro Transitional Rehabilitation program.
Completes a comprehensive evaluation on assigned patients according to Neuro Transitional Rehab (NTR) guidelines for timeliness and completeness, incorporating appropriate standardized testing, NTR standardized outcome measures, NTR functional neuro evaluation, interest inventory, and functional needs assessment per NTR policy.
Utilizes clinical reasoning, evidence-based practice, and team collaboration to develop an appropriate plan of care, identifying patient strengths and impairments.
Develops long-term and short-term goals within appropriate domains to meet expected outcomes within the community and home, identifying the expected level of assistance and supervision to be achieved within the predicted length of stay.
Actively participates in team conferences and family conferences, collaborating with the transdisciplinary team to identify, plan, and educate on patient strengths and impairments, creative solutions to overcome barriers, patient progress, home modification recommendations, special equipment needs, and any changes to expected outcomes.
Receives feedback from family regarding goals, progress, and meaningfulness.
Actively participates in discharge planning to facilitate a safe discharge home, identifying the time frame needed for family training and completing it as needed.
Completes a home evaluation as needed prior to discharge to identify safety hazards, home modifications, and equipment needed.
Collaborates with the transdisciplinary team to recommend discharge services and resources.
Demonstrates flexibility in all aspects of caseload management, including accepting coverage and problem-solving to effectively and efficiently manage individual, concurrent, and group treatment sessions based on patient care needs.
Ensures cognitive impairments are addressed using errorless learning as needed and incorporating evidence-based practice across appropriate domains.
Ensures weekly functional activities are prepared and the weekly patient schedule is complete and includes meaningful activities.
Completes weekly appointment physician follow-ups and provides regular written feedback in the patient notebook.
Completes medical record documentation in a clear, concise, accurate, and timely manner, including assessments, daily activities progress notes, weekly goal summary updates, residential recommendations, and discharge recommendations.
Completes charge entry using approved formats in compliance with state, federal guidelines, and NTR policies and procedures.
Ensures care is provided under signed, valid physician orders and within insurance approval, as indicated and necessary for clinical care of the patient.
Participates in the student program as assigned and appropriate, providing a positive learning environment with appropriate supervision, development of learning objectives, and completion of student evaluations.
Actively creates an individualized professional development plan with clinical management.
Identifies and initiates own professional growth, actively pursuing professional development through continuing education, self-study, and involvement in professional activities and organizations.
Applies learned information to meet the strategic objectives of the organization.
Actively participates in patient and professional advocacy efforts, which may include lobbying activities, health fairs, community-level events, professional memberships, and fundraising/charitable activities.
Adheres to the discipline-specific State Practice Act and other regulatory agencies.
Maintains professional licensure in good standing and completes all state-mandated continuing education requirements.
Performs in an ethical manner in accordance with the discipline-specific professional code of conduct.
Understands the organization’s performance improvement methodology to improve the quality of services provided.
Demonstrates awareness of organizational performance improvement initiatives and follows through with action plans.
Offers feedback through staff meetings, focus groups, direct supervisor, and informal conversation to maximize performance improvement outcomes.
Occasionally transports patients on community outings.
Performs other duties as requested.