Physical Therapist (PT), Inpatient Rehabilitation, New Grad Opportunity – Adventist HealthCare Clinical Students Only

Adventist HealthCare•Rockville, MD

About The Position

Adventist Rehabilitation - Rockville is recruiting for future new graduate Physical Therapist opportunities in inpatient rehabilitation. This application is intended for current Adventist HealthCare employees pursuing a Physical Therapy degree and current or recent Physical Therapy clinical students who have completed a clinical rotation with Adventist HealthCare Rehabilitation. The recruiter will discuss available inpatient rehabilitation openings, clinic locations, and schedules with clinical students and serve as their primary point of contact through clinicals and pre- and post-graduation employment steps. The Physical Therapist examines and evaluates patients to establish an impairment or diagnosis, prognosis, and plan of care before intervention. The therapist delivers or supervises interventions, involves patients and appropriate others in planning and assessing care, reassesses progress and modifies or discontinues care as appropriate, and plans for discharge and follow-up with relevant disciplines. The role also includes communicating and documenting patient management with the care team, supervising assigned rehabilitation aides, office assistants, and volunteers, managing schedules and caseload concerns, attending team meetings, and pursuing individual professional development.

Requirements

Bachelor’s, master’s, or doctoral degree in Physical Therapy from an accredited physical therapy program.
Active Maryland license.
Active American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.

Nice To Haves

One year of site-specific experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Perform initial examinations and evaluations to establish an impairment or diagnosis, prognosis, and plan of care for patients with basic rehabilitation needs in inpatient rehabilitation settings.
Provide, direct, and supervise therapy interventions consistent with examination and evaluation results, diagnosis, prognosis, and plan of care.
Involve the patient/client and appropriate others in planning, implementing, and assessing the plan of care.
Reexamine patients as necessary, evaluate progress or changes in status, and modify the plan of care or discontinue physical therapy services as appropriate.
Plan patient discharge in consultation with appropriate disciplines, considering goals and expected outcomes, and arrange appropriate follow-up or referral.
Discontinue intervention when a patient cannot continue progressing toward goals or is determined to no longer benefit from therapy, coordinating with the referring provider or team where indicated.
Communicate, coordinate, and document patient management, including examinations, diagnoses, plans of care, interventions, responses, barriers, status changes, reexaminations, and discharge or discontinuation, with the care team as indicated.
Supervise and direct patient-care activities of assigned rehabilitation aides, office assistants, and volunteers.
Manage the schedule to accommodate census and patient-load variation and inform management of caseload-management issues.
Attend team meetings and communicate patient status effectively, using the medical record or information from other treating therapists as needed.
Complete individual professional development activities.
Discuss current inpatient rehabilitation openings, clinic locations, and schedules with clinical students as the recruiter’s primary point of contact through clinicals and employment next steps.

Benefits

Work-life balance through nonrotating shifts
Recognition and rewards for professional expertise
Free employee parking
Medical, prescription, dental, and vision coverage for employees and eligible dependents effective on date of hire
Employer-paid short- and long-term disability, basic life insurance, and AD&D; short-term disability buy-up available
Paid time off
Employer retirement contribution and match after one year of eligible employment, with a three-year vesting period
Voluntary benefits, including flexible spending accounts, legal plans, and life, pet, auto, home, long-term care, and critical illness and accident insurance
Subsidized childcare at participating childcare centers
Tuition reimbursement
Employee Assistance Program (EAP) support