Physical Therapist, PRN - Lagrange, GA
About The Position
The Physical Therapist assesses, plans, organizes, and participates in rehabilitative programs to improve mobility, relieve pain, increase strength, and decrease or prevent deformity in patients with disease or injury. Services are provided across the full continuum in a cost-conscious, quality-focused, customer-oriented manner, in compliance with applicable regulatory standards. The role includes implementing and revising treatment plans, assessing patients and establishing plans of care and discharge plans in collaboration with physicians and patients or families, documenting evaluations and treatment, and providing patient and family education. The Physical Therapist also supports ethical practice, confidentiality, effective teamwork, customer service, infection prevention, and ongoing professional development, and performs other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Doctorate, master's, or bachelor's degree in Physical Therapy.
- Physical Therapist (PT) license.
- Basic Life Support certification (BLS, ARC-BLS, or BLS-I).
- Effective communication skills, customer-service focus, team orientation, and basic computer skills.
Responsibilities
- Implement physical therapy treatment plans and select appropriate treatment activities to help patients progress toward goals.
- Revise goals and plans of care with input from patients and families; provide ongoing education and training.
- Provide discharge instructions, follow-up, and referrals to community resources as appropriate.
- Serve as a rehabilitation services resource for staff, families, and physicians regarding services and equipment.
- Collaborate with physicians to establish and evaluate treatment programs, plans of care, goals, and discharge plans related to patients’ physical therapy needs.
- Establish plans of care with patients and/or family members and create realistic discharge plans incorporating their goals.
- Document evaluations, plans of care, treatment sessions, family education, and discharge information according to departmental, facility, and program guidelines.
- Follow ethical business practices, maintain patient confidentiality, embrace diversity, and communicate effectively with team members.
- Maintain attendance and punctuality, follow the departmental dress code, and participate in staff meetings, required in-services, process improvement activities, and other requested meetings.
- Organize workload appropriately and use materials and equipment safely and cost-effectively; observe infection prevention precautions.
- Apply AIDET principles, treat patients and colleagues respectfully, foster teamwork, and use service recovery principles appropriately.
- Participate in professional development, mandatory education, core and annual competencies, licensure-related education, and orientation and training of new employees.
- Complete mandatory hospital and system requirements; comply with WellStar policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
