Outpatient

Emory Healthcare•Atlanta, GA

About The Position

Provides comprehensive evaluations, treatments, and education to patients and families, consistent with each patient's individualized needs and within an interdisciplinary environment. The role includes assessing patients, identifying problems, and planning, developing, implementing, and modifying measurable, result-oriented treatment plans in response to patient outcomes. The Physical Therapist provides direct patient care and specialized treatments, trains patients and families, communicates regularly with the care team and others involved in patient care, and plans treatment schedules to make optimal use of staff and equipment. The position also requires maintaining supplies and equipment, keeping the work area orderly, documenting care according to established protocols, accurately recording daily charges, and following sterile technique and infection-control standards. Other related duties may be required. The position is PRN, with a rate of $60.50 per hour plus shift differential.

Requirements

Graduation from a Physical Therapy school accredited by the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA).
Licensure as a Physical Therapist in the state of Georgia.
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification in accordance with the American Heart Association.

Responsibilities

Evaluate patients and provide treatments and education to patients and families according to individualized needs.
Assess patients and identify problems.
Instruct and train patients and families on pertinent aspects of patient care.
Plan, develop, and implement individualized treatment plans with clear, measurable goals, and modify plans according to patient responses.
Plan treatment schedules to ensure optimal use of staff and equipment and provide high-quality patient services.
Provide direct patient care and specialized treatments according to each patient's plan of care.
Communicate regularly with members of the patient care team, patients, family members, and others involved in patient care.
Maintain an established inventory of supplies and ensure proper use and maintenance of equipment.
Keep the work area free of debris and clutter.
Document patient-program and setting details according to established protocols and accurately record daily service charges.
Follow organizational and universal standards for sterile technique and infection control, including cleaning and sterilizing work surfaces, equipment, and instruments.
Perform other related duties as required.