Physical Therapist (PT), Per Diem, Outpatient Rehabilitation

Adventist HealthCare•Rockville, MD

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Rockville Rehab seeks an experienced Physical Therapist for its Outpatient Rehabilitation Department. The role provides physical therapy services for people with basic rehabilitation needs in outpatient, acute care, or inpatient rehabilitation settings, and may flex to any rehabilitation site as needed. The therapist evaluates patients, establishes diagnoses and plans of care, delivers and supervises interventions, monitors progress, and plans for discharge or discontinuation of services. The therapist also coordinates and documents patient management with the care team, supervises assigned support staff, manages the schedule and caseload, attends team meetings, and maintains individual professional development. The position is per diem, scheduled for five weekdays per month with a minimum of 6.5 hours per day, plus two weekend days per month and two major holidays per year, including at least one winter holiday. It is a day shift with no on-call requirement and pays $60 per hour.

Requirements

Bachelor’s, master’s, or doctoral degree in Physical Therapy from an accredited physical therapy program.
Active Maryland Physical Therapist license.
Active American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
Minimum two years of experience in an inpatient rehabilitation setting is preferred.

Nice To Haves

Minimum two years of experience in an inpatient rehabilitation setting.

Responsibilities

Perform an initial examination and evaluation to establish an impairment or diagnosis, prognosis, and plan of care before intervention for people with basic rehabilitation needs in acute care, outpatient, or inpatient rehabilitation settings; flex to other rehabilitation sites as needed.
Provide or direct and supervise therapy interventions consistent with the examination, evaluation, diagnosis, prognosis, and plan of care, involving the patient and appropriate others in planning, implementing, and assessing care.
Reexamine patients as needed to evaluate progress or changes in status, modify the plan of care, or discontinue physical therapy services.
Plan for patient discharge in consultation with appropriate disciplines, considering goals and outcomes and arranging appropriate follow-up or referral; discontinue intervention when the patient cannot progress toward goals or will no longer benefit from therapy, coordinating with the referring provider or team where indicated.
Communicate, coordinate, and document patient management with care-team members, including evaluations, diagnoses, prognoses, plans of care, interventions, responses, barriers, status changes, reexaminations, and discharge or discontinuation.
Supervise and direct patient-care activities of assigned rehabilitation aides, office assistants, and volunteers.
Manage the schedule to accommodate changes in census and patient load, and inform management of caseload-management issues.
Attend team meetings and communicate patient status effectively, using the medical record or other treating therapists as needed to ensure sufficient case knowledge.
Complete individual professional development activities.