Physical Therapist - Winkler Outpatient Orthopedics
About The Position
The Physical Therapist works in Lee Health’s outpatient orthopedic clinics, providing individualized, one-on-one care in 45-minute treatment sessions, with a maximum of 10 patients per day. The position examines, evaluates, and tests people with mechanical, physiological, or developmental impairments, functional limitations, disabilities, and other health or movement-related conditions to determine diagnoses, prognoses, and treatment plans, and to assess the effects of treatment. The therapist designs, implements, and modifies interventions to alleviate impairments and functional limitations and reduce the risk of injury or disability, while promoting and maintaining fitness, health, and wellness across age groups. The role also includes administration, consultation, education, and research. Successful performance requires critical thinking, communication, problem solving, interpersonal skills, responsibility, professionalism, constructive use of feedback, effective time and resource management, stress management, and commitment to learning. The clinic offers flexible scheduling and weekends and holidays off. Lee Health’s Rehabilitation Services team includes more than 700 professionals and provides evidence-based care across acute care, skilled nursing, home health, and outpatient settings. Specialty programs include neurological rehabilitation, vestibular and balance therapy, lymphedema management, pelvic health therapy, and oncology rehabilitation.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s, Master’s, or Doctor of Physical Therapy degree.
- Physical Therapy License in the State of Florida.
Responsibilities
- Examine, evaluate, and test individuals with impairments, functional limitations, disabilities, and other health or movement-related conditions.
- Determine diagnoses, prognoses, and plans for treatment intervention, and assess the ongoing effects of interventions.
- Design, implement, and modify treatment interventions to alleviate impairments, functional limitations, and disabilities.
- Reduce the risk of injury, impairment, functional limitation, and disability.
- Promote and maintain fitness, health, and wellness in populations of all ages.
- Participate in administration, consultation, education, and research.
- Conduct oneself professionally and demonstrate critical thinking, communication, problem-solving, interpersonal, time-management, resource-management, and stress-management skills.
Benefits
- Up to $22,000 in hiring incentives, if eligible.
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- Holistic health resources and mental wellness programs.
- Annual continuing education unit reimbursement and a free MedBridge subscription.
- Career advancement pathways.
- Retirement match up to 5%.
- Public Service Loan Forgiveness eligibility.
- Generous paid time off and flexible scheduling options.
- Access to an Orthopedic Residency Program and New Graduate Rotation Program.
- Expense-paid on-site interviews for eligible candidates.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
