Physical Therapist - Outpatient Orthopedic Setting

Reno Orthopedic Center•Fernley, NV

15h•Hybrid

About The Position

Join our Reno Orthopedic Center team as a Physical Therapist in an Outpatient Orthopedic Setting. We offer dedicated, flexible ramp-up time, the ability to choose your patient volume within supported ranges, and protected documentation time. We utilize Epic GardenPlot as our EMR and are actively working on AI dictation and scribing to reduce documentation load. You will have a named mentor on your first day to help guide you. We offer flexibility in location across our 6 sites in Reno, Sparks, Carson City, and Fernley. At Reno Orthopedic Center (ROC), every action is driven by our employee expectations: patient-first mindset, assuming good intent, owning your success, continuous learning, kindness, and being an advocate. ROC is physician-owned and offers a fully integrated musculoskeletal health campus.

Requirements

Active Nevada Physical Therapy license from Nevada State Board within 60 days of employment.
This position may require travel to other Reno Orthopedic Center locations as needed by management.

Nice To Haves

New grads welcome - learn from experienced therapists
PT Compact privileges welcome – start faster

Responsibilities

Plan, prepare, and carry out individually designed programs of physical treatment to maintain, improve, or restore physical functioning, alleviate pain, or prevent physical dysfunction in patients.
Review physician’s referral and patient’s medical records and confer with patient and appropriate medical practitioners to plan, implement, and assess the intervention program.
Identify and document goals, anticipated progress, and plans for reevaluation.
Test, measure and record in patient’s electronic medical record the patient’s strength, motor development, functional capacity, sensory perception, and respiratory and/or circulatory efficiency.
Analyze patient progress and data, record in electronic medical record and modify interventions to achieve anticipated goals and expected outcomes, including referring to other practitioners as needed.
Educate patients about injury prevention, ergonomics, and ways to promote health.
Instruct patient in use of assistive devices such as wheelchairs, walkers, crutches, and canes as well as in treatment procedures to be continued at home.
Discharge patient from physical therapy when goals or projected outcomes have been attained; provide for appropriate follow-up care or referrals.