Physical Therapist

Methodist Hospital Sacramento•Sacramento, CA

23h•Onsite

About The Position

Founded in 1973, Dignity Health - Methodist Hospital is a 158-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Sacramento, California. Serving over 80,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including a Level II NICU, heart care, cancer care, women’s health, and neurology. Additionally, Methodist Hospital of Sacramento has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation and is a Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Center. The incumbent demonstrates competency in physical therapy for pediatric, adult, and/or geriatric patients. The incumbent provides patient assessments, develops and implements individual patient treatment programs, provides therapeutic interventions utilizing current and effective methodologies, and maintains effective documentation. As our Physical Therapist, you will help patients rebuild or maintain their physical wellbeing so they can function at their best level, reduce pain, and improve their quality of life. Every day you will perform initial evaluations, develop and update individualized plans of care, and provide a variety of direct treatments. You will be expected to consistently meet patient care productivity standards, collaborate with the interdisciplinary team and families, and promote a positive customer service environment. To be successful in this role, you must possess strong age-appropriate competency skills, excellent communication abilities, and a collaborative, patient-centered approach to care.

Requirements

Physical Therapist CA
Basic Life Support (BLS) from the American Heart Association
Strong age-appropriate competency skills
Excellent communication abilities
A collaborative, patient-centered approach to care

Nice To Haves

Previous experience as a Physical Therapist

Responsibilities

Demonstrates competency in physical therapy for pediatric, adult, and/or geriatric patients
Provides patient assessments
Develops and implements individual patient treatment programs
Provides therapeutic interventions utilizing current and effective methodologies
Maintains effective documentation
Help patients rebuild or maintain their physical wellbeing so they can function at their best level, reduce pain, and improve their quality of life
Perform initial evaluations
Develop and update individualized plans of care
Provide a variety of direct treatments
Consistently meet patient care productivity standards
Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team and families
Promote a positive customer service environment
Complete evaluations according to department protocol
Complete evaluations within 48 hours once evaluation has been initiated
Thoroughly complete all relevant areas in evaluations
Set appropriate goals relative to the patient's prior level of function
Ensure treatment plan is relevant to patient's problems identified
Ensure patient/family participates in treatment plan and in setting goals
Implement effective and adequate treatment following department guidelines
Conduct ongoing assessment of treatment effectiveness
Modify goals and treatment as appropriate in relation to working toward goals
Select appropriate treatment interventions
Utilize specialized techniques
Address patient safety with follow up recommendation
Recommend/obtain equipment as appropriate
Provide treatment for multiple diagnoses and levels of care appropriate to the age of the patients served
Demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the lifespan of the patient
Interpret knowledge needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his/her age specific needs
Address patient/family education 95-98% of the time
Demonstrate a variety of teaching methods
Ensure teaching methods are appropriate to the level of understanding
Initiate education timely (initiated when patient/family capable of learning) and when need is identified with action taken to initiate training
Ensure content of education is comprehensive, covering all aspects of care including safety
Document patient/family performance
Indicate/document need for type and follow up
Comply with department policy regarding documentation
Complete documentation in a timely manner according to department policy
Ensure documentation is concise, legible, uses correct grammar, medical terminology and approved abbreviations
Ensure documentation reflects all interventions used in treatment, all ongoing assessment of treatment effectiveness, and changes in goals and treatment plan as appropriate
Address IOP indicators per policy
Ensure documentation reflects interdisciplinary teamwork and collaboration
Complete timecards, productivity logs, billing, and other logs for departmental functions in a timely manner per department policy
Appropriately communicate treatment plan and patient status with team and MD with no more than one complaint per year
Participate in team conferences
Address verification of payor guidelines/authorization as needed, in a timely manner (i.e., prior to scheduling/treating patient or obtaining equipment)
Attempt to contact MD with patient concerns or changes in status in a timely manner
Solicit feedback from MD and coworkers to improve teamwork and collaboration (or uses unsolicited feedback) with no more than one valid complaint per year and no more than two complaints of the same nature per year