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Texas Health Resources•Allen, TX

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Texas Health is hiring a PRN Physical Therapist for its Sports Medicine/Rehab Clinic at Texas Health Allen and a clinic in Melissa, Texas. Clinic hours are Monday through Thursday, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Friday, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. The clinic offers a strong rehabilitation team whose clinicians have SCS or OCS designations, strong hospital leadership and physician teams, opportunities to work with sports teams and provide on-field coverage, collaboration with high school athletics, community involvement, and potential participation in research projects. The Physical Therapist provides age-appropriate assessment and treatment, develops individualized plans of care and measurable functional goals, monitors patient response and progress, and plans for discharge in collaboration with the care team and patient. The role includes educating patients and families, maintaining patient safety, communicating with physicians and other healthcare personnel, managing clinic schedules to meet productivity expectations, and ensuring documentation complies with departmental, regulatory, and payer requirements.

Requirements

Bachelor's, master's, or doctoral degree in Physical Therapy, required upon hire.
Physical Therapist (PT) credential, required upon hire.
Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) certification before providing independent patient care and maintained quarterly.

Nice To Haves

Two years of prior experience preferred.
Outpatient orthopedic experience strongly preferred.
Sports experience preferred.
Board-certified Clinical Specialist preferred.

Responsibilities

Perform age-appropriate patient assessments and establish individualized plans of care.
Obtain and verify physician therapy orders and confirm their appropriateness.
Review available medical records and obtain relevant medical history from patients or their families.
Ensure patients have provided informed consent for treatment.
Evaluate patients using age- and diagnosis-appropriate tests and measurements, including appropriate outcome assessment tools.
Identify and prioritize functional problems with patients and families; set measurable functional goals and determine appropriate interventions.
Initiate therapy discharge planning in collaboration with the care team and patient, considering prognosis and expected discharge disposition.
Provide age-appropriate treatment using suitable therapeutic techniques and procedures within the scope of the professional license.
Perform or delegate technical procedures appropriately and safely, and use varied treatment techniques as needed to achieve goals.
Assess patient responses to treatment and evaluate progress through reassessment.
Educate patients and families about the treatment plan, safety, home programs and self-management, and assistive equipment.
Maintain patient safety throughout treatment and communicate patient-care issues to physicians and other healthcare personnel as appropriate.
Motivate patients who are non-compliant or unmotivated to participate in therapy.
Manage the schedule to meet clinic productivity expectations.
Ensure documentation meets departmental, regulatory, and payer requirements.