Physical Therapist

Georgetown Hospital System • Murrells Inlet, SC

7d

About The Position

The Physical Therapist provides a full range of therapeutic services—including assessment, treatment planning, and therapeutic interventions—in an interdisciplinary outpatient rehabilitation setting, consistent with professional qualifications, practices, and ethical standards. The therapist evaluates patients and develops customized rehabilitation plans to develop, maintain, and restore movement and functional ability and maximize quality of life.

The role also contributes to program development, quality improvement, problem solving, and productivity enhancement. The employee may handle and deliver medications when required by the job and assigned facility, and may perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree.
• Physical Therapist license from the South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation.
• Ability to use therapy equipment in an outpatient rehabilitation setting to provide treatment and procedures.
• Punctuality and dependability for assigned or confirmed shifts.
• Ability to respect patients' cultural and religious practices.
• Basic Life Support certification from the American Heart Association within 30 days.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree if obtained prior to 2016.

Responsibilities

• Review physician referrals, patient conditions, medical histories, and medical records to determine required physical therapy treatment.
• Evaluate patients' functional abilities using standardized tests and measures of strength, motor development, sensory perception, functional capacity, and independence in daily activities; record findings.
• Prepare written treatment programs and develop patient treatment plans with specific goals and tasks.
• Administer treatments using physical agents and equipment, including cold packs, contrast baths, moist packs, ultraviolet and infrared lamps, iontophoresis, electrical stimulation, and ultrasound machines.
• Evaluate treatment effects and adjust treatments to achieve maximum benefit.
• Record treatment, patient responses, and progress in the electronic medical record, and prepare reports as indicated by licensure, providers, or insurance recommendations.
• Instruct patients and families in treatment procedures to continue at home.
• Complete documentation according to clinical and department guidelines and meet monthly department chart audit expectations.
• Promote and educate referring physicians, healthcare providers, and co-workers about the organization's rehabilitation programs through in-services or marketing activities.
• Reduce cancellations and no-shows to improve quality of care and patient outcomes.
• Meet the established average monthly patient-care productivity metric.
• Handle and deliver medications when required by the job and assigned work facility.
• Complete other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time