Physical Therapy Resident-Sports

UPMC • Pittsburgh, PA

4d • Onsite

About The Position

The UPMC/CRS Sports Residency offers two residency positions with slightly different tracks: Professional Athlete Focus and Youth Athlete Focus. The Professional Athlete Focus involves coverage at Carnegie Mellon University for post-operative PT and significant time with the Pittsburgh Steelers Football Club. The Youth Athlete Focus concentrates on high school-aged athletes, providing on-field and training room coverage for various sports, and later assisting with Men's and Women's basketball at Pitt Department of Athletics. The Sports Residency program is 18 months long.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited program approved by the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA)
• Cumulative experiences that indicate interest and high performance in residency area based on strong academic performance and clinical rotation evaluations
• Evidence of emerging skills in clinical reasoning and application of acquired skills
• Must complete both the UPMC application as well as the RF-PTCAS application
• Physical Therapist Licensure
• Act 33 Child Clearance with Renewal
• Act 34 Criminal Clearance with Renewal
• Act 73 FBI Clearance
• Basic Life Support OR Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Certification

Responsibilities

• Performs physical therapy assessment, reassessment and treatment and supervises physical therapist assistants in the treatment of pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients referred by a physician to the clinic
• Develops plan of care including goals and treatment plan in accordance with physician referral, nature of injury/illness and results of physical therapy assessment
• Modifies or adjusts plan of care based on patient's response to treatment and/or changes in patient's status
• Maintains written documentation for all physical therapy services rendered including documentation of initial assessment, follow-up visits, and discharge summary consistent with department standards
• Co-signs physical therapist assistant documentation biweekly
• Provides verbal and/or written home instructions to patient and/or family members when applicable
• Communicates patient's status to the referring physician and other health care team members
• Schedules patients to achieve and maintain a level of productivity which meets or exceeds the standard established for the facility by the organization while ensuring delivery of quality patient care

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level