Staff Physical Therapist, [Department Name]

Cumberland Medical Center•Crossville, TN

13d•Onsite

About The Position

Under general supervision, plans, evaluates and implements treatment programs for occupational therapy patients. Modifies treatment plans in accordance with patient progress. Cumberland Medical Center Overview: Cumberland Medical Center in Crossville, Tennessee is part of Covenant Health, East Tennessee's largest nonprofit health system and a Becker's “Top 150 Places to Work in Healthcare.” Fully accredited by the Joint Commission, Cumberland Medical Center is an acute care hospital offering all private patient rooms as well as comprehensive care including cardiology, orthopedics, maternity, cancer treatment, and wound care. The hospital features emergency and critical care, surgical suites, and specialized programs such as imaging, cardiac rehab, sleep disorder care, and hyperbaric medicine, all in a family-oriented environment focused on exceptional patient care.

Requirements

None specified; however, must be sufficient to meet the standards for achievement of the below indicated license and/or certification as required by the issuing authority.
Current Tennessee Physical Therapy License.
CPR required.
Good communication skills required

Nice To Haves

One (1) year experience preferred.
Professional organization membership preferred.

Responsibilities

Clinical practice - including evaluation and treatment of patients
Performs patient evaluations (initial, progress, and discharge evaluations), establishes treatment plans, makes recommendations, and sets goals in accordance with patient needs and evidence based practice.
Meets established targets for passive/active treatment ratios
Involves patient and family in treatment, education and goal setting. Coordinates with other medical personnel regarding patient's progress, needs and discharge planning.
Demonstrates knowledge and competency including providing for age-specific needs of the population served.
Serves as a resource person for support staff and other health system staff.
Assists with training, orientation and supervision of support staff.
Assumes responsibility for the educational development of assigned students.
Maintains and updates patient documentation in accordance with professional, departmental, organizational, and payer guidelines and timeframes. Maintains established targets for compliance with chart audits.
Meets established target for
Quality/outcome measures
Service/patient satisfaction measures
Financial/productivity measures
Growth/patients-per-day measures
Demonstrates leadership including, but not limited to:
Supervision of support staff
Participates in professional organization/meetings (TOTA, AOTA)
Volunteers for Covenant Health activities such as the marathon, golf tournament, sports physicals, employee education, etc.
Complete partnering activities per established targets per month.
Physician office visits
Community lectures/volunteer
Case Manager visits/marketing
Provide in-services
Follows policies, procedures, and safety standards. Completes required education assignments annually. Works toward achieving goals and objectives, and participates in quality improvement initiatives as requested.
Performs other duties as assigned.