JobsUSAPhysical Therapist - PRN
Company : Duke University
Location : Durham, NC, 27701
Posted Date : 15 September 2025
Job Type : Other
Category : Therapy
Occupation : Physical Therapist
Job Details
Physical Therapist - PRN
Provide physical therapy services to patients/clients who have impairments, functional limitations, disabilities, or changes in physical function and health status resulting from injury, disease, or other causes; provide prevention and wellness services, including screenings and health promotion. The senior serves as a resource person for the team and the department: participates in orientation of new staff therapists, physicians and other health personnel. The senior participates in teaching activities for physical therapy and other health related students. The physical therapist works within practice guidelines as defined by North Carolina state law.
Work Performed
- Demonstrate sound clinical reasoning in synthesizing complex evaluation data, identifying diagnoses, and developing comprehensive plans of care.
- Collaborate with patients and families to create and update appropriate plans of care, setting measurable short- and long-term goals and establishing discharge plans, all tailored to the individual's age, lifestyle, and needs.
- Understand and integrate the role of physical therapy in the context of the patient's total needs, environment, and age-specific considerations.
- Exhibit age-appropriate competency skills relevant to the patient's individual conditions.
- Follow established intervention protocols and adjust the plan of care as needed.
- Discharge patients when goals are achieved or when services are no longer medically necessary, with provisions for follow-up or continuing care as required.
- Maintain competency in evaluations specific to your area of practice.
- Consistently meet patient care productivity standards as defined for the role.
- Work collaboratively with supervisors and peers to optimize team productivity.
- Effectively utilize support personnel (aides, senior aides, assistants) as available and appropriate.
- Actively participate in patient coverage across all divisions within the department as necessary.
- Assess the learning needs and capacities of patients and caregivers, initiating education in a timely manner based on readiness, emotional status, and length of stay.
- Use appropriate educational methods and materials, monitor patient response, and adjust education plans accordingly.
- Ensure patients and families understand when and how to access further interventions.
- Complete timely, legible, and efficient documentation that meets departmental and professional standards.
- Deliver clear, concise, and relevant oral reports.
- Accurately perform required data collection within the specified time frame.
- Consistently meet peer review standards.
- Provide clinical education for students, taking 1-2 students for long-term clinical rotations (for therapists with >1 year experience). Adjust supervisory techniques based on individual student needs.
- Participate in outreach and learning activities as requested, which may include in-services, generating referrals, and interacting with volunteers or visitors.
- Contribute to research activities aimed at enhancing clinical outcomes.
Perform other related duties as assigned.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Ability to push-pull, lift-carry, and transfer patients.
Level Characteristics
See Clinical Ladder administration document
Minimum Qualifications
Education
Bachelor's degree or certification in physical therapy, with Master's or Clinical Doctorate in physical therapy preferred.
Experience
None beyond required education, although more experience may be preferred at times.
Degrees, Licensures, Certifications
Current Physical Therapist license in North Carolina
Duke is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy related conditions), sexual orientation, or military status.
Duke aspires to create a community built on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and belonging. Our collective success depends on the robust exchange of ideasan exchange that is best when the rich diversity of our perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences flourishes. To achieve this exchange, it is essential that all members of the community feel secure and welcome, that the contributions of all individuals are respected, and that all voices are heard. All members of our community have a responsibility to uphold these values.
Essential Physical Job Functions: Certain jobs at Duke University and Duke University Health System may include essential job functions that require specific physical and/or mental abilities. Additional information and provision for requests for reasonable accommodation will be provided by each hiring department.
Recently Posted Jobs
Registered Nurse - Mexican
Crescent City Recruitment Group
Tuscaloosa, AL
Cardiology - Electrophysiology Physician
Arlington HealthCare
Tucson, AZ
Beauty Advisor (Inside Sales) Sally Beauty 02315
Sally Beauty Holdings
Liberal, KS
Travel Nurse RN - ICU - Intensive Care Unit - $2,037 per week
Epic Travel Staffing
Lexington, KY
Class A Petroleum Delivery Driver- Vermont
Stewart's Shops
St Albans, VT
Registered Nurse - Skilled Nursing Staff Educator - Atrium Health Skilled Nursing Administration, FT
Atrium Health
Charlotte, NC
Hazmat CDL-A Tanker Company Driver - 1yr Experience Required
Quality Carriers
Chattanooga, TN
Home Health Physical Therapy Assistant - $60K-74K per year
AccentCare, Inc.
Denver, CO
Senior Machine Design Engineer
Software Placement Group
Sanborn, NY
Travel Nurse RN - Behavioral Health - $1,989 per week
GetMed Staffing, Inc.
Gardner, MA
Urgent Plastics Goods Sorter - 2nd Shift, Up to $21.65/hr - Massillon (OHO)
Marathon Staffing
Barberton, OH
Shipping Clerk
Aston Carter
Indianapolis, IN
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) - Norton, MA
LifeStance Health
Norton, MA
Volunteer Coord
Houston Methodist
Houston, TX
Surgical Technologist - Azura
Fresenius Medical Care
Little Falls, NJ
Travel Perioperative RN (OR/Pre-Op/PACU) - $2,609 per week
Host Healthcare
Rapid City, SD
Respiratory Therapist
Saber Healthcare Group
Dayton, OH
Manager Watch Engineering
Beth Israel Lahey Health
Burlington, MA
CenterWell Strategy & Operations Senior Consultant
Humana
Charleston, WV
Permanent Allied-Radiology Tech, Radiation Therapy
StaffDNA
Waxahachie, TX
Other Jobs You May Like
Home Health Occupational Therapist - $64+ per visit
Company : BAYADA Home Health Care
Location : Concord, NC
Licensed Massage Therapist - Greensboro
Company : Hand and Stone Massage and Facial Spa
Location : Greensboro, NC
Travel Physical Therapy Assistant - $1,359 per week
Company : Centra Healthcare Solutions
Location : McLeansville, NC
Travel Clinic Occupational Therapist - $2,006 per week
Company : Ascentia Staffing
Location : Clayton, NC
Travel Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Physical Therapist - $2,163 per week
Company : Jackson Therapy Partners
Location : Greensboro, NC
Pediatric Physical Therapist/Physical Therapy Assistant with Coastline Therapy Group - PRN
Company : Ivy Rehab Network
Location : Wilmington, NC
Top searches
- Jobs hiring immediately
- Part time jobs near me
- Full time jobs near me
- Jobs that are hiring near me
- Jobs near me hiring now
- Physical Therapist - PRN jobs near me
- Physical Therapist - PRN jobs
- Physical Therapist - PRN jobs hiring near me
- Physical Therapist - PRN openings near me
- Physical Therapist - PRN vacancies near me
Employment opportunities at Duke University
- Duke University jobs near me Durham, NC
- Duke University jobs hiring near me Durham, NC
- Duke University jobs near Durham, NC
- Duke University jobs hiring near me
- Duke University openings near me
- Duke University jobs near me in Durham, NC
- Duke University jobs hiring in Durham, NC
- Employment opportunities near me
- Job openings near me
- Jobs hiring immediately
Trending Searches in Durham, NC
- Full time jobs near me Durham, NC
- Local job openings
- Places hiring near me
- Job vacancies near me
- Physical Therapist - PRN jobs near me Durham, NC
- Physical Therapist - PRN jobs hiring near me Durham, NC
- Physical Therapist - PRN jobs hiring near Durham, NC
- Physical Therapist - PRN jobs near Durham, NC
- Physical Therapist - PRN jobs near me in Durham, NC
- Physical Therapist - PRN jobs in Durham, NC
Top trending job titles hiring now