Physical Therapist - UPMC Washington

Outpatient Physical Therapist UPMC Washington

Join the dedicated team at UPMC Washington Hospital's Rehabilitation Department, where we help patients of all ages regain strength, mobility, and independence. We're seeking a compassionate and skilled Physical Therapist to provide individualized, evidence-based care in a collaborative hospital setting. If you're passionate about helping people recover and thrive, and enjoy working in a dynamic, multidisciplinary environment, we'd love to meet you!

This position will be an Outpatient Physical Therapist at the Cameron Wellness Center in Washington, PA!

Responsibilities:

• Communicates patient's status to the referring physician and other health care team members.
• May serves as a clinical instructor for physical therapy students as well as residents and fellows in a specialty area of physical therapy.
• Performs physical therapy assessment, reassessment and treatment and supervises physical therapist assistants in the treatment of pediatric 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.
• Rotates through selected treatment areas when necessary to facilitate organizational needs.
• Maintains written documentation for all physical therapy services rendered including documentation of initial assessment, follow-up visits, and discharge summary consistent with department standards.
• Provides verbal and/or written home instructions to patient and/or family members when applicable.
• 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.

Schedule: Monday-Friday. The shifts are the following:

• Mon 9:30AM-6PM
• Tues 9AM-5:30PM
• Wed 7:30AM-4PM
• Thurs 10AM-6:30PM
• Fri 9AM-5:30PM

Location: UPMC Washington's Cameron Wellness Center in Washington, PA!

Educational/Knowledge Requirements:

• Graduate of an accredited program approved by the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA).

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities & Interpersonal/Language Skills:

• Must possess knowledge and skills required to provide quality customer service.
• Must possess knowledge of normal human growth and development over the lifespan.
• Must be able to read, understand, analyze, and interpret medical record documents.
• Must be skilled in planning/organization, follow up/control, delegation, problem solving, self-development orientation, organizational behaviors/competencies, and stress tolerance.
• Must possess the ability to apply principles of logic and strategic thinking to a wide range of problems, and to deal with a variety of abstract and concrete variables.
• Must possess effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Must possess the ability to identify referral growth opportunities.
• Demonstrated ability to interact with healthcare team, coworkers, supervisors, and all members of the Corporate Management Team.
• Active participation with health care industry professional organizations is preferred.
• May in the course of their job duties be in rooms where medications are stored. No contact with medications is allowed.

Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:

• Active license in practicing state required.
• CPR required based on AHA standards that include both a didactic and skills demonstration component within 30 days of hire.
• BLS required within 30 days of hire/transfer.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
• Physical Therapist (PT)
• Act 31 Child Abuse Reporting with renewal
• Act 33 with renewal
• Act 34 with renewal
• Act 73 FBI Clearance with renewal
• UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran