Summary

The Physical Therapist I Outpatient provides patient evaluation and treatment according to established policies and procedures for their discipline to patients of all ages and populations.

Education

The physical therapist must have graduated from an accredited Physical Therapy program.

Certification, Registration & Licensure

Certification required within 90 days of hire and re-certification within 30 days of expiration: Current American Heart Association Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers certification, or equivalent course credentialed by American Heart Association (American Red Cross CPR/AED for Professional Rescuers and Health Care Providers).

Licensure Required: Current license to practice as a Physical Therapist in the State of NH.

Experience

Requires experience working with a multidisciplinary team, patients, and others. Must possess knowledge of growth and development across a diverse age and multicultural population.

Responsibilities

• Performs patient evaluations. Develops and implements treatment plans in accordance with licensure, scope of practice, and department standards.

• Re-evaluates patients according to department standards. Develops, re-assesses, and updates goals for all patient episodes of care.

• Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of the profound and prolonged impact of disability upon an individual's physical, emotional, social, economic, and vocational status.

• Documentation is compliant with HIMS/QA standards and meets all customer and medico legal needs.

• Maintains a level of productivity that supports patient access and clinic needs.

• Manages all insurance and charging requirements.

• Advocates for and is active in developing team members.

• Takes responsibility for individual performance goals.

• Completes hospital and departmental requirements according to established departmental procedures including (though not limited to): timely completion of documentation (within 24 business hours) and discharges; submitting payroll and completing Workday requirements on time; reviewing meeting minutes and taking the initiative to obtain additional information as needed; completing all clinical competencies;

  completing all aspects of the self-review portion of the performance review process; contributing meaningful, objective, and constructive peer feedback for performance reviews; completing all hospital web compliance assignments; and ensuring certifications are active.

• Participates in hospital and/or departmental initiatives/special projects, including though not limited to: student supervisor, job shadow/resident shadow, community education, program development, professional promotional activities, presenting in-services or projects related to coursework, and hospital wide projects or initiatives.

• Consistently delivers a high-quality patient experience as evidenced by patient satisfaction scores.

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Physical and Work Requirements

The physical demands and characteristics of the work environment described here are representative of those that will be encountered by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The Dictionary of Occupational Titles Material Handling Classification is MEDIUM. The employee must regularly lift, carry or push/pull up to 10 pounds, frequently lift, carry or push/pull up to 10 - 25 pounds, and occasionally lift, carry or push/pull up to 20 - 50 pounds.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to hear and speak. The employee is frequently required to bend, do fine motor, do repetitive motion, reach, sit, squat, stand, and walk. The employee is occasionally required to climb, drive, and kneel.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include color vision, depth perception, far vision, near vision, and peripheral vision.

The employee is occasionally exposed to airborne pathogens, bloodborne pathogens, bodily fluids, electrical hazards - shock, moving mechanical parts, slippery surfaces, toxic or caustic chemicals.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.