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Join Cleveland Clinic and experience world-class healthcare at its best. Located in Dover, Ohio, Cleveland Clinic Union Hospital is an award-winning not-for-profit community facility that prioritizes community and personalized care. Here, you will be part of a talented, compassionate and driven team of caregivers, work with state-of-the-art technology and provide stellar patient care.  

As a Physical Therapist, you will utilize various exercises to increase strength, range of motion, endurance and coordination to relieve pain, avoid injury or regain function. This position requires close physical interaction with patients, offering numerous opportunities to truly connect with patients and build stronger relationships. Often, these patients are dealing with pain, so sensitivity is essential. Giving patients the drive and support they need to work hard and regain their health is equally important. This role will provide support for both outpatient and inpatient populations.

This is a PRN role. A caregiver in this position will work varying hours between 7:00am and 6:30pm at the Healthplex (Outpatient Physical Therapy). Weekend requirements include 1 weekend morning commitment per month (either Saturday or Saturday/Sunday at the inpatient site).  

A caregiver who excels in this role will:  

• Evaluate and conduct prescribed physical therapy treatment programs.  

• Perform initial and ongoing assessments of patients’ conditions.  

• Establish, revise and evaluate plans of care while involving the patient and/or their family. 

• Perform therapy interventions.  

• Supervise activities of Physical Therapy Assistants, students and other caregivers.  

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:  

• Bachelor’s Degree or certificate 

• Current state licensure as a Physical Therapist (PT) 

• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross 

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:  

• Experience in a clinical area 

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to walk and climb stairs without assistive device and to maintain balance despite sudden load in order to support patient from falling.
• Ability to meet physical demands characterized at the heavy level defined by 1993 Leonard Matheson and Ministry of Labor.
• Ability to lift and reach with arms sufficiently to lift patient's arm and leg during therapeutic treatment program.
• Sensation of touch and manual dexterity to be able to palpate muscle tension or to monitor patient pulse.
• Visual acuity to observe patient's gross and fine motor movements in order to analyze these movements and to read all patient monitors.
• Ability to speak clearly enough to instruct patients and families.
• Ability to hear at a conversational level to understand patient's description of symptoms and response to treatment.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required. 

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substances.

Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.

Decisions concerning employment, transfers and promotions are made upon the basis of the best qualified candidate without regard to color, race, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, status as a disabled or Vietnam era veteran or any other characteristic protected by law. Information provided on this application may be shared with any Cleveland Clinic Health System facility. 

If applying for a Florida position, please see the following website for more information on the background screening requirements required by the Agency of Health Care Administration: https://info.flclearinghouse.com/

Please review the Equal Employment Opportunity poster. 

Cleveland Clinic is pleased to be an equal employment opportunity employer.