Physical Therapist

This position is responsible for screening, testing, evaluating, diagnosing, and treating injuries, diseases, and disabilities using physical therapy procedures and modalities in accordance with standard physical therapy practices.

The successful candidate will consult, educate, and train patients, families, and caregivers, and collaborate with care teams and stakeholders to deliver quality, patient-centred care.

Essential Functions

• Promote the mission, vision, and values of Intermountain Health, and abide by service standards.
• Provide skilled physical therapy services, staying updated on standard practices for different patient groups.
• Conduct evaluations and treatments according to professional standards (APTA), considering diagnosis, history, and physician referrals, and develop care plans with specific goals based on patient assessments.
• Meet established productivity standards for the department or service line.
• Keep thorough and timely patient records as required by regulations and facility policies.
• Complete patient billing accurately and promptly.
• Communicate effectively with patients, families, physicians, and healthcare providers about patient needs and goals.
• Manage all aspects of patient care and education, including supervising assistants, aides, office staff, and students to ensure high-quality care.
• Participate in and promote continuing education opportunities for self and staff, seeking new learning opportunities according to licensure requirements.
• Engage in quality improvement processes, including safe equipment use, improving clinical outcomes, patient access, patient experience, and all aspects of the Intermountain Operating Model.
• Participate in utilisation review audits.
• Participate in patient care conferences, interdisciplinary meetings, staff meetings, and necessary professional and work groups in collaboration/consensus with leader.
• Contribute to program development and marketing strategies to grow the physical therapy program and achieve department goals.

Skills

• Quality Improvement
• Verbal and Written Communication
• Patient Engagement
• Critical Thinking
• Time Management
• Care Planning
• Compassion

Qualifications

• Current Physical Therapist license in states where you work.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) for healthcare providers.
• Basic Computer skills.
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills.
• Possess skill sets and experience with target population of job setting.
• Current driver's license, reliable transportation, and acceptable driving record as applicable to the role and assigned work location.

Physical Requirements

• Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies.
• Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations.
• Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy.
• Expected to lift and utilise full range of movement to transfer patients.
• Need to walk and assist with transporting/ambulating patients and obtaining and distributing supplies and equipment.

Benefits We offer a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.

Salary $43.09 - $66.47 per hour