# Physical Therapist

**Company**: Sanford Health
**Location**: Inver Grove Heights
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $37.50 - $62.00
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

Join our team as a Physical Therapist and play a vital role in helping clients/patients/residents recover and improve their mobility, relieve pain, increase strength and prevent deformities.

As a Physical Therapist, you will conduct examinations, evaluations, and interventions for clients/patients/residents affected by injury or disease. You will utilise tools and techniques to administer physical therapy interventions following safeguards and document client's/patient's/resident's information for evaluation.

You will establish therapeutic plans and modify them if necessary, educate clients/patients/residents and their family members about treatment plans/schedules and self-exercises to be continued at home. You will also demonstrate and incorporate knowledge of current research into daily treatment of clients/patients/residents.

This role requires a Physical Therapist with a strong foundation in physical therapy principles and practices, excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment.

The ideal candidate will have a compassionate and patient-centred approach, with a commitment to delivering high-quality care and services to seniors.

Responsibilities:

- Plans, organises and delivers physical therapy programs that help clients/patients/residents recover and improve their mobility, relieve pain, increase strength and prevent deformities.

- Conducts examinations, evaluations, and interventions for clients/patients/residents affected by injury or disease.

- Utilises tools and techniques to administer physical therapy interventions following safeguards.

- Documents client's/patient's/resident's information for evaluation.

- Establishes therapeutic plans and modifies them if necessary.

- Educates clients/patients/residents and their family members about treatment plans/schedules and self-exercises to be continued at home.

- Demonstrates and incorporates knowledge of current research into daily treatment of clients/patients/residents.

- Works effectively in a fast-paced environment.

- Maintains accurate and up-to-date records of client's/patient's/resident's progress.

- Participates in ongoing education and training to stay current with best practices and new developments in physical therapy.

Requirements:

- Appropriate education level required in accordance with state licensure.

- Must be licensed in the state(s) of practice as a Physical Therapist.

- When applicable, may require valid driver's license.

- Obtains and subsequently maintains required department specific competencies and certifications.

- Basic Life Support (BLS) for health care providers required or within the first 60 days of employment.

Benefits:

- Good Samaritan offers an attractive benefits package for qualifying full-time and part-time employees.

- Depending on eligibility, a variety of benefits include health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, life insurance, a 401(k) retirement plan, work/life balance benefits, and a generous time off package to maintain a healthy home-work balance.

- For more information about Total Rewards, visit https://sanfordcareers.com/benefits.

## Skills

### Required
- physical therapy
- patient care
- communication skills
- interpersonal skills
- safeguards
- evaluation
- treatment planning
- research

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