Physical Therapist III

The Physical Therapist III (PT III) is autonomously responsible for examination, evaluation, diagnosis, prognosis intervention and discharge planning for the PT needs of patients who have potential for functional impairments, limitations and disabilities and are referred to physical therapy. Additional responsibilities of a PT III include clinical leadership for a specific patient care program and assessment of staff clinical performance.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Evaluate patients, discuss findings and plan of care with patient, implement plan of care, regularly re-evaluate patient status and plan of care. Demonstrate independence at an advanced competence level, providing care to a diverse patient population approximately 85% of the time. Provide clinical guidance, staff triage, program development or clinical research as needed 15% of the time.
• Perform teaching responsibilities including but not limited to: teaching patients and families, teaching and supervising students, preparing and presenting in-services, and educational lectures in and outside of the department and the medical center.
• Mentor, orient and assess competence and ongoing performance of less experienced therapists, therapist assistants, rehab aides, practice assistants, and support personnel and communicate results to managers or supervisors.
• Provide leadership to designated clinical programs. Collect, analyze and review statistics and outcome measures with recommendations for performance improvement. Collaborate with supervisor or manager to organize, direct, distribute and coordinate work.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree required in Physical Therapy. Doctoral degree preferred in Physical Therapy.
• License required: Physical Therapist License, Certificate 1 required: Basic Life Support.
• 5-8 years related work experience required.
• Basic familiarity with computers. Ability to navigate at a basic level within web-based applications.