Physical Therapist – Inpatient

Essential Functions:

• Obtains/verifies physician order for therapy and validates for appropriateness.
• Reviews available medical records and obtains pertinent medical history from patient or family.
• Ensures that patient has given informed consent to treatment.
• Evaluates each patient using age and diagnosis appropriate assessment tests and measurements, including appropriate outcome assessment tool(s).
• Integrates assessment results to identify functional problems and prioritizes care needs with patient and family.
• Sets appropriate, measurable, functional goals with time frames to address the identified problems including patient/family goals and preferences.
• Determines plan for care, and/or appropriate therapeutic interventions to achieve stated goals.
• Initiates therapy discharge planning in collaboration with care team and patient based on prognosis and expected discharge disposition.

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree: Completion of a Physical Therapy program required.
• Previous inpatient physical therapy experience is helpful, but not required.
• NICU and Adult Acute Care experience preferred.
• PT – Physical Therapist; Texas Physical Therapy Licensure required upon hire.
• BCLS – Basic Cardiac Life Support prior to providing independent patient care required and must be maintained quarterly.