Outpatient Ortho Physical Therapist
$89,627–$138,258 year
On-siteMoreno Valley, California, United States
Job Summary
Conduct outpatient orthopedic physical therapy by screening, testing, evaluating, diagnosing, and treating injuries, diseases, and disabilities using standard practices and modalities. Develop individualized care plans with specific goals based on patient assessments, history, and physician referrals. Educate and train patients, families, and caregivers while collaborating with care teams to deliver patient-centered outcomes. Manage patient care supervision, including oversight of assistants, aides, and students. Maintain thorough patient records, complete accurate billing, and participate in interdisciplinary meetings and quality improvement processes. Contribute to program development and marketing strategies to achieve department goals.
Required Qualifications
- Current Physical Therapist license in states where you work
- Basic Life Support (BLS) for healthcare providers
- Current driver's license, reliable transportation, and acceptable driving record
- Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills
- Possess skill sets and experience with target population of job setting
- Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy
- Ability to lift and utilize full range of movement to transfer patients
- Ability to bend to retrieve, lift, and carry supplies and equipment including heavy items
- Ability to walk and assist with transporting/ambulating patients and obtaining and distributing supplies and equipment
- Ability to stand in a stationary position for an extended period of time
- Ability to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies
- Ability to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately
- Ability to effectively communicate with patients, families, physicians, and healthcare providers about patient needs and goals
- Ability to supervise assistants, aides, office staff, and students
- Ability to participate in and promote continuing education opportunities for self and staff
- Ability to participate in patient care conferences, interdisciplinary meetings, staff meetings, and necessary professional and work groups
- Ability to contribute to program development and marketing strategies
- Ability to meet established productivity standards for the department or service line
- Ability to keep thorough and timely patient records as required by regulations and facility policies
- Ability to complete patient billing accurately and promptly
- Ability to promote mission, vision, and values of Intermountain Health, and abide by service standards
- Ability to stay updated on standard practices for different patient groups
- Ability to 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
- Ability to engage in quality improvement processes, including safe equipment use, improving clinical outcomes, patient access, patient experience and all aspects of the Intermountain Operating Model
- Ability to participate in utilization review audits
- Ability to navigate crowded and busy rooms (full of equipment, power cords on the floor, etc.)
- Ability to push/pull gurneys and portable equipment, including heavy items
- Ability to access needed information, medication preparation, etc.
- Ability to type for documenting patient care, accessing needed information, medication preparation, etc.
- Ability to transfer patients
- Ability to retrieve, lift, and carry supplies and equipment
- Ability to obtain and distribute supplies and equipment
- Ability to distribute supplies and equipment
- Ability to obtain supplies and equipment
- Ability to push gurneys
- Ability to pull gurneys
- Ability to pull portable equipment
- Ability to push portable equipment
- Ability to carry supplies
- Ability to carry equipment
- Ability to carry heavy items
- Ability to lift heavy items
- Ability to bend to retrieve supplies
- Ability to bend to retrieve equipment
- Ability to bend to carry supplies
- Ability to bend to carry equipment
- Ability to bend to lift supplies
- Ability to bend to lift equipment
- Ability to bend to lift heavy items
- Ability to lift and utilize full range of movement
- Ability to transfer patients
- Ability to walk
- Ability to assist with transporting patients
- Ability to assist with ambulating patients
- Ability to obtain supplies
- Ability to distribute supplies
- Ability to obtain equipment
- Ability to distribute equipment
- Ability to navigate crowded rooms
- Ability to navigate busy rooms
- Ability to operate monitors
- Ability to identify equipment
- Ability to identify supplies
- Ability to assess patient needs
- Ability to read information
- Ability to read labels
- Ability to hear spoken information
- Ability to understand spoken information
- Ability to understand alarms
- Ability to understand needs
- Ability to understand issues
- Ability to communicate verbally
- Ability to communicate effectively
- Ability to communicate with patients
- Ability to communicate with families
- Ability to communicate with physicians
- Ability to communicate with healthcare providers
- Ability to ensure smooth operations
- Ability to ensure optimal use of rehabilitation services
- Ability to manage all aspects of patient care
- Ability to manage patient education
- Ability to ensure high-quality care
- Ability to participate in quality improvement processes
- Ability to improve clinical outcomes
- Ability to improve patient access
- Ability to improve patient experience
- Ability to participate in utilization review audits
- Ability to participate in patient care conferences
- Ability to participate in interdisciplinary meetings
- Ability to participate in staff meetings
- Ability to participate in professional groups
- Ability to participate in work groups
- Ability to collaborate with leaders
- Ability to reach consensus with leaders
- Ability to contribute to program development
- Ability to contribute to marketing strategies
- Ability to grow the physical therapy program
- Ability to achieve department goals
- Ability to meet productivity standards
- Ability to keep patient records
- Ability to complete patient billing
- Ability to promote mission
- Ability to promote vision
- Ability to promote values
- Ability to abide by service standards
- Ability to stay updated on standard practices
- Ability to conduct evaluations
- Ability to conduct treatments
- Ability to consider diagnosis
- Ability to consider history
- Ability to consider physician referrals
- Ability to develop care plans
- Ability to set specific goals
- Ability to base goals on patient assessments
- Ability to engage in quality improvement
- Ability to use safe equipment
- Ability to improve clinical outcomes
- Ability to improve patient access
- Ability to improve patient experience
- Ability to participate in utilization review
- Ability to participate in patient care conferences
- Ability to participate in interdisciplinary meetings
- Ability to participate in staff meetings
- Ability to participate in professional groups
- Ability to participate in work groups
- Ability to collaborate with leaders
- Ability to reach consensus with leaders
- Ability to contribute to program development
- Ability to contribute to marketing strategies
- Ability to grow the physical therapy program
- Ability to achieve department goals
- Ability to meet productivity standards
- Ability to keep patient records
- Ability to complete patient billing
- Ability to promote mission
- Ability to promote vision
- Ability to promote values
- Ability to abide by service standards
- Ability to stay updated on standard practices
- Ability to conduct evaluations
- Ability to conduct treatments
- Ability to consider diagnosis
- Ability to consider history
- Ability to consider physician referrals
- Ability to develop care plans
- Ability to set specific goals
- Ability to base goals on patient assessments
- Ability to engage in quality improvement
- Ability to use safe equipment
- Ability to improve clinical outcomes
- Ability to improve patient access
- Ability to improve patient experience
- Ability to participate in utilization review
- Ability to participate in patient care conferences
- Ability to participate in interdisciplinary meetings
- Ability to participate in staff meetings
- Ability to participate in professional groups
- Ability to participate in work groups
- Ability to collaborate with leaders
- Ability to reach consensus with leaders
- Ability to contribute to program development
- Ability to contribute to marketing strategies
- Ability to grow the physical therapy program
- Ability to achieve department goals
- Ability to meet productivity standards
- Ability to keep patient records
- Ability to complete patient billing
- Ability to promote mission
- Ability to promote vision
- Ability to promote values
- Ability to abide by service standards
- Ability to stay updated on standard practices
- Ability to conduct evaluations
- Ability to conduct treatments
- Ability to consider diagnosis
- Ability to consider history
- Ability to consider physician referrals
- Ability to develop care plans
- Ability to set specific goals
- Ability to base goals on patient assessments
- Ability to engage in quality improvement
- Ability to use safe equipment
- Ability to improve clinical outcomes
- Ability to improve patient access
- Ability to improve patient experience
- Ability to participate in utilization review
- Ability to participate in patient care conferences
- Ability to participate in interdisciplinary meetings
- Ability to participate in staff meetings
- Ability to participate in professional groups
- Ability to participate in work groups
- Ability to collaborate with leaders
- Ability to reach consensus with leaders
- Ability to contribute to program development
- Ability to contribute to marketing strategies
- Ability to grow the physical therapy program
- Ability to achieve department goals
- Ability to meet productivity standards
- Ability to keep patient records
- Ability to complete patient billing
- Ability to promote mission
- Ability to promote vision
- Ability to promote values
- Ability to abide by service standards
- Ability to stay updated on standard practices
- Ability to conduct evaluations
- Ability to conduct treatments
- Ability to consider diagnosis
- Ability to consider history
- Ability to consider physician referrals
- Ability to develop care plans
- Ability to set specific goals
- Ability to base goals on patient assessments
- Ability to engage in quality improvement
- Ability to use safe equipment
- Ability to improve clinical outcomes
- Ability to improve patient access
- Ability to improve patient experience
- Ability to participate in utilization review
- Ability to participate in patient care conferences
- Ability to participate in interdisciplinary meetings
- Ability to participate in staff meetings
- Ability to participate in professional groups
- Ability to participate in work groups
- Ability to collaborate with leaders
- Ability to reach consensus with leaders
- Ability to contribute to program development
- Ability to contribute to marketing strategies
- Ability to grow the physical therapy program
- Ability to achieve department goals
- Ability to meet productivity standards
- Ability to keep patient records
- Ability to complete patient billing
- Ability to promote mission
- Ability to promote vision
- Ability to promote values
- Ability to abide by service standards
- Ability to stay updated on standard practices
- Ability to conduct evaluations
- Ability to conduct treatments
- Ability to consider diagnosis
- Ability to consider history
- Ability to consider physician referrals
- Ability to develop care plans
- Ability to set specific goals
- Ability to base goals on patient assessments
- Ability to engage in quality improvement
- Ability to use safe equipment
- Ability to improve clinical outcomes
- Ability to improve patient access
- Ability to improve patient experience
- Ability to participate in utilization review
- Ability to participate in patient care conferences
- Ability to participate in interdisciplinary meetings
- Ability to participate in staff meetings
- Ability to participate in professional groups
- Ability to participate in work groups
- Ability to collaborate with leaders
- Ability to reach consensus with leaders
- Ability to contribute to program development
- Ability to contribute to marketing strategies
- Ability to grow the physical therapy program
- Ability to achieve department goals
- Ability to meet productivity standards
- Ability to keep patient records
- Ability to complete patient billing
- Ability to promote mission
- Ability to promote vision
- Ability to promote values
- Ability to abide by service standards
- Ability to stay updated on standard practices
- Ability to conduct evaluations
- Ability to conduct treatments
- Ability to consider diagnosis
- Ability to consider history
- Ability to consider physician referrals
- Ability to develop care plans
- Ability to set specific goals
- Ability to base goals on patient assessments
- Ability to engage in quality improvement
- Ability to use safe equipment
- Ability to improve clinical outcomes
- Ability to improve patient access
- Ability to improve patient experience
- Ability to participate in utilization review
- Ability to participate in patient care conferences
- Ability to participate in interdisciplinary meetings
- Ability to participate in staff meetings
- Ability to participate in professional groups
- Ability to participate in work groups
- Ability to collaborate with leaders
- Ability to reach consensus with leaders
- Ability to contribute to program development
- Ability to contribute to marketing strategies
- Ability to grow the physical therapy program
- Ability to achieve department goals
- Ability to meet productivity standards
- Ability to keep patient records
- Ability to complete patient billing
- Ability to promote mission
- Ability to promote vision
- Ability to promote values
- Ability to abide by service standards
- Ability to stay updated on standard practices
- Ability to conduct evaluations
- Ability to conduct treatments
- Ability to consider diagnosis
- Ability to consider history
- Ability to consider physician referrals
- Ability to develop care plans
- Ability to set specific goals
- Ability to base goals on patient assessments
- Ability to engage in quality improvement
- Ability to use safe equipment
- Ability to improve clinical outcomes
- Ability to improve patient access
- Ability to improve patient experience
- Ability to participate in utilization review
- Ability to participate in patient care conferences
- Ability to participate in interdisciplinary meetings
- Ability to participate in staff meetings
- Ability to participate in professional groups
- Ability to participate in work groups
- Ability to collaborate with leaders
- Ability to reach consensus with leaders
- Ability to contribute to program development
- Ability to contribute to marketing strategies
- Ability to grow the physical therapy program
- Ability to achieve department goals
- Ability to meet productivity standards
- Ability to keep patient records
- Ability to complete patient billing
- Ability to promote mission
- Ability to promote vision
- Ability to promote values
- Ability to abide by service standards
- Ability to stay updated on standard practices
- Ability to conduct evaluations
- Ability to conduct treatments
- Ability to consider diagnosis
- Ability to consider history
- Ability to consider physician referrals
- Ability to develop care plans
- Ability to set specific goals
- Ability to base goals on patient assessments
- Ability to engage in quality improvement
- Ability to use safe equipment
- Ability to improve clinical outcomes
- Ability to improve patient access
- Ability to improve patient experience
- Ability to participate in utilization review
- Ability to participate in patient care conferences
- Ability to participate in interdisciplinary meetings
- Ability to participate in staff meetings
- Ability to participate in professional groups
- Ability to participate in work groups
- Ability to collaborate with leaders
- Ability to reach consensus with leaders
- Ability to contribute to program development
- Ability to contribute to marketing strategies
- Ability to grow the physical therapy program
- Ability to achieve department goals
- Ability to meet productivity standards
- Ability to keep patient records
- Ability to complete patient billing
- Ability to promote mission
- Ability to promote vision
- Ability to promote values
- Ability to abide by service standards
- Ability to stay updated on standard practices
- Ability to conduct evaluations
- Ability to conduct treatments
- Ability to consider diagnosis
- Ability to consider history
- Ability to consider physician referrals
- Ability to develop care plans
- Ability to set specific goals
- Ability to base goals on patient assessments
- Ability to engage in quality improvement
- Ability to use safe equipment
- Ability to improve clinical outcomes
- Ability to improve patient access
- Ability to improve patient experience
- Ability to participate in utilization review
- Ability to participate in patient care conferences
- Ability to participate in interdisciplinary meetings
- Ability to participate in staff meetings
- Ability to participate in professional groups
- Ability to participate in work groups
- Ability to collaborate with leaders
- Ability to reach consensus with leaders
- Ability to contribute to program development
- Ability to contribute to marketing strategies
- Ability to grow the physical therapy program
- Ability to achieve department goals
- Ability to meet productivity standards
- Ability to keep patient records
- Ability to complete patient billing
- Ability to promote mission
- Ability to promote vision
- Ability to promote values
- Ability to abide by service standards
- Ability to stay updated on standard practices
- Ability to conduct evaluations
- Ability to conduct treatments
- Ability to consider diagnosis
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