Physical Therapist Outpatient

Job Summary

Required Qualifications

• •Current Physical Therapist license in states where you work
• •Basic Life Support (BLS) for healthcare providers
• •Current driver's license
• •Reliable transportation
• •Acceptable driving record
• •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, particularly during emergency situations
• •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 items of varying weights up to and including heavy items
• •Ability to walk and assist with transporting/ambulating patients and obtaining and distributing supplies and equipment
• •Ability to push/pull gurneys and portable equipment including heavy items
• •Ability to navigate crowded and busy rooms full of equipment and power cords on the floor
• •Ability to stand in a stationary position for an extended period of time
• •Ability to complete patient billing accurately and promptly
• •Ability to keep thorough and timely patient records as required by regulations and facility policies
• •Ability to communicate effectively 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 according to licensure requirements
• •Ability to participate in utilization review audits
• •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 to grow the physical therapy program and achieve department goals
• •Ability to abide by service standards
• •Ability to stay updated on standard practices for different patient groups
• •Ability to develop care plans with specific goals based on patient assessments
• •Ability to consult, educate, and train patients, families, and caregivers
• •Ability to collaborate with care teams and stakeholders to deliver quality, patient centered care
• •Ability to promote mission, vision, and values of Intermountain Health
• •Ability to ensure smooth operations and optimal use of rehabilitation services
• •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 meet established productivity standards for the department or service line
• •Ability to conduct evaluations and treatments according to professional standards (APTA) considering diagnosis, history, and physician referrals
• •Ability to operate basic computer skills
• •Ability to type for documenting patient care, accessing needed information, medication preparation, etc.