Physical Therapist Outpatient
$89,627–$138,258 year
On-siteMiami, Florida, United States
Job Summary
Screen, test, evaluate, diagnose, and treat injuries, diseases, and disabilities using physical therapy procedures and modalities. Consult with, educate, and train patients, families, and caregivers while collaborating with care teams to deliver quality, patient-centered care. Conduct evaluations and treatments according to professional standards, develop care plans with specific goals, and keep thorough, timely patient records. Complete patient billing accurately, communicate effectively with patients, families, and providers, and manage all aspects of patient care and education, including supervising assistants, aides, and students. Participate in quality improvement processes, utilization review audits, and interdisciplinary meetings to promote program development and 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
- 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 comply with all applicable Intermountain policies and expectations
- Ability to acknowledge that outside employment or activities may not interfere with job responsibilities or create a conflict of interest with Intermountain
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