JOB SUMMARY
- Plan, prepare and carry out individually designed programs of physical treatment to maintain, improve or restore physical functioning, alleviate pain and prevent physical dysfunction in patients.
- Perform and document an initial exam, evaluating data to identify problems and determine a diagnosis prior to intervention.
- Evaluate effects of treatment at various stages and adjust treatments to achieve maximum benefit.
- Administer manual exercises, massage or traction to help relieve pain, increase patient strength, or decrease or prevent deformity.
- Instruct patient and family in treatment procedures to be continued at home.
- Confer with the patient, medical practitioners and appropriate others to plan, implement and assess the intervention program.
- Review physician's referral and patient's medical records to help determine diagnosis and physical therapy treatment required.
- Record prognosis, treatment, response, and progress in patient's chart or enter information into computer.
- Obtain patients' consent to proposed interventions.
- Discharge patient from physical therapy when goals or projected outcomes have been attained and provide for appropriate follow-up care or referrals
- Supervise, train and assess therapy students during onsite clinical affiliations.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- PATIENT/CUSTOMER
  - Essential Accountabilities
    - Ensures communication and collaboration with supervisors and fellow co-workers to serve patients and other customers to the best of his/her ability.
    - Is professional in all actions and appearance
    - Ensure compliance with regulatory parameters
    - Uses resources wisely – as if they were one’s own.
    - Demonstrates understanding and ownership of how his/her role contributes to achieving the success of the Department and the Health System.
    - Demonstrates a personal commitment to ensuring a clean and safe working environment.
    - Anticipates patients’/customers’ needs and acts accordingly.
    - Works to enhance patient satisfaction
    - Assist patients and families
    - Analyzes problems from the customers’ point of view.
    - Honors patient/customer/employee confidentiality.
    - Seeks feedback on how to improve performance and offers constructive feedback, as well.
    - Applies learning for improved performance.
    - Presents self professionally & demonstrates professional behavior during interactions with others
    - Strives to understand and value differences in others’ race, nationality, gender, age, background, experience, and style.
  - Non-Essential Accountabilities
    - Clinical Education
    - Serves as clinical instructor (after gaining one year of clinical experience & if student is available)
    - Assists with clinical education of students if not the Primary CI
    - Staff Education: Provides a formal presentation of evidenced-based information (i.e. in-service)
    - Attendance at institutional in-services, staff meetings and/or continuing education programs
- PATIENT/EMPLOYEE SAFETY ACCOUNTABILITIES
  - Patient Care Providers
    - Participates in Entity and Department wide initiatives for Patient /Employee safety
    - Demonstrates an awareness of patient/ employee safety when carrying out daily responsibilities of their position.
    - Validation of annual competencies required for the position
- OPERATIONS
  - Essential Accountabilities
    - Therapy Examination
    - Therapy Treatment Planning
    - Therapy Treatment Implementation
    - Applies the Principles of Logic & Scientific Method to the Practice of PT
    - Full compliance with licensure requirements
    - Ethical & Legal Practice Standards
    - Therapy Documentation-
    - Compliance Audits-Total of 2 charts reviewed in a quarter by Site Manager or senior therapist. Done in 2 out of 4 quarters per year.
    - Qualitative Chart Audit-At least 1 done per year
    - Productivity Expectations
    - Health System ID is worn in accordance to GSPP policy
  - Non-essential Accountabilities
    - CEQI (Clinical Effectiveness Quality Improvement)

QUALIFICATIONS
- To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
  - Education
    - Bachelor's Degree in Physical Therapy required
    - Master's Degree preferred
  - Work Experience
    - Previous healthcare experience preferred
  - Licenses / Certifications
    - Physical Therapist license required
    - Basic Life Support / CPR, as a healthcare provider, per the American Heart Association required

Physical Therapist