Physical Therapist - Full Health Benefits

Physical Therapist - Full Health Benefits at Hartford HealthCare summary :

As a Physical Therapist at The Hospital of Central Connecticut, you will evaluate and implement treatment strategies to address physical dysfunctions and pain, working in a full-time capacity with weekend coverage rotations. This position emphasizes the development of personalized treatment plans and the application of various therapeutic techniques to maximize patient independence in daily activities. Join a respected healthcare team committed to excellence, safety, and caring for patients across a breadth of healthcare services.

Description

Job Schedule : Full Time

Standard Hours : 40

Job Shift : Shift 1

Shift Details : Monday-Friday with weekend coverage rotations; will consider an altered work week.

Excellence, Safety, Caring, Integrity....What do you value?

Join us at The Hospital of Central Connecticut as we live our values every day. As part of Hartford HealthCare we create a better future for healthcare in Connecticut and beyond. By embodying these values we have become nationally respected for patient care and most trusted for personalized coordinated care. Come be part of something special!

The Hospital of Central Connecticut is an acute-care community teaching hospital providing comprehensive inpatient and outpatient services in general medicine and surgery, as well as a wide variety of specialties. Staffed by our talented team of leading professionals, The Hospital of Central Connecticut provides a wide array of services throughout the region, caring for patients from birth through the end of life.

Position Description : Independently evaluates, determines treatment strategies, delivers and / or delegates services that identify, prevent, remediate, and rehabilitate acute or prolonged physical dysfunction or pain, with emphasis on physical dysfunction.  This role encompasses evaluation skills and techniques, analysis of patients, and therapeutic application of physical and chemical agents, exercise and other procedures to maximize the patient's functional independence.  Evaluation involves strength, motor control, joint mobility, soft tissue integrity, pain, balance, coordination, posture, cardiopulmonary function, endurance, gait and functional abilities in activities of daily living. Reporting structure is dependent upon the site in which the staff member is assigned.  This role will float to all Physical Medicine office locations on an as needed basis.

Qualifications

Qualifications

• Current licensure in the state of CT as a Physical Therapist
• Acute care experience preferred.

The Hospital of Central CT is part of Hartford HealthCare, a system that includes 7 acute care hospitals, a comprehensive Behavioral Health Network, Home Care services, Senior Services, and an extensive Medical Group network. Hartford HealthCare’s unified culture enhances access, affordability, equity and excellence. Its care-delivery system of over 37,000 employees— in more than 500 locations serving 185 towns across Connecticut offers unparalleled expertise-touching more than 23,000 lives every single day. Here you’ll learn, grow, and contribute to healing and health as part of one of Connecticut’s premier health systems. No matter where you work in the Hartford HealthCare system, you're connected to the team that's redefining care. Start here, where every moment matters.

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