Physical Therapist - PRN (Outpatient)

As a PRN position, physical therapist will provide a wide range of medically prescribed physical therapy assessments and treatments to patients experiencing orthopedic, musculoskeletal and neurological conditions.

The physical therapist evaluates patient diagnoses, applies diagnostic and prognostic tests to measure muscle, nerve, and joint function, correlates information from the evaluation to develop short-term and long-term goals.

The PT will establish a plan of care to restore function and prevent further disability in presence of disease or following injury / surgery.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Evaluation
• Adapts evaluation appropriately based on the age and cultural background of patient.
• Reviews medical history and adjust clinical decisions based on information
• Completes thorough and effective evaluation
• Administers appropriate standardized and non-standardized assessments
• Develops age appropriate and reasonable plan of care
• Sets reasonable and appropriate client-centered goals
• Treatment :
• Adapts treatment appropriately based on the age and cultural background of patient
• Implements appropriate and timely treatment based on evaluation of patients' physical and psychosocial needs
• Provides client-centered education
• Treatments are creative and effective
• Documentation :
• Accurately and timely documents patient evaluation and treatment per documentation standards
• Obtains appropriate signatures
• Justifies charges, reflects skilled therapeutic need, functional improvement and progress towards goals
• Productivity :
• Works at or above established productivity level
• Volunteers to take walk-in patients
• Volunteers to float to other teams as needed
• Adjusts schedule according to caseload
• Administrative :
• Completion of ancillary tasks that affect patient care
• E-learning and other assigned tasks are completed by the required due dates without reminders
• Authorization requests and insurance requirements are submitted without delaying patient care
• Professional Communication / Collaboration :
• Demonstrates effective communication and teamwork with peers and other staff
• Consults appropriately with physicians and caregivers regarding patient management
• Delegates routine aspects of care as appropriate
• Demonstrates effective verbal and written communication skills with staff, patients, family members
• Provides meaningful patient education materials and completes available interdisciplinary forms
• Attends rounds and care conferences
• Responsive when asked to assist co-workers
• Performance Improvement :
• Actively embraces opportunities and ways of improving services, patient care and / or productivity by impacting cost, outcomes and / or patient satisfaction
• Participates in committees and activities and takes an active role in improving processes for the hospital and department
• Promotes change and assists coworkers to transition in a changing work environment
• Student Education :
• Effectively and efficiently manages the student's learning experience.
• Adequately orients student
• Assures student compliance with Policies & Procedures and HIPAA regulations
• Gives constructive feedback on regular basis
• Observes students with various patient types and adjusts supervision levels accordingly
• Communicates appropriately with educational / school program coordinator
• Represents Eskenazi Health in a professional manner to the student
• Clinical Competence :
• Serves as instructor for orientations and competencies as appropriate
• Attends continuing education and pursues opportunities to improve skills
• Attends and participates in in-services
• Seeks out expertise from co-workers and shares own knowledge with others
• Treats a variety of patient diagnoses effectively
• Time and Priority Management :
• Prioritizes multiple tasks to maximize time spent in direct patient care
• Reports to work on time and on a consistent basis
• Is not in the disciplinary process per the hospital attendance policy guidelines
• Completes assigned tasks and projects on time without reminders
• Minimizes delays with patient care and appointments
• Triages patients to minimize functional decline and facilitate throughput

Job Requirements

• Graduate of APTA approved curriculum.
• Licensed as a Physical Therapist in State of Indiana or eligible to do so
• Two years of clinical experience or one year’s experience and >

40 hours of continuing education in specialty area is preferred. New graduates may be accepted on a case by case basis determined by student work history.