Physical Therapist Float Pool

This will be a GSPP employee responsible for covering the Western Suburbs Region and will have the opportunity to cover the 6 Penn Medicine Chester County Hospital Outpatient Sites.

JOB SUMMARY

• Provides therapy coverage at multiple locations as determined by staffing needs.
• Staffing assignments will be determined by manager will not exceed three consecutive months in any one location.
• 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 if appropriate duration experience is available or in coverage capacity as needed.
• Initiate, facilitate, and moderate lab sessions for therapy students at area academic programs
• Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences..

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