Travel Seasonal Physical Therapist - $2,466 per weekForrest County General Hospital - 6051 US Hwy 49 • Hattiesburg, MS, US
Travel Seasonal Physical Therapist - $2,466 per week
Forrest County General Hospital - 6051 US Hwy 49 • Hattiesburg, MS, US
13 hours ago
Job type
- Full-time
Job descriptionThe Seasonal Physical Therapist is responsible for implementing physician's orders for physical therapy services. Provides all necessary aspects of physical therapy within an interdisciplinary environment to facilitate patient independence and safety. Utilizes growth and development knowledge base in care of pediatric, adolescent, and geriatric patients. Demonstrates knowledge and skills appropriate to patient age and growth and development principles. Assesses patient data to identify age-specific care requirements and provide needed care. Ability to perform patient evaluations using appropriate functional tests and measures. Ability to assimilate objective measures with social factors, medical stability, activity restrictions, participation limitations, and comorbidities to determine functional deficits. Ability to construct short-term, long-term, and personal / family goals with appropriate frequency and duration to establish therapy diagnosis and plan of care. Ability to tolerate physically demanding tasks including moving equipment and patients using safety measures. Proper and secure documentation in the Electronic Medical Record. Critical thinking skills for patient evaluation and treatment planning. Understanding of moist heat and other physical agent modalities as applied to practice areas. Utilizes age-specific patient care indicators as necessary per plan of care. Understanding of musculoskeletal, nervous, and integumentary systems with age-specific patient care indicators. Ability to identify learning needs of patient or family members. Works as a team member assisting patient / family at all points of entry into acute therapy care system. Contract length is 13 weeks. Job description is not all-inclusive; employee will perform other reasonably related duties as assigned.
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- BLS
- State Physical Therapist License
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Travel Physical Therapist • Hattiesburg, MS, US