Physical Therapist Part-Time Weekends

Position Summary/Essential Duties:

Organizes and conducts Physical Therapy program to facilitate the rehabilitation of people with physical and/or psychosocial disabilities. The Physical Therapist directs the patient's participation in selected activities/treatments to restore, re-enforce and correct pathology to promote and/or maintain good health.

Essential duties include:

• Performs evaluation(s) and develops an effective treatment plan appropriate to a patient's rehabilitation needs within the care continuum.
• Performs effective treatment techniques in a competent manner.
• Educates patient/family/caregiver in applicable health information, treatment and prevention.
• Initiates and participates in the discharge planning process.
• Performs other department activities such as, but not limited to documentation, billing, support of department operations, etc

Required For All Jobs

• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Complies with all policies and standards.
• For specific duties and responsibilities, refer to documentation provided by the department during orientation.
• Must abide by all requirements to safely and securely maintain Protected Health Information (PHI) for our patients. Annual training, the UH Code of Conduct and UH policies and procedures are in place to address appropriate use of PHI in the workplace.

This candidate will join a dynamic team. This position will fill a weekend position to support weekend (and holiday) rotation. The schedule will be determined during interview process & mutually agreed upon prior to hire. There are three options possible:
Option 1: Week 1-SAT SUN, Week 2-SUN MON
Option 2: Week 1-FRI SAT, Week 2-SAT SUN
Option 3: Week 1 & 2-SAT SUN
Primary location will be Lake West Medical Center; opportunities to float to other EAST Market UH facilities is possible. Therapist with acute care experience preferred.