Responsible for the physical therapy management of patients under the direction and supervision of the Rehabilitation Services Director. Provide OP Physical Therapy evaluations and treatment at the various PT/OT facilities within the San Diego Service Area (Kearny Mesa, El Cajon, Otay Mesa, San Marcos, San Diego Medical Center).Responsibilities include oversight of support staff, both clinical and non-clinical, daily documentation, care planning, and treatment progression for neuro-orthopedic patient population.
Essential Functions:
Evaluates patients and interprets evaluation findings to determine the nature and extent of dysfunction.
Establishes treatment goals and plans treatment to achieve established goals. Initiates discharge planning from physical therapy.
Implements the treatment program through direct treatment of the patient, may delegate a portion of the treatment plan to appropriate supportive personnel, and coordination of the treatment plan with other health care personnel as appropriate.
Provides advice and education to patient and family.
Regularly assesses clinical signs and symptoms to determine effectiveness of treatment, progress of patient towards goals, and the need for modifying goals and treatment.
Discharges patient from physical therapy when the patient has received maximum benefit from physical therapy.
Provides accurate, timely documentation of physical therapy patient management.
Demonstrates progress toward meeting the criteria for professional practice.
Qualifications:
Notes:
- Position may require weekend shift obligation in the In-Patient / Out-Patient setting.
- Position may require travel to various PT locations in the San Diego Service Area
- Varied hours and days; may include weekend shift assignments in the IP/OP setting
- Position requires skill set to utilize computer based documentation system.
Basic Qualifications:
- Graduate of an accredited physical therapy curriculum with a Bachelors or Masters or Doctoral degree with certification in physical therapy or foreign-trained equivalent.
- Licensure to practice physical therapy by the State of California.
- American Heart Association approved BLS
- National Provider Identifier (NPI) required as of May 23, 2007
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment
- Consistently demonstrates the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors necessary to provide superior and culturally sensitive service to each other, to our members, and to customers, contracted providers, and vendors.
PreferredQualifications:
- Prefer physical therapist with manual therapy skills / background
- Understanding of various neuro-orthopedic protocols & pathways
- Knowledge of / ability to employ manual therapy approaches such as:Maitland, McKenzie, Mulligan, Cyriax, etc.
External hires must pass a background check/drug screen.
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