Job Type

Full-time

Compensation: $80,000 - $110,000 (depending on experience) with a possibility of a sign-on bonus

This position will be at the SPRING location.

20639 Kuykendahl Rd Suite 200 Spring, TX 77379

Hours/Benefits:

Monday-Friday 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM, Saturdays from 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM, MUST BE FLEXIBLE, shifts can vary from 8-5, 9-6, 10-7. Shifts could be 4 week days and Saturday, with 1 day off during the week. 40 hours per week. Incentive Program Offered!

Job Summary:

Responsible for examining, evaluating, diagnosing, developing treatment plans, and providing prognoses for patients on an individual basis. Through the modalities of exercise, mobilization, manipulation, heat, cold, and electrical stimulation, physical therapists work to restore function, improve mobility, and decrease pain with the goal of re-establishing a patient's prior functional level. Orthopedic physical therapists diagnose, manage, and treat disorders and injuries of the musculoskeletal system as well as rehabilitate patients after orthopedic surgery. They are trained in the treatment of postoperative joints, acute sports injuries, arthritis, and many other musculoskeletal system disorders.

Essential Duties:

• Provide educational information about physical therapy and physical therapists, injury prevention, ergonomics and ways to promote health.
• 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.
• Focus on the evaluation of strength, balance, range of motion, coordination, endurance, and posture of each patient.
• Perform and document an initial exam, evaluating the 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 and/or traction to help relieve pain, increase the patient's strength, and decrease or prevent deformity and crippling.
• Identifies physical, social, and psychological needs of the patient

Requirements

• Bachelor, Master, and/or Doctorate degree in physical therapy from an accredited university/program required
• Active Physical Therapy Licensure of PT and OT Examiners in the State of Texas
• CPR Certified
• Knowledge of EMR systems