Intermountain Healthcare

Outpatient Orthopedic Physical Therapist

Intermountain Healthcare$89K — $138K *
Provo, UT 84604In-Person
Healthcare
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Current Physical Therapist license in states where you work.
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) for healthcare providers certification.
  • Basic computer skills for documentation and patient management.
  • Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills to interact with patients and team members.
  • Experience working with the targeted patient population of the job setting.
  • Valid driver's license, reliable transportation, and clean driving record.

Responsibilities

  • Conduct screenings, evaluations, and diagnoses to create patient-specific treatment plans.
  • Provide skilled physical therapy services following APTA standards and patient histories.
  • Maintain timely and accurate patient records and billing documentation.
  • Communicate effectively with patients, families, and healthcare professionals to ensure quality care.
  • Supervise assistants and students, managing all aspects of patient care and education.
  • Engage in quality improvement processes to enhance patient outcomes and experiences.
  • Participate in meetings and collaborate with interdisciplinary care teams.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits package promoting mind, body, and spirit wellness.
  • Opportunities for continuing education and professional development.
  • Collaborative work environment with a focus on sports medicine and integrated care.
  • Involvement in program development and marketing strategies for physical therapy initiatives.
  • Access to resources and support for work-life balance.
Full Job Description

Job Description:

This position is responsible for screening, testing, evaluating, diagnosing and treatment of injuries, diseases, and disabilities using physical therapy procedures and modalities in accordance with standard physical therapy practices. In addition, this position is responsible for consulting, educating, and training patients, families, and caregivers and for collaborating with care teams and stakeholders to deliver quality, patient centered care.

Join a team that's helping shape the future of sports medicine at Intermountain Health. As we prepare for the opening of our Sports Performance Center in Summer 2028, we are strategically building a clinical team focused on delivering data-informed, evidence-based care. This role offers the opportunity to collaborate with athletic trainers, performance coaches, orthopedic specialists, and sports medicine physicians in an integrated care model that supports injury prevention, rehabilitation, performance enhancement, and seamless return-to-sport care.

Essential Functions

  • Promotes mission, vision, and values of Intermountain Health, and abides by service standards.

  • Competent Services: Provides skilled physical therapy services, staying updated on standard practices for different patient groups. Conducts evaluations and treatments according to professional standards (APTA), considering diagnosis, history, and physician referrals, and develops care plans with specific goals based on patient assessments.

  • Productivity Standards: Meets established productivity standards for the department or service line.

  • Documentation and Billing: Keeps thorough and timely patient records as required by regulations and facility policies. Completes patient billing accurately and promptly.

  • Communication: Communicates effectively with patients, families, physicians, and healthcare providers about patient needs and goals. Ensures smooth operations and optimal use of rehabilitation services.

  • Patient Care and Supervision: Manages all aspects of patient care and education, including supervising assistants, aides, office staff, and students to ensure high-quality care.

  • Continuing Education: Participates in and promotes continuing education opportunities for self and staff, seeking new learning opportunities according to licensure requirements.

  • Quality Improvement: Engages in quality improvement processes, including safe equipment use, improving clinical outcomes, patient access, patient experience and all aspects of the Intermountain Operating Model. Participates in utilization review audits.

  • Meetings: Participates in patient care conferences, interdisciplinary meetings, staff meetings, and necessary professional and work groups in collaboration/consensus with leader.

  • Program Development and Marketing: Contributes to program development and marketing strategies to grow the physical therapy program and achieve department goals.

Skills

  • Quality Improvement

  • Verbal and Written Communication

  • Patient Engagement

  • Critical Thinking

  • Time Management

  • Care Planning

  • Compassion

Qualifications

  • Current Physical Therapist license in states where you work.

  • Basic Life Support (BLS) for healthcare providers.

  • Basic Computer skills.

  • Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills.

  • Possess skill sets and experience with target population of job setting.

  • Current driver’s license, reliable transportation, and acceptable driving record.

Physical Requirements

  • Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies.
  • Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations.
  • Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer use and typing for documenting patient care, accessing needed information, medication preparation, etc.
  • Expected to lift and utilize full range of movement to transfer patients. Will also bend to retrieve, lift, and carry supplies and equipment. Typically includes items of varying weights, up to and including heavy items.
  • Need to walk and assist with transporting/ambulating patients and obtaining and distributing supplies and equipment. This includes pushing/pulling gurneys and portable equipment, including heavy items. Often required to navigate crowded and busy rooms (full of equipment, power cords on the floor, etc.)
  • May be expected to stand in a stationary position for an extended period of time.

Location:

Utah Valley Outpatient Center

Work City:

Provo

Work State:

Utah

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.

$43.09 - $66.47

We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.


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About Intermountain Healthcare

Intermountain Healthcare is a not-for-profit healthcare system based in Salt Lake City, Utah. The company was founded in 1975 and has since grown to become one of the largest healthcare providers in the Intermountain West region of the United States. Intermountain Healthcare operates 24 hospitals and over 200 clinics, providing a wide range of medical services to patients. The company is committed to providing high-quality, affordable healthcare to all patients, regardless of their ability to pay. Intermountain Healthcare is also committed to sustainability and has implemented a number of initiatives to reduce its environmental impact.
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1975

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