Dignity Health

Physical Therapist

Dignity Health$75K — $95K *
Healthcare
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Active CA Physical Therapist license (or ability to obtain within 6 months)
  • Basic Life Support (CPR) certification
  • Graduated from an accredited Physical Therapy program
  • Previous experience as a Physical Therapist or intern is preferred
  • Strong competency in age-appropriate care

Responsibilities

  • Conduct initial evaluations and develop individualized care plans within specified timelines
  • Implement treatment plans in accordance with department guidelines and continuously assess their effectiveness
  • Provide patient and family education using diverse teaching methods tailored to individual understanding
  • Maintain thorough and timely documentation of treatment interventions and patient progress
  • Communicate effectively with interdisciplinary teams to ensure seamless patient care

Benefits

  • Ongoing professional development opportunities
  • Collaborative work environment with supportive interdisciplinary teams
  • Focus on patient-centered care leading to higher job satisfaction
  • Opportunities to utilize specialized treatment techniques
  • Structured timelines for evaluations and documentation to promote efficiency
Full Job Description
Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Physical Therapist, you will help patients rebuild or maintain their physical wellbeing so they can function at their best level, reduce pain, and improve their quality of life.Every day you will perform initial evaluations, develop and update individualized plans of care, and provide a variety of direct treatments. You will be expected to consistently meet patient care productivity standards, collaborate with the interdisciplinary team and families, and promote a positive customer service environment.To be successful in this role, you must possess strong age-appropriate competency skills, excellent communication abilities, and a collaborative, patient-centered approach to care.

  • Evaluations: Are completed according to department protocol. Completed within 48 hours once evaluation has been initiated. All relevant areas are thoroughly completed. Appropriate goals are set relative to the patient's prior level of function. Treatment plan is relevant to patient's problems identified. Patient/family participates in treatment plan and in setting goals.
  • Provides Effective and Adequate Treatment: Implements effective and adequate treatment following department guidelines. Ongoing assessment of treatment effectiveness. Goals and treatment are modified as appropriate in relation to working toward goals. Selects appropriate treatment interventions. Utilizes specialized techniques. Patient safety is addressed with follow-up recommended. Recommends/obtains equipment as appropriate. Demonstrates knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life-span of the patient.
  • Patient/Family Education and Training: Addresses patient/family education. Demonstrates a variety of teaching methods. Methods are appropriate to the level of understanding. Education is timely (initiated when patient/family capable of learning) and need is identified with action taken to initiate training. Content is comprehensive-all aspects of care, including safety. Patient/family performance is documented. Need for type and follow-up is indicated/documented.
  • Documentation: Complies with department policy regarding documentation. Completed in a timely manner according to department policy. Concise, legible, correct grammar using medical terminology and approved abbreviations. Reflects all interventions used in treatment, all ongoing assessment of treatment effectiveness, and changes in goals and treatment plan as appropriate. Addresses quality improvement indicators per policy. Reflects interdisciplinary teamwork and collaboration. Timecards, productivity logs, billing, and other logs for departmental functions are completed in a timely
  • manner per department policy.
  • Communication & Collaboration with Team/MD: Appropriately communicates treatment plan and patient status with team and MD with no more than 1 complaint per year. Participates in team conferences. Addresses verification of payor guidelines/authorization as needed, in a timely manner (i.e., prior to scheduling/treating patient or obtaining equipment. Attempts made to contact MD with patient concerns or changes in status in a timely manner. Solicits feedback from MD and coworkers to improve teamwork and collaboration (or uses unsolicited feedback) with no more than 1 valid complaint per year and no more than two complaints of the same nature per year.
Job Requirements

Required

  • Physical Therapist: CA, within 6 - months.
  • Basic Life Support - CPR.

Preferred

  • Completed an accredited Physical Therapy degree program and be Board eligible and able to obtain CA PT license within 6 months or have already obtained a CA PT License. and Previous experience as a Physical Therapist or Physical Therapist intern.

About Dignity Health

Dignity Health is a health care provider that operates hospitals and clinics in California, Arizona, and Nevada. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. Dignity Health provides a range of services, including emergency care, cancer care, and women's health. The company has over 60,000 employees and is committed to providing high-quality, affordable health care to its patients.
Learn more about Dignity Health
Size
60,000 employees
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Founded
1954

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