Advocate Health Care

Physical Therapist, Outpatient

Advocate Health Care$79K — $118K *
Healthcare
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Licensed to practice Physical Therapy in North Carolina
  • Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited physical therapy school
  • Current CPR certification, renewed every two years
  • Active APTA membership encouraged but not required
  • Demonstrated age/developmental specific knowledge and skills for patient care

Responsibilities

  • Assess and treat patients, developing comprehensive treatment plans
  • Maintain accurate documentation for patient evaluations and progress
  • Achieve department financial and productivity goals
  • Identify and enhance quality and operational processes
  • Train and supervise physical therapy students
  • Communicate effectively with patients and healthcare staff
  • Ensure adherence to developmental guidelines in care provision

Benefits

  • Day 1 health coverage options available
  • Accrue up to 25 days of PTO per year
  • Paid parental leave for birthing and non-birthing parents
  • Employer-sponsored retirement contributions up to 7%
  • Educational reimbursement up to $2,500 for undergrad and $5,000 for graduate degree
Full Job Description
Department:

37673 High Point Medical Center - Outpatient Rehabilitation: Physical Therapy Elm

Status:

Full time

Benefits Eligible:

Yes

Hours Per Week:

40

Schedule Details/Additional Information:

Monday-Friday with flexibility on start times. Potential for additional hours on Saturdays.

Pay Range
$38.20 - $57.30

Position Highlights:
  • Location: High Point, North Carolina
  • Relocation Assistance: Up to $7,500 in Relocation Assistance (for qualified candidates)


What We Offer:
  • Day 1 Health Coverage: Choose from either copay or HSA-eligible health insurance options with coverage starting on your first day of work.
  • Generous PTO: Accrual starts at up to 25 days/year, to be used for vacations, sickness, holidays, and personal matters.
  • Parental Benefits: Six weeks paid birthing-mother maternity leave & four weeks paid parental leave for non-birthing parents.
  • Retirement: Up to 7% employer-paid retirement contributions
  • Education Reimbursement: We invest in your professional growth, offering up to $2,500 per year towards a bachelor's degree and up to $5,000 per year towards a graduate degree.


What You'll Need:
  • Licensed to practice Physical Therapy in the State of North Carolina with current licensure, active member of APTA encouraged, but not required.
  • Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited physical therapy school required
  • CPR certification required every two years.


What You'll Do:
  • Provides patient care assessment and treatment. Ensures patient evaluations and treatments are comprehensive, functional and according to the Standard of Practice. Provides sound professional judgment in interpreting the evaluation results and establishing an acceptable treatment plan with realistic goals.
  • Maintains accurate patient documentation. Completes written patient evaluations, progress notes, and discharge notes per policy. Ensures accurate and timely documentation of patient/family education, charges and departmental statistics, and ICD-9 codes as appropriate.
  • Meets department financial and productivity standards. Understands the budgeted expectations. Maintains productivity standards. Adjusts individual schedules to meet the needs of the patient and department.
  • Participates in process management to optimize quality and efficiency of services. Identifies quality and operational opportunities.
  • Promotes professional development and education of other health care workers and provides representation on committees. Conducts in-service training programs to provide state-of-the-art information to health care workers and enhances safety.
  • Supervises physical therapy and physical therapy assistant students to develop their clinical skills and ensure the delivery of quality patient care.
  • Communicates in a professional and timely manner with patients, physicians, staff, and all external customers.
  • Provides appropriate patient care in accordance with age/developmental guidelines. Demonstrates age/developmentally specific knowledge, skills, and abilities for the patients served.
  • Adheres to the general hospital standards to promote a cooperative work environment by utilizing communication skills, interpersonal relationships and team building.


Our Commitment to You:

Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs, competitive compensation, generous retirement offerings, programs that invest in your career development and so much more - so you can live fully at and away from work, including:

Compensation
  • Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training
  • Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job
  • Incentive pay for select positions
  • Opportunity for annual increases based on performance


Benefits and more
  • Paid Time Off programs
  • Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
  • Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
  • Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
  • Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
  • Educational Assistance Program


About Advocate Health Care

Advocate Health Care is a not-for-profit, faith-based health system providing comprehensive health care services to the people of Illinois. The organization is the largest fully integrated health care delivery system in Illinois, with more than 500 sites of care and 12 hospitals, including two of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals, the state’s largest integrated children’s network, five Level I trauma centers (the state’s highest designation in trauma care), three Level II trauma centers, one of the area’s largest home health and hospice companies and one of the region’s largest medical groups. Advocate Health Care trains more primary care physicians and residents at its four teaching hospitals than any other health system in the state. As a not-for-profit, mission-based health system affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the United Church of Christ, Advocate contributed $1.6 billion in charitable care and services to communities across Chicagoland and Central Illinois in 2019.
Learn more about Advocate Health Care
Size
75,000 employees
Industry
Founded
1976

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