Physical Therapist PRN Outpatient Ortho Rehab Center

JOB DESCRIPTION

LCMC Health

We are a New Orleans-based, non-profit health system on a mission : to provide the best possible care for every person and parish in Louisiana and beyond, and to put a little more heart and soul into healthcare along the way.

And that means we do things a little differently around here.

Treating people like family is the LCMC Health way, and it always has been. Founded by Louisiana's first freestanding children's hospital, we have grown into a healthcare system that is built to serve the unique needs of our communities and families.

Today, we offer six hospital locations : Children's Hospital New Orleans, East Jefferson General Hospital, New Orleans East Hospital, Touro, University Medical Center New Orleans, and West Jefferson Medical Center.

We also offer a network of urgent care centers across the greater New Orleans area. With over 2, physicians specializing in everything from head to toe, our community can count on us to provide the right care, right where they need it.

JOB DESCRIPTION :

Why a Great Place to Work :

You’re more than your job. Everyone is. And that’s what makes you great at your job all the little extras you bring to work every day, the things that make you you.

At LCMC Health we value those things about you, because we know that all those little extras add up to extraordinary. And we’ve built a culture that supports and celebrates the extraordinary.

You’ll see it when you come to work here, in the spirit of our places and the faces of our people. And every patient we heal, every family we comfort, every life we improve is the outcome of countless little extras adding up to an extraordinary result.

Join LCMC Health, and you’ll find that our everyday makes it easy to live your extraordinary.

The Physical Therapist provides evaluations and administers treatment procedures to patients referred for physical therapy.

Directs and guides patient / family teaching. Provides oversight for ancillary personnel while maintaining professional standards.

Interacts with other members of the rehabilitation team to coordinate goals and improve quality of care.

This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this department.

This is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities, and LCMC Health reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet organizational needs as necessary.

GENERAL DUTIES

• Patient Care :
• Demonstrates skill and accuracy in performing age appropriate assessments of patients and timely documents evaluation in EMR.
• Plans and implements age appropriate patient care and activities consistent with the medical plan of care of each patient, including discharge planning.
• Collaborates with physician regarding service needs.
• Quality :
• Performs all duties and coordinates schedule to achieve maximum productivity during shift, while maintaining quality standards, to include timely completion of documentation.
• Keeps daily statistics and charges as established for each area.
• Evaluates patient progress toward expected outcomes and document as indicated regarding subsequent assessments, evaluation of treatment and interventions including responses.
• Contributes to department Quality Management activities providing recommendations for systematic and programmatic improvements based upon the results of the data.
• Growth :
• Assumes responsibility for opportunities for professional growth and for growth of the department / program.
• People :
• Provides guidance to new and experienced personnel, and performs lead therapist duties, when assigned.
• Communicates effectively in order to provide optimal care to the patient and to promote a professional climate throughout the hospital.

EXPERIENCE QUALIFICATIONS

New graduate - 1 year of experience Setting applied for

EDUCATION QUALIFICATIONS

• Required : Bachelor's Degree Physical Therapy
• Preferred : Master's Degree Physical Therapy

LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS

• Certification Name : Basic Life Support Health Care ProviderRequiredIssuer : American Heart AssociationLicensure Speciality : Training Certification
• Certification Name : Physical TherapistRequiredIssuer : Louisiana Physical Therapy BoardLicensure Speciality : Licensure

SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• All modalities and equipment including, but not limited to hot packs, cold packs, paraffin, biofeedback, electrical stimulation, electric and manual wheelchairs, gait equipment, tilt tables, cast saw, goniometer, small tools for fabrication of adaptive equipment and orthotics and computers.
• Must possess CPR skills and certification.

WORK SHIFT :

Days (United States of America)

This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by people assigned to this work.

This is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. LCMC Health reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet organizational needs as necessary.

LCMC Health is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.