Physical Therapist - Full-time

Overview

Position: Physical Therapist (PT)

Location: Select Specialty Hospital - Columbus South (South High Street)

Schedule: Full Time / WeekdaysCompensation: $31 - $54 per hour (depending on years of experience)

Sign-on Bonus: $10,000 for full-time

Select Specialty Hospital - Columbus South is a critical illness recovery hospital committed to providing world-class inpatient post-ICU services to chronic, critically ill patients who require extended healing and recovery. We help patients during some of the most vulnerable, painful moments of their lives – and Physical Therapists (PT) play a central role in providing compassionate, excellent treatment every step of the way.

Why Join Us:

• Start Strong: Extensive and thorough Physical Therapist (PT) orientation program to ensure a smooth transition into our setting.
• Advance Your Career: Tuition reimbursement, and continuing education opportunities. This is fostered by an interdisplinary team approach with medical staff and a focus on providing PT services to medically complex and Post ICU patients.
• Elevate Your Skills: Clinical ladder program.
• Ease the Burden: Student debt benefit program.
• Your Health Matters: Comprehensive medical/RX, health, vision, and dental plan offerings.
• Recharge & Refresh: Generous PTO to maintain a healthy work-life balance. Plus, no weekends and a flexible schedule!
• Invest in Your Future: Company-matching 401(k) retirement plan, as well as life and disability protection
• Your Impact Matters: Join a team of over 44,000 nationwide committed to providing exceptional care.

Responsibilities

• Performing initial and ongoing systematic patient assessment.
• Promoting continuous quality improvement.
• Teaching and counseling patients/families.
• Setting goals and developing treatment plans.
• Working cooperatively to identify and solve patient-specific and facility-wide needs.
• Participating in discharge planning for each patient, including placement, patient/family education and adaptive equipment.
• Supervising Physical Therapy Assistants, as well as supervising PT and PTA students.
• Conducting individual patient therapy regimens.
• Monitoring patient's response to treatment and modifying treatment during sessions, as needed.
• Completing appropriate documentation according to department policies and procedures.
• Participating in departmental, hospital, and community continuing education seminars and in-services.
• Working independently and collaboratively with other disciplines. 

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Current state licensure as a Physical Therapist required.
• Certified BLS or completion in first 90 days of employment required.

Preferred Qualifications

• 1 year of experience in medical setting. 
• Ability to work independently in a small hospital setting. 

Additional Data

Equal Opportunity Employer/including Disabled/Veterans