Physical Therapist

Overview

Position: Physical Therapist (PT)

Location: Regency Hospital - East Chicago, IN

Schedule: Full Time, Monday-Friday, no weekends/holidays

Compensation: $44.00 to $55.00 /hr based on experience

Sign On Bonus: $20,000

Regency Hospital 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.

• 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.
• 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
• 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.

• 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.

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