Physical Therapist

Department

Department: Advocate Health Care

Status: Full time

Benefits Eligible: Yes

Hours Per Week: 40

Schedule Details/Additional Information:

Pay Range: $41.10 - $61.65

B.S., M.S., or D.P.T degree from accredited physical therapy school. Previous hospital experience preferred.

Current licensure in the applicable state and CPR certification in Basic Life Support, Level

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• Adheres to the general hospital standards to promote a cooperative work environment by utilizing communication skills, interpersonal relationships and team building.
• Following hospital, departmental policies and procedures.
• Provides patient care assessment and treatment, ensuring evaluations and treatments are comprehensive and functional.
• Maintains accurate documentation, completing written patient evaluations, progress notes, discharge notes and ensuring legible records.
• Supervises support staff with direction and feedback.
• Maintains productivity standards and adjusts schedules to meet patient and department needs.
• Participates in process management to optimize quality and efficiency of services, identifying opportunities and communicating progress.
• Promotes professional development, conducts in‑service training and shares clinical expertise with other health care professionals.
• Communicates effectively with patients, physicians, staff and external customers, ensuring understanding.
• Provides appropriate patient care in accordance with age/ developmental guidelines, maintaining competence in growth, development and aging.

• Communicates professionally with physicians, nurses, and other health care providers, providing quality care for patients.
• Communicates with patients of all age groups and significant others appropriate to the level of comprehension.
• Has knowledge, clinical skills, and understanding of the patient throughout the entire span of life.

• Subject to stress conditions.
• Moderate noise environment.
• Clean, well‑lit comfortable climate with occasional high moisture.
• Frequent exposure to blood borne pathogens and airborne pathogens, potential exposure to infectious diseases.
• Contact with patients under a wide variety of circumstances.
• May make home visits.
• Exposure to unpleasant patient elements and body fluids.
• Subject to electro‑mechanical hazards.
• Exposure to chemicals used in cleaning.
• Occasionally handles emergency or crisis situations.
• Required personal protective equipment: eye protection, face protection, gown, mask, lab coat, sterile and non‑sterile gloves, shoe covers.

Standing, walking, sitting, bending, reaching with arms, finger and hand dexterity, talking, hearing, seeing, lifting, carrying, pushing and pulling up to 100 lbs. maximum.

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:

• Base compensation listed within the range based on qualifications and experience.
• Premium pay such as shift and on‑call.
• Incentive pay for select positions.
• Opportunity for annual increases based on performance.

• 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.

Advocate Health is the third‑largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, the enterprise serves nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with the Wake Forest University School of Medicine…