Physical Therapist - Children's Therapy Center, Casual

Physical Therapist - UPMC Washington's Children Therapy Center

Join our passionate team at UPMC Washington's Children Therapy Center, where we help children grow stronger through movement and play! We're seeking a caring and motivated Physical Therapist to provide personalized, family-centered care in a fun, supportive environment. If you love working with kids and making a difference, we'd love to meet you!

Responsibilities :

Communicates patient's status to the referring physician and other health care team members.

May serves as a clinical instructor for physical therapy students as well as residents and fellows in a specialty area of physical therapy.

Performs physical therapy assessment, reassessment and treatment and supervises physical therapist assistants in the treatment of pediatric patients referred by a physician to the clinic.

Develops plan of care including goals and treatment plan in accordance with physician referral, nature of injury / illness and results of physical therapy assessment.

Modifies or adjusts plan of care based on patient's response to treatment and / or changes in patient's status.

Rotates through selected treatment areas when necessary to facilitate organizational needs.

Maintains written documentation for all physical therapy services rendered including documentation of initial assessment, follow-up visits, and discharge summary consistent with department standards.

Provides verbal and / or written home instructions to patient and / or family members when applicable.

Schedules patients to achieve and maintain a level of productivity which meets or exceeds the standard established for the facility by the organization while ensuring delivery of quality patient care.

Preferred Qualifications : Pediatric experience of at least one student clinical rotation in a pediatric setting. Preferably at least one year of pediatric experience.

Schedule / Travel : This is a casual position with a flexible schedule to include at least 1 shift per week, or up to 16 hours per week, as needed to cover staff vacations or leaves. Hours of operation are 8 : 30AM-7 : 00PM Monday-Thursday and 8 : 00AM-6 : 30PM on Fridays; this position can work up to 10 hours per shift. Travel between the offices in McMurray and Washington will be required- some days therapists may need to travel to both offices if needed.

EDUCATIONAL / KNOWLEDGE REQUIREMENTS :

• Graduate of an accredited program approved by the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA).

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES & INTERPERSONAL / LANGUAGE SKILLS :

Must possess knowledge and skills required to provide quality customer service.

Must possess knowledge of normal human growth and development over the lifespan.

Must be able to read, understand, analyze, and interpret medical record documents.

Must be skilled in planning / organization, follow up / control, delegation, problem solving, self-development orientation, organizational behaviors / competencies, and stress tolerance.

Must possess the ability to apply principles of logic and strategic thinking to a wide range of problems, and to deal with a variety of abstract and concrete variables.

Must possess effective written and verbal communication skills.

Must possess the ability to identify referral growth opportunities.

Demonstrated ability to interact with healthcare team, coworkers, supervisors, and all members of the Corporate Management Team.

Active participation with health care industry professional organizations is preferred.

May in the course of their job duties be in rooms where medications are stored. No contact with medications is allowed.

Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances :

Active license in practicing state required.

BLS required within 30 days of hire / transfer.

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Act 31 Child Abuse Reporting with renewal

Act 33 with renewal

Act 34 with renewal

Act 73 FBI Clearance with renewal

UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / Veteran