CLIN SPEC-PT

Covenant Health Inc. • Knoxville, TN • 2d ago

Overview

Physical Therapist, Physical Therapy

Full Time, 72 Hours Per Pay Period, Day Shift

Fort Sanders Regional Overview:

Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center is an award-winning, certified, and accredited facility with 468 beds. As a Joint Commission Comprehensive Stroke Center, Fort Sanders offers state-of-the art care that maximizes recovery from stroke. We are also the region's leader in technology in areas such as bariatric surgery, robotic surgery and minimally invasive spine surgery. Our door-to-balloon times for heart attack patients are below the national average, and our hip fracture center offers advanced diagnosis, surgery and recovery procedures for hip patients.

Department Description:

Covenant Health Therapy Centers are a member of Covenant Health (https://www.covenanthealth.com/) , a locally-owned, non-profit health system based in Knoxville, TN, with a "patient-focused" culture. It has been recognized by Forbes Magazine as its 2020 "Best-in-State-Employer" (https://www.covenanthealth.com/best-employers-in-tennessee-2020-forbes/) for Tennessee. The CEO of our company, Jim VanderSteeg, attends every new employee orientation and will ask you to sign our pledge of excellence to always put patients first, strive for excellence in everything we do, and make Covenant Health the first and best choice for patients in our region.

Covenant Health Therapy Centers Overview:

Covenant Health Therapy Centers provide exceptional physical therapy and individualized treatment to get patients better, faster. Covenant Health Therapy Centers consist of 12 outpatient therapy clinics in East Tennessee. The Downtown clinic is adjacent to Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center in downtown Knoxville. Our core services include: orthopedic and sports medicine, neurological rehab, general deconditioning, manual therapy, balance therapy and many areas of specialized treatment.

Position Summary:

Under general direction, plans, evaluates and implements treatment programs for physical therapy patients. While maintaining a patient load, assumes additional responsibility of program development, staff training and orientation, and consultation in area of expertise for fellow staff members.

Recruiter: Jennifer Gordon || jgordon2@covhlth.com || 865-374-8107

Responsibilities

Advanced clinical practice - including evaluation and specialized treatment of patients.

Performs patient evaluations (initial, progress, and discharge evaluations), establishes treatment plans, makes recommendations, and sets goals in accordance with patient needs and evidence based practice.

Meets established targets for passive/active treatment ratios

Involves patient and family in treatment, education and goal setting. Coordinates with other medical personnel regarding patient's progress, needs and discharge planning.

Demonstrates knowledge and competency including providing for age-specific needs of the population served.

Serves as resource person for staff and senior staff on an ongoing basis.

Provides 8 hours education/mentorship time per year. This includes:

Peer counseling /Mentorship

Community lectures/Volunteer

Orientation of new staff in area of specialty

In-services/Case Studies

Lunch and Learns

Development, implementation and evaluation of standards of care and evidence based practice:

Evidence base practice protocols

Clinical outcomes analysis and communication to team

New policy development

QI/QA

Maintains and updates patient documentation in accordance with professional, departmental, organizational, and payer guidelines and timeframes. Maintains established targets for compliance with chart audits.

Meets established targets for:

Quality/outcome measures

Service/patient satisfaction measures

Financial/productivity measures

Growth/patients-per-day measures

Demonstrates leadership, including but not limited to:

Development and implementation of new and current programs.

Participates in training, orientation and supervision of support staff.

Participates in orientation of new licensed staff in area of specialty

Acts as Clinical Instructor for at least one student per year as available.

Participates in peer evaluations for competency assessment.

Assists with continuing education courses hosted by Covenant Health.

Complete partnering activities per established targets per month.

Physician office visits

Community lectures/volunteer

Case Manager visits/marketing

Provide in-services

Follows policies, procedures, and safety standards. Completes required education assignments annually. Works toward achieving goals and objectives, and participates in quality improvement initiatives as requested.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Minimum Education:

Graduation from an accredited Physical Therapy Program

Minimum Experience:

Four (4) years of experience with a minimum of three (3) years in specialty area.Neuro experience preferred.

Licensure Requirement:

Must have and maintain Tennessee State Physical Therapy Licensure, with achievement of at least one of the following at time of hire or placement in the position:

Advanced degree in specialty area

Advanced degree associated with specialty area

Professionally recognized certification in specialty area

100 hours (10.0 CEU's) of continued education

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Job Title CLIN SPEC-PT

ID 4282243

Facility Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center

Department Name THERAPY CENTER PT 3

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