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Physical Therapist

Tidelands Health • Georgetown, SC • 1d ago

Employee Type:

PRN

Work Shift:

Day - 8 hour shift (United States of America)

Join Team Tidelands and help people live better lives through better health!

Physical Therapist Outpatient

Are you passionate about quality and committed to excellence? Consider joining our Tidelands Health team. As our region's largest health care provider, we are also one of our area's largest employers. More than 2,500 team members at more than 70 Tidelands Health locations bring our healing mission to life each day.

A Brief Overview

The Physical Therapist (PT) is responsible for providing a full range of therapeutic services including assessment, treatment planning and therapeutic interventions in an interdisciplinary environment consistent with the position's qualification, professional practices and ethical standards. The incumbent shall also demonstrate accountability for the contribution to program development, quality improvement, problem solving, and productivity enhancement in a flexible interdisciplinary fashion.

What you will do

Provides direct physical therapy to patients upon referral by a physician, or advanced practice provider

Demonstrates age specific competence to provide developmentally appropriate care/treatment for the following patient population: Infant (Birth-1 year); Child (1 through 12 years); Adolescent (13 years through 17 years); Adult (18 years to 65 years); Geriatric (over 65 years)

Evaluates patients using special physical therapy tests and measurements such as muscle testing, functional ability, range of motion, and neurological testing

Develops physical therapy treatment plans

Administers physical therapy treatments designed to relieve pain, develop or restore function and maintain maximum performance using physical means such as, but not limited to, therapeutic exercise, manual therapy and modalities

Documents appropriate patient treatment data, such as patient progress notes, evaluation reports and discharge summaries

Instructs patients and their families in home program

Supervises and monitors patient's plan of care when carried out by a physical therapist assistant

Represents the department and exhibits effective communication with the interdisciplinary team

Assist in providing clinical supervision of physical therapist assistants, and students in their duties

Education Qualifications

Doctoral Degree from an accredited therapy program and performed the required clinical internships satisfactorily Required

Skills and Abilities

Ability to utilize therapy equipment an outpatient rehabilitation setting to provide treatment and procedures

Licenses and Certifications

Physical Therapist - South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation licensed by the state of South Carolina Board of Physical Therapy Examiners Required

Basic Life Support Certified - American Heart Association Required

Physical Demand

Medium-Heavy Physical Demand

The intent of this job description is to provide a representative and level of the @types of duties and responsibilities that will be required of positions given this title and shall not be construed as a contract for employment nor a declaration of the total of the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position. Employees may be directed to perform tasks other than those specifically presented in this description.

Tidelands Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran status.

Tidelands Health is an equal opportunity employer (EOE). Tidelands Health does not discriminate against employees or applicants for employment on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, age, national origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, gender, genetic information, familial status, or any other legally protected status.

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