CLIN SPEC-PT

Covenant Health Inc. • Knoxville, TN • 1w ago

Overview

Physical Therapist

Full Time, 80 Hours a pay period, Day shift

Covenant Health Therapy Centers Overview:

Covenant Health Therapy Centers consist of 12 outpatient therapy clinics in East Tennessee. The West Knoxville clinic is located on the Fort Sanders West campus. Covenant Health Therapy Centers provide exceptional speech therapy services including: auditory comprehension, memory skills, reading comprehension, oral-motor integrity, voice skills, swallowing, cognitive-communicative status, verbal expression, speech characteristics, written expression, augmentative/alternative communication.

Physical Therapy:

The Physical Therapy Department provides care to patients in all areas of the hospital including the medical and orthopedic units and is very involved in the Early Mobilization program in our Critical Care Unit. We also serve patients in the Senior Behavioral Health Unit (SBU) treating geriatric patients that have varied diagnoses ranging from cognitive/behavioral disorders to dementia.

The PT Department operates 7 days a week from 7:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m., with some later evening hours on weekdays to accommodate day of surgery orthopedic patients. There are two PT Departments; one is located on the 5th floor of the Montvue Tower to serve our medical patients and one on the 3rdfloor of the new Dogwood Tower to serve the orthopedic patients. Both PT Departments have full bathrooms with safety equipment installed as well as practice stairs for patients that will be going home and have steps to navigate. Our PT Department is very family-oriented and thrives on teamwork and collaboration. We have a department of over 35 PTs and PTAs that have a variety of experience from one year to over thirty. Our staff sees patients with a wide variety of diagnoses including neuro, vestibular, vascular, cardiac and orthopedic. It is a fast-paced, high energy environment working with a variety of practitioners and medical staff to provide excellent care for all of the patients we serve.

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 : Kathleen Rice || Apply@covhlth.com

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.

Ensures timely completion of all CMS documentation requirements ie FIMs and QRP.

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

Inservices/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.

Participates in professional organization/meetings (TPTA, APTA)

Volunteers for Covenant Health activities such as the marathon, golf tournament, sports physicals, employee education, etc.

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

None specified; however, must be sufficient to meet the standards for achievement of the below indicated license and/or certification as required by the issuing authority.

Minimum Experience

Four (4) years of experience with a minimum of three (3) years in specialty area. Neuro background, experience treating vestibular conditions, and LSVT Big Certification 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 4409076

Facility Parkwest Medical Center

Department Name Therapy Center PT 1

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