Physical Therapist I - Neonatal Therapy

UNC Health Care • Chapel Hill, NC • 10h ago

Description

Your passion belongs at UNC Health. Join more than 56,000 teammates working together to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve across North Carolina.

We are seeking a dynamic, motivated and team-oriented Physical Therapist I to join our neonatal therapy team in our Level IV NICU. This position primarily serves the neonatal patient population, with occasional follow-up on pediatric floors and in the Special Infant Care Clinic. The patient caseload will be complex and variable.

The Physical Therapist is expected to demonstrate strong assessment, critical thinking and clinical reasoning skills. They should be proficient at treatment planning , therapeutic interventions, and collaboration within the multidisciplinary team, consistent with the position's requirements, professional practice guidelines and ethical standards.

In addition, this role may serve as faculty for the NICU PT Fellowship program, in collaboration with the other members of the multidisciplinary neonatal team.

Schedule: Monday - Friday with rotating weekends and holidays.

Preferred qualifications: Board Certified Clinical Specialist in Pediatric Physical Therapy through APTA or graduate of ABPTRFE-accredited NICU fellowship; Level IV NICU experience preferred.

Summary:

The Physical Therapist I provides evidence-based evaluation, treatment interventions, and educational instruction to patients and caregivers with various diagnoses, disabilities, and impairments affecting multiple body regions, structures, systems, functional mobility, and activity participation. The clinician provides student shadowing, clinical instruction, and participates in departmental and community continuing education and outreach.

Responsibilities:

Completes physical therapy documentation, billing, and statistics per team guidelines. Manage daily caseload with efficiency and efficacy. Meets productivity standards per team guidelines.

Administers tests and measures to assist in establishing a plan of care and interventions and manages resources to accomplish patient goals; Communicates relevant information to promote continuity of care.

Mentors assistive personnel and delegates responsibilities as per licensing board guidelines.

Provides clinical precepting and teaching for students and/or staff under the guidance of the clinical specialist or other subject matter experts. Provides regular feedback, coaching and mentoring. Evaluates the learner's performance.

Assists in the planning and coordinating of clinical programs in collaboration with the clinical specialist or manager. Participates in continuous improvement in clinical services by attending and participating in departmental meetings and in-services.

Other Information

Other information:

Education Requirements:

? Graduation from an accredited Physical Therapy program.

Licensure/Certification Requirements:

? Licensed as a Physical Therapist in the state of North Carolina.

? BLS within 3 months of hire date.

Professional Experience Requirements:

? No prior experience required.

Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:

? Exhibits effective communication and interprofessional skills; requires physical stamina and repetitive movements, including, but not limited to, sitting, standing, kneeling, walking, and squatting during patient interventions while supporting one's weight; can engage in high-level problem-solving to ensure patient safety during mobilization.

Job Details

Legal Employer: STATE

Entity: UNC Health Medical Group

Organization Unit: Physical Therapy Pediatric

Work Type: Full Time

Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00

Salary Range: $35.87 - $51.57 per hour (Hiring Range)

Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity

Work Assignment Type: Onsite

Work Schedule: Day Job

Location of Job: US:NC:Chapel Hill

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: Yes

This is a State position employed by UNC Health Care System with UNC Health benefits. If, however, you are presently an employee of another North Carolina agency and currently participate in TSERS or the ORP, you will be eligible to continue participating in those plans at UNC Health.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.

UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email applicant.accommodations@unchealth.unc.edu if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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