Physical Therapist Orthopedics
Schedule Details/Additional Information:
Monday - Friday Orthopedic position
OFFERING A $10,000.00 SIGN-ON BONUS PAYABLE IN TWO INSTALLMENTS - 50% AFTER 90 DAYS - 50% AFTER ONE YEAR
Major Responsibilities:
- Customer Satisfaction: Participates in customer satisfaction within the department and hospital.
- Serves as patient advocate to ensure that patients and customers needs are met in a timely and efficient manner and individualizes each patient’s plan of care.
- Resolves patients and customers concerns immediately.
- Utilizes appropriate resources to resolve ongoing patient customer’s irritants.
- Maintains positive relationships with all customers e.g., patients, significant others, physician, and Associates.
- Review Patient Satisfaction data and implements changes within the department.
- Quality: Provision of quality care to patients. Contributes to the design and implementation of improved processes to achieve quality and superior patient care and service.
- Effective utilization treatment planning of the process (i.e., assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation) in the delivery of quality care.
- Supports and provides education to patients, families and other health care team members.
- Performs and documents assessment on assigned patients.
- Assesses and suggests changes in patients’ treatment plan.
- Implements and maintains plan of care reflective or identified problems/needs.
- Identifies and utilizes appropriate interventions to achieve desired patient outcomes.
- Evaluates patient outcomes and makes revisions as appropriate.
- Actively participates in the collection of data for CQI initiatives.
- Utilizes basic safety measures.
- Adheres to policies, procedures and established physical therapy standards. Responds to emergency plans as directed by the department/unit responsibilities. Maintains unit cleanliness as directed.
- People Growth: Establishment and achievement of self-development objectives and continued advancement of the department.
- Assesses own learning needs, seeks appropriate training and development. Sets own objectives and goals.
- Maintains and supports Accrediting Organization requirements in regards to competencies. (i.e., CPR certification, safety and infection control, current licensure hospital/ unit based certification standards).
- Demonstrates appropriate Physical Therapy and technical skills for clinical competency.
- Participates in the team Performance Pathway evaluation process.
- Orient and train new Associates.
- Participates in hospital committees, DIG’s etc.
- Achieves appropriate number of education hours as established yearly.
- Participates in mentoring/instruction students during clinical experiences
- Organizational Climate: Creates an environment within the department that supports management Philosophy, in a cooperative environment.
- Participates in implementing planned changes and activities to improve Physical Medicine services, working environment or patient care.
- Holding self and others accountable for clinical practice.
- Participates in recognition efforts of team and hospital.
- Fosters an environment where Trinity values can flourish: Compassion - We care for the whole person. Equality - We respect everyone. Excellence - We are empowered to improve. Partnership - We pool our talents as a team. Stewardship - We make sensible use of our resources.
- Participates with other Associates to create a cooperative team environment.
- Actively participates in unit meetings. Provides positive suggestions for improvement of services.
- Communicates and collaborates effectively with physicians, nurses, directors and other healthcare members to assure delivery of quality care in a high stress environment.
- Innovation: Contributes to the department and hospital innovation efforts to maximize excellence and build respect for services.
- Submits improvement ideas for Trinity Hospital and its services and participates in the implementation process as appropriate.
- Identifies improvement ideas within scope of responsibility, and assumes accountability for implementation and communication of plans and results.
- Participates in practice innovation opportunities and strategies.
- Utilizes creative measures to optimize customer satisfaction.
- Productivity: Participates in implementing improvements to practice productivity.
- Cross-train to other unit functions as necessary to achieve optimal department flexibility, example: amputee clinic, outpatient services etc.
- Participates in collecting and analyzing department productivity data.
- Suggests productivity improvement ideas.
- Delegates patient care activities as appropriate for skill levels with documented competency plan.
- Flexible in meeting the staffing requirements of the department.
- Economics: Contributes to cost containment and business growth initiatives of the department.
- Assists with staffing requirements by accurately communicating needs and patient acuity.
- Responsible for efficient utilization of all resources within scope of practice.
- Communicates inventory needs/adjustments to leader.
- Participates in cost containment practice strategies.
Licensure:
- Physical Therapist
Education/Experience Required:
- • Graduate of an accredited school of Physical Therapy • 0-1 yr. clinical PT experience
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required:
- • Basic computer skills
- • Eligible for license in Illinois to practice PT. • Current CPR Certification.