In this role, you’ll be responsible for independently evaluating, determining treatment strategies, delivering and/or delegating services that identify, prevent, remediate, and rehabilitate acute or prolonged physical dysfunction or pain, with emphasis on physical dysfunction. This role encompasses evaluation skills and techniques, analysis of patients, and therapeutic application of physical and chemical agents, exercise, and other procedures to maximize the patient’s functional independence. Evaluation involves strength, motor control, joint mobility, soft tissue integrity, pain, balance, coordination, posture, cardiopulmonary function, endurance, gait and functional abilities in activities of daily living.
Within our facility, you may work with patients who have:
- Traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries
- Multi-system organ failure
- Chronic/Acute respiratory failure
- Ventilators and require weaning
- Stroke,
- Major Multiple trauma
- Amputation
- Neurological disorders
Qualifications:
In order to work at our facility as a Physical Therapist, you will need:
- To be licensed by the appropriate State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners
- CPR certification
A few things that aren’t required, but we would prefer:
- At least 2 years of direct patient care experience
- Experience in a multidisciplinary acute care setting
Reunion Rehabilitation Hospital Inverness is an EEO employer – M/F/Vets/Disabled