Lead Physical Therapist

37501 High Point Medical Center - Acute Care Rehabilitation

Full time

Yes

40

1 st shift, M-F primary with weekend rotation

Pay Range

$43.30 - $64.95

Position Highlights:

• Location: High Point, North Carolina

• Full Time

• Relocation Assistance: Up to $7,500 in Relocation Assistance (for qualified candidates)

What We Offer:

• Day 1 Health Coverage: Choose from either copay or HSA-eligible health insurance options with coverage starting on your first day of work.

• Generous PTO: Accrual starts at up to 25 days/year, to be used for vacations, sickness, holidays, and personal matters.

• Parental Benefits: Six weeks paid birthing-mother maternity leave & four weeks paid parental leave for non-birthing parents.

• Retirement: Up to 7% employer-paid retirement contributions

• Education Reimbursement: We invest in your professional growth, offering up to $2,500 per year towards a bachelor's degree and up to $5,000 per year towards a graduate degree.

What You'll Need:

• B.S, M.S., or D.P.T. degree from accredited physical therapy school.
• At least 1 year of clinical experience required.
• Current licensure in the state of applicable state
• CPR certification in Basic Life Support, Level C

What You'll Do:

• Adheres to the general hospital standards to promote a cooperative work environment by utilizing communication skills, interpersonal relationships and team building.

• Assumes responsibility for keeping informed about changes in hospital and department policies and procedures and participates in sharing updates with staff.

• Provides patient care assessment and treatment.

• Ensures patient evaluations and treatments are comprehensive, functional and according to the Standard of Practice.

• Encourages patients and significant others in setting goals.

• Recommends next level of care. Ensures quality patient outcomes.

• Supervises support staff who are assisting with patient care by providing direction and feedback.

• Maintains accurate documentation.

• Completes written patient evaluations, progress notes, and discharge notes per policy.

• Ensures accurate and timely documentation of patient/family education, charges and departmental statistics, and ICD-10 codes as appropriate.

• Demonstrates knowledge of documentation requirements sufficient to lead staff in compliance and participate in chart audit process.

• Meets department financial and productivity standards

• Understands the budgeted expectations.

• Maintains productivity standards.

• Adjusts individual schedules to meet the needs of the patient and department.

• Promotes professional development and education to other health care workers and team members by providing representation on committees and demonstrating self-direction for continued education.

• Conducts in-service training programs to provide state-of-the-art, evidenced based, information to health care workers and enhances safety.

• Understands changes/developments in the profession locally, at the state level, and nationally. Shares clinical expertise with other therapists, student affiliates, and other health care professionals.

• Leads staff through projects in the areas of strategic effectiveness, clinical outcomes, clinical competency, or financial performance. Successfully completes/implements staff/program development projects to promote personal professional and departmental clinical advancement.

• Serves as a clinical and administrative resource in practice area to advance evidence-based practice and/or improve operational effectiveness.

• Participates in department staff meetings and assists in the formulation of goals and other planning activities as needed.

• Maintains professional competence by demonstrating self-direction for continuing education and promotes professional competence of team members through defined projects as needed.

• Communicates in a positive, professional and timely manner with patient, physicians and staff. Informs supervisor of issues and resolutions to potential problems.

• Provides appropriate patient care in accordance with age/developmental guidelines. Demonstrates age/developmentally specific knowledge, skills, and abilities for the patients served.

• Utilizes knowledge of age/developmentally specific data when assessing patients. Interprets age/developmentally specific response to treatment/activity accurately.

• Maintains competence related to age/developmentally specific patient care by regularly updating knowledge of growth and development and the aging process.

• Demonstrates initiative by triaging staffing levels, coverage and scheduling needs.

• Assists manager/leader for program development, supply management, regulation compliance, operational effectiveness, professional competence, staff meetings and staff training.

• Steps in to assist with scheduling (staff and patient) triage as needed based on staffing levels and need to cover for leader during time away. (example: assist with scheduling when co-workers are out sick or need to leave urgently.)

Our Commitment to You:

Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs, competitive compensation, generous retirement offerings, programs that invest in your career development and so much more – so you can live fully at and away from work, including:

Compensation

• Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training
• Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job
• Incentive pay for select positions
• Opportunity for annual increases based on performance

Benefits and more

• Paid Time Off programs
• Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
• Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
• Educational Assistance Program