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Physical Therapist - Rehab Services

Health First • Cocoa Beach, FL 32931 • Posted 30+ days ago

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The Physical Therapist at Health First is responsible for providing exceptional healthcare in a professional manner, focusing on quality, customer experience, and stewardship. This role involves maintaining patient safety, ensuring compliance with precautions, evaluating and documenting patient progress, providing effective treatments, and educating patients and their families on therapy services.

Responsibilities

  • Maintains patient safety at all times.
  • Ensures compliance with precautions and documents all current precautions and changes in status.
  • Evaluates patients thoroughly and documents evaluations according to applicable guidelines, standards and policies.
  • Completes progress notes and reassessments when required and documents them according to applicable guidelines, standards and policies.
  • Provides patients with effective treatments that progress them towards their goals and documents treatments according to applicable guidelines, standards and policies.
  • Attends department meetings that take place during scheduled work hours; otherwise, reviews and signs meeting minutes.
  • Attends in services given by other staff and students that take place during scheduled work hours.
  • Responds to therapy referrals and inquiries upon receipt.
  • Reviews daily assignments/schedules with the team.
  • Provides patients, families and staff with education regarding therapy services related to the patients' needs.
  • Prepares/reviews schedule for the next day.
  • Issues charges that correspond to the services provided and the documented treatment times.

Qualifications

Required

  • Completion of a discipline appropriate degree from an accredited program/college.
  • Current or temporary Florida license.
  • Interpersonal communications skills.
  • Basic computer skills or willingness to learn.
  • Must hold current AHA BLS Healthcare Provider Completion Card prior to start date and maintain.

About Health First

Healthfirst is a leading health insurance brand in New York, offering affordable and comprehensive health insurance plans, Medicare Advantage plans, and long-term care plans. They also provide coverage for COVID-19 testing and vaccination, as well as support resources during the pandemic. With a commitment to providing access to healthcare for all, Healthfirst has become the largest not-for-profit health insurer in the state, serving a diverse range of individuals and families.

Full Job Description

*POSITION SUMMARY:*

To be fully engaged in providing Quality/No Harm, Customer Experience, and Stewardship by: providing exceptional healthcare in a professional manner.

*PRIMARY ACCOUNTABILITIES:*

*Quality/No Harm:*

* Maintains patient safety at all times.
* Ensures compliance with precautions and documents all current precautions and changes in status.
* Evaluates patients thoroughly and documents evaluations according to applicable guidelines, standards and policies.
* Completes progress notes and reassessments when required and documents them according to applicable guidelines, standards and policies.
* Provides patients with effective treatments that progress them towards their goals and documents treatments according to applicable guidelines, standards and policies.
* Attends department meetings that take place during scheduled work hours; otherwise, reviews and signs meeting minutes. Attends in services given by other staff and students that take place during scheduled work hours.

*Customer Experience:*

* Responds to therapy referrals and inquiries upon receipt.
* Reviews daily assignments/schedules with the team.
* Provides patients, families and staff with education regarding therapy services related to the patients' needs.

*Stewardship:*

* Demonstrates financial responsibility by meeting patient scheduling requirements, ensuring productivity targets are met, and utilizing their time, supplies and support staff responsibly.
* Prepares/reviews schedule for the next day.
* Issues charges that correspond to the services provided and the documented treatment times.

*QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:*

* Completion of a discipline appropriate degree from an accredited program/college.
* Current or temporary Florida license.
* Interpersonal communications skills.
* Basic computer skills or willingness to learn.
* Must hold current AHA BLS Healthcare Provider Completion Card prior to start date and maintain.

*PHYSICAL DEMANDS:*

* Knowledge and use of proper lifting and body mechanics.
* Must be able to assist in lifting, standing, supporting patients.
* Able to bend and stoop as PT care requires.
* The position requires the individual to perform lifting tasks in the following weight and frequencies:
*Lbs.* *% of the Day* *Reps/Day*
0-20 34-66 33-200
21-40 1-33 1-32
More than 40 1-33 1-32

*MENTAL DEMANDS:*

* Problem-solving ability.
* Decision-making skills.
* Able to interact with all people.
* Able to concentrate under multiple demands/time constraints.
* Able to concentrate in stressful and distracting surroundings.

**Job:** **Rehab*

**Organization:** **Cape Canaveral Hospital*

**Title:** *Physical Therapist - Rehab Services *

**Location:** *Florida - Brevard County-Cocoa Beach*

**Requisition ID:** *071999*