Physical Therapist FT

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Seeking Emergency Department Physical Therapist! Full-time, first shift, M-F, start time TBD. Requires 1 holiday and weekend rotation. An Emergency Department Physical Therapist (PT) provides specialized physical therapy services in a fast-paced acute care setting, focusing on patients with emergent musculoskeletal, neurological, or cardiopulmonary issues. Key responsibilities include bedside evaluation, non-pharmacological pain management, prescribing assistive devices, providing education, facilitating safe discharge, and collaborating with the interdisciplinary team to optimize patient outcomes, reduce hospital admissions, and improve overall ED efficiency. Core Responsibilities Patient Evaluation: Perform bedside assessments and evaluations for patients presenting with acute musculoskeletal, neurological, vestibular, or cardiopulmonary dysfunctions. Direct Intervention: Provide direct physical therapy interventions, including manual therapy, therapeutic exercises, and patient education on injury management and pain reduction. Mobility & Safety: Instruct patients in bed mobility, transfers, and safe use of assistive devices to improve functional mobility and prevent falls. Pain Management: Utilize non-pharmacological methods, such as heat, ice, and compression, to manage pain and reduce reliance on medication. Discharge Planning: Assist in discharge planning by evaluating patient mobility and safety for home or further care, coordinating with community resources, and providing patient and family education. Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Work with other healthcare professionals, including nurses and physicians, to contribute to diagnostic clarity, treatment plan development, and disposition decisions. Key Skills & Competencies Advanced Clinical Reasoning: Ability to quickly and accurately assess patient conditions in an acute setting and develop appropriate treatment plans. Strong Communication: Effective communication skills to work with patients, families, and the interdisciplinary team. Position/Opportunity Highlights: Opportunity to work in part of a multi-disciplinary team Opportunity to work in a Regional, Non-Profit Hospital Opportunity to work for an organization that promotes continued education Qualifications: Master's or higher Indiana license to practice physical therapy. American Heart Association's BLS for Healthcare Providers required We offer competitive salaries and excellent benefits. We are conveniently located 10 minutes from downtown Louisville at 1850 State Street, New Albany, IN 47150. EOE. Work Experience Education If you would like to be part of a growing family focused on supporting clinical excellence, teamwork and innovation, we urge you to apply now! Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of 10 hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 470 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics. Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates two joint venture hospitals: the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana, and the Baptist Health Rehabilitation Hospital, a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation facility with Encompass Health, based in Birmingham, Alabama. Baptist Health employs more than 24,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states. Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence. Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has more than 1,820 employed providers offering care in 78 specialties, including approximately 862 physicians and 958 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians. EEO Statement: Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and seeks to employ individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, religious or political beliefs, protected veteran status, employment status or any other protected class identified in any federal, state, or local law. Baptist Health specifically encourages minority, female, disabled, veteran and other candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply and strengthen our team. Please note that Baptist Health is a drug-free workplace and employment with Baptist Health is subject to post offer, pre-employment drug testing. NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMATION AND ACCESSIBILITY TO SERVICES Persons with hearing and speech impairments can contact Baptist Health facilities by using the Kentucky Relay Service, a toll-free telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD). For voice to TDD, call 800.648.6057. 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