Albany Medical Center·Town of Bethlehem, New York
Provide physical therapy services to restore function, improve mobility, relieve pain, and prevent physical disabilities in patients. Develop and implement treatment plans while maintaining accurate patient documentation and collaborating with the healthcare team.
Work Shift: Day (United States of America)
$77,075.00 - $119,466.00
Albany Medical Outpatient Physical Therapy is looking for a motivated and collaborative Physical Therapist to grow its team! If you are interested in working in a fun team environment that values collaborative care, mentorship, career growth, and excellence through evidence-based treatment, then this may be the clinic you are looking for. Our dynamic team of highly skilled clinicians has the most board-certified clinical specialists in the capital region. Our facility provides a large open gym space, private treatment rooms, and state-of-the-art equipment including the Bioness Vector, Bioness L300 Cuff, Bioness BITS, Radial Pressure Wave, and much more. Areas of clinical specialty skill or interest in Neurology and Vestibular Rehabilitation are encouraged but not required. Staff experienced in providing care in areas of Pelvic Rehabilitation and Lymphedema are encouraged to apply.
Provide services that restore function, improve mobility, relieve pain, and prevent or limit permanent physical disabilities of patients suffering from injury or disease. Restore, maintain, and promote overall fitness and health.
One (1) year clinical experience preferred in Outpatient Physical Therapy setting, but not required. Specialty or Board Certifications in varied Physical Therapy areas preferred but not required. New graduates welcome!
Competent in the performance of essential skills for any physical therapist including those addressing all systems (i.e., musculoskeletal, neurological, cardiovascular, pulmonary, integumentary, GI, and GU) and the continuum of patient/client care throughout the lifespan, as defined in department policies and procedures manual.
Examine patients’ medical histories and can test and measure the patients’ strength, range of motion, balance and coordination, posture, muscle performance, respiration, and motor function.
Apply diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.
Interpret, plans, establish and implement treatments.
Advise, consult, and teach appropriate treatment procedures and supportive activities to clients, family members, and others.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Develop plans describing a treatment strategy, its purpose, and its anticipated outcome.
Develop and analyze reports and data necessary for unit operations.
Complete and maintain necessary paperwork/case documentation to ensure accountability.
Complete and maintain necessary paperwork/case documentation to ensure accountability.
Adhere to safe work practices and procedures.
Attend and participate in staff meetings and related activities; attend workshops, conferences, and classes to increase professional knowledge; serve on committees as assigned.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily as outlined in the attached annual competency assessment. Where feasible, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the job’s essential functions.
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Calculation of percentages, mean, mode, and median.
Ability to identify problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to improve job performance through continuing education.
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, use hands to probe, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls, reach with hands and arms, and speak and hear. The employee is often required to sit and stoop, kneel, or crouch, lift, and stand for long periods of time.
In addition the employee may be required to assist patients to turn, stand, or walk. Employees frequently are required to lift patients and/or move heavy equipment of up to 100 pounds and on rare occasions may be required to lift and/or move more than 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be subject to infectious materials and chemicals (see unit specific MSDS information). The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. This job requires as an essential function that the majority of the time the employee be physically on-site as the work cannot be done from a remote location.
All job requirements listed indicate the minimum level of knowledge, skills, and/or ability deemed necessary to perform the job proficiently. This job description is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities, or requirements. Employees will be required to perform any other job-related instructions given by their supervisor subject to reasonable accommodations.
Thank you for your interest in Albany Med Health System!
Albany Med Health System is an equal opportunity employer.
This role may require access to information considered sensitive to Albany Med Health System, its patients, affiliates, and partners, including but not limited to HIPAA Protected Health Information and other information regulated by Federal and New York State statutes. Workforce members are expected to ensure that:
Access to information is based on a “need to know” and is the minimum necessary to properly perform assigned duties. Use or disclosure shall not exceed the minimum amount of information needed to accomplish an intended purpose. Reasonable efforts, consistent with Albany Med Health System policies and standards, shall be made to ensure that information is adequately protected from unauthorized access and modification.
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