• Physical Therapist

    RWJBarnabas Health (Eatontown, NJ)


    Physical TherapistReq #:0000199494

     

    Category:Physical Therapy

     

    Status:Full-Time

     

    Shift:Day

     

    Facility:Childrens Specialized Hosp

     

    Department:Physical Therapy-OP

    Location:

    Monmouth (MNC), 200 Wyckoff Road, Eatontown, NJ 07724

    Job Overview:

    Plans and administers physical therapy programs for patients to restore function, relieve pain, prevent disability following injury or disease within scope of practice.

    Qualifications:

    Required:

    + Bachelors, Masters, or Doctoral Degree or higher degree with a major in Physical Therapy from an accredited program

    + NJ Physical Therapy License or eligible

    + American Heart Association (AHA) BLS Provider Certification

    + Tact, initiative and judgment in the performance of duties

    + Physical stamina for lifting and therapeutic handling of patients

    Preferred:

    + Completion of a pediatric affiliation

    + Orthopedic experience

    + General pediatric experience

    + Experience with outpatient orthopedics and pediatrics

    Certifications and Licenses Required:

    + NJ Physical Therapy License or eligible

    + American Heart Association (AHA) BLS Provider Certification

    Scheduling Requirements:

    + Full Time (40 hours/week)

    Essential Functions:

    + Selects, administers, and interprets assessment tools as designated in competency expectations including: History, Screening, Observations, and Evaluations as appropriated to patients

    + Identifies and prioritizes time realistic functional goals for remediation, compensation, adaptation or prevention of deficits

    + Selects, utilizes and evaluates the effectiveness of appropriate treatment methods as designated in competency expectations

    + Applies principles of activity analysis for grading physical, perceptual cognitive and psychosocial demands to produce an optimal mesh of child's or family's abilities to meet environmental demand

    + Communicates effectively with patients, families, & team in oral and written formats in both formal and nonformal situations

    + As designated in competency expectations, assists in training others. This may include. Staff, PTAs, Aides, & students

    + Takes responsibility for seeking supervision or consultation in relationship to clinical performance

    + Actively contributes to improvement plans effectively utilizes feedback

    + Meets competency expectations in explaining symptoms, prognosis and functional limitations for a variety of diagnostic groups

    + Makes discharge recommendations appropriate to the child & their family in consideration of child's prognosis, role expectations, and knowledge of community resources (as designated in competency expectations)

    + Meets minimum annual expected volumes

    + Assigns work to and follows up for satisfactory completion of duties of physical therapy assistants, aides, orthotics technician and assists with student training

    + Direct contact with patients, families, nursing, therapists and other health and education professionals. May also include community groups and universities

    Other Duties:

    RWJBarnabas Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer