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Physical Therapist-

Healthcare Provider Type : Ancillary Services (MQS)

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Matrix Providers is hiring a Physical Therapist to join our team of talented professionals who provide health care services to our Military Service Members and their families in at Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield, CA.

+ Employment Status: Full Time

+ Compensation: $ 72.95/hr

+ Schedule: Sunday - Saturday 0730-1630, 8-hour workdays not to exceed 40 hours/week.

+ Benefits: Competitive financial package with a comprehensive insurance package including health, dental, vision, and life coverage.

+ Accrued Paid Time Off (PTO)

+ Paid Holidays (Outlined in Handbook)

+ 401(k) Plan

The Physical Therapist must have and meet the following:

+ Degree: Doctoral degree in Physical Therapy from a Physical Therapy program acceptable to the USAF Surgeon General and accredited by the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education.

+ Education: Graduate from a college or university approved by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE).

+ Experience: As required to meet clinical competency requirements specified in the Service- specific credentialing instructions. Have minimum 24 months of experience within the past 36 months as a physical therapist working in an outpatient orthopedics setting and minimum 12 months of acute inpatient physical therapy experience within the past 7 years.

+ Licensure: Current, full, active, and unrestricted license to practice as a physical therapist.

Physical Therapist Core Job Duties:

+ Perform a full range of physical therapist services in accordance with the scope of clinical privileges granted by the MTF.

+ Utilizes a wide range of concepts, principles, and methodologies of the therapeutic field to provide examination, evaluation, diagnosis, prognosis, intervention, and outcome assessment for Department of Defense (DoD) beneficiaries.

+ Provide appropriate therapeutic procedures and provide a full range of therapy services in support of patient referrals and direct access (no referral).

+ Physical Therapist Position Description

+ All patient contact and care shall be safe, timely, result in achievement of realistic and documented treatment goals, and comply with or satisfy the intent of the referring medical staff (when referred).

+ Test and measure the patient's strength, motor development, sensory perception, functional capacity, and/or respiratory and circulatory efficiency. Record findings to develop or revise treatment programs.

+ Administer appropriate modalities to relieve pain, using available equipment, as well as pharmaceuticals.

+ Administer joint mobilization/manipulation and soft tissue mobilization, applying knowledge of mobilization techniques and body physiology.

+ - Instruct patient and family in therapeutic exercises and treatment plans/procedures to continue in clinic and/or at home.

+ Evaluate, fit, adjust and prescribe orthotic devices and recommend modification as required.

+ Provide documented treatment, discharge and referral recommendations to members of the staff in routine, emergency, and special cases as needed.

+ Provide input and attend rehabilitation team meetings, seminars, professional staff meetings and quality assurance meetings.

+ Participate in peer review activities.

+ Provide guidance, training, preceptorship and clinical supervision to physical therapy assistants, physical medicine technicians, interns/students and other medical providers.

+ Perform a full range of physical therapist services IAW the scope of clinical privileges granted by the MTF.

+ Plan and prepare written treatment programs based on an evaluation of the patient.

+ Administer manual exercises to improve and maintain function.

+ Instruct, motivate, and assist patients in performing various physical activities, such as non-manual exercises, ambulatory functional activities, daily-living activities, and in use of assistive and supportive devices, such as crutches, canes, and prostheses.

+ Administer soft tissue mobilization, applying knowledge of mobilization techniques and body physiology.

+ Administer traction to relieve pain, using traction equipment.

+ Record treatment, response, and progress in patient's chart and/or automated systems.

+ Coordinate treatment with physician and other staff members to obtain additional patient information, suggest revisions in treatment program and integrate physical therapy treatment with other aspects of the patient's health care. Contact referring physicians regarding patient care concerns, as required.

+ Perform prevention and wellness activities, education, screening, and promote positive health behaviors.

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