Job Description
Job Description
More than just a job, it’s a vocation
Worker Type: Regular
Job Highlights:
Experience a rewarding blend of orthopedic and neurological rehabilitation.
Join us for growth opportunities! Mentorship is available, along with continuing education options. You can also earn additional income through our Clinical Ladder!
Choose between a 4 or 5-day work schedule.
Located just an hour from Milwaukee, Madison, and Green Bay, Fond du Lac offers a lower cost of living while still being close to various attractions.
Enjoy Lake Winnebago, numerous biking and hiking trails, local festivals, and free outdoor concerts at Thelma during the summer, among other activities!
Job Summary:
This role involves evaluating and implementing medically prescribed physical therapy treatment plans aimed at addressing movement dysfunction and alleviating pain caused by injuries, illnesses, disabilities, or other health-related issues.
Job Responsibilities and Requirements:
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Conduct initial and ongoing assessments of patients' conditions.
- Develop, modify, and assess care plans tailored to identified issues, involving patients and their families.
- Implement therapy interventions using standard physical therapy techniques suitable for each patient's condition.
- Educate patients, families, and staff by evaluating their educational needs.
- Ensure continuity of care by engaging in discharge planning with patients, families, and other healthcare professionals, providing home instructions, recommending equipment or modifications, and suggesting follow-up care as necessary.
- Supervise the activities of physical therapy assistants, students, and other support staff.
- Maintain accurate documentation detailing patient responses to therapy and the necessity for skilled interventions as required by regulatory standards.
- Work in a consistently alert and safe manner.
- Perform additional duties as assigned.
EDUCATION
- Bachelor’s, Master’s, or Doctorate degree in Physical Therapy or a related field, as required for state licensure.
EXPERIENCE
- No prior experience is necessary.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
- Regularly required to stand.
- Frequently lift, carry, and push/pull objects weighing between 0-25 lbs.
- Regularly use hearing and speech for effective oral communication.
- Frequently distinguish body sounds and detect alarms or malfunctioning equipment through hearing.
- Regularly utilize vision for both near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) distances.
- Engage in frequent walking, reaching, gripping, and data entry tasks.
- Occasionally bend, stoop, climb, kneel, sit, squat, twist, and perform repetitive movements with legs and arms.
- Occasionally lift and move objects weighing between 25-50 lbs.
- Occasionally assist in lifting or moving patients.
- Occasionally use vision to assess distances, spatial relationships, and distinguish colors.
- Occasionally drive.
- Rarely crawl.
REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS
Resuscitation Certification Requirement: Basic Life Support Healthcare Provider (BLS HCP) certification is required within 90 days of employment. Additional resuscitation certifications may be necessary depending on the department.
State of Work Location:
- Illinois: Licensed Physical Therapist - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR)
- Missouri: Physical Therapist - Missouri Division of Professional Registration
- Oklahoma: Physical Therapist - Oklahoma Medical Board
- Wisconsin: Physical Therapist (PT) - Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services
Work Shift: Day Shift (United States of America)
Job Type: Employee
Department: Therapies Physical IP
Scheduled Weekly Hours: 32
Benefits:
Our organization values its outstanding employees by providing a comprehensive benefits package tailored to meet their needs.
- Paid Parental Leave: Eligible team members receive one week of paid parental leave for newborns or newly adopted children (pro-rated based on FTE).
- Flexible Payment Options: Our voluntary benefit through DailyPay allows eligible hourly team members instant access to their earned, unpaid base pay (fees may apply) before payday.
- Upfront Tuition Coverage: We offer upfront tuition coverage through FlexPath Funded for eligible team members.
We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.