Job Description
Job Description
Overview
Are you ready to take your career to new heights? At Concentra, you will be a vital member of our patient care team and play a crucial role in providing exceptional care to our patients. Our mission is to improve the health of America's workforce, one patient at a time. Join us at Concentra and see how your clinical competency and compassion can make a meaningful difference in the lives of the patients you serve.
Chiropractic Providers are responsible for the care, direction and progression of chiropractic treatments and patients. They are a viable member of the therapeutic rehabilitation team and will assist in department maintenance, supervision of department staff as needed and delivering the best quality care possible.
Responsibilities
- Evaluate the functioning of the neuromusculoskeletal system and the spine using systems of chiropractic diagnosis.
- Function as a member of a multi-discipline healthcare team
- Consult with and refer patients to appropriate health practitioners when necessary
- Counsel patients about general wellness, posture, nutrition, sleeping habits, stress management and other matters when necessary
- Diagnose musculoskeletal dysfunction by reviewing patients’ health and medical histories; questioning, observing and examining patients; and interpreting X-Rays.
- Maintain accurate case histories of patients
- Perform a series of manual adjustments to the spine, or other articulations of the body in order to correct the musculoskeletal system
- Advise patients about Chiropractic procedures and recommended courses of treatment
- Analyze x-rays in order to locate the sources of the patients’ difficulties and to rule out fractures or diseases as sources of problems.
Qualifications
- Licensure requirements of the state of jurisdiction
- Doctorate of Chiropractic degree from an accredited program and/or approved by Board of Chiropractic Knowledge of the principles, practices, standards and techniques of chiropractic care.
- Knowledge of organizational policies, regulations and procedures to administer chiropractic patient care.
- Knowledge of use and maintenance of equipment and instruments to administer chiropractic patient care.
- Knowledge of common contraindications and precautions in the delivery of chiropractic patient care.
- Skill in appropriate documentation and maintaining patient care records.
- Skill in time management, planning and workload control.
- Skill in identifying problems and recommending solutions.
- Skill in developing and maintaining medical quality assurance and quality control standards.
- Skill in establishing and maintaining effective communication and working relationships with management, physicians, therapists, patients, medical staff and the general public