Physical Therapist / Full Time
BrightSpring Health Services
Winston-Salem, NC, USA
6/14/2022
Healthcare
Full Time
Job Description
Job Description
Overview
Make a Meaningful Impact — Wherever Life Happens
Join our Home and Community Program and practice therapy the way it was meant to be: functional, flexible, and truly life-changing.
Who We’re Looking For
We’re seeking an experienced Physical Therapist who is passionate about delivering care beyond the walls of a clinic.
You’ll thrive in this role if you:
- Love providing real-world, functional rehabilitation in homes and community settings
- Feel energized helping patients apply skills in everyday life — from cooking in their own kitchen to navigating grocery stores, restaurants, outdoor activities, school, and the workplace
- Enjoy working independently while still feeling supported by a collaborative, dynamic team of therapists
- Value creativity, autonomy, and meaningful patient connections
What You’ll Receive
We believe great clinicians deserve flexibility, support, and room to grow:
- A schedule you help design — built around your life
- Competitive Salary
- Paid driving time, travel, and mileage reimbursement
- Access to educational programs and continuing education available for Full Time employees
- Growth and advancement opportunities within a supportive organization
If you’re ready to step outside traditional therapy settings and make a lasting impact in patients’ everyday lives, we’d love to meet you.
Responsibilities
What you will do:Responsibilities listed include but not limited to:
- Perform evaluations and develop treatment plans
- Regularly re-assess effectiveness of treatment plans, attend staffing meetings and family conferences
- Perform discharge evaluations, make appropriate recommendations for home and community safety, and provide referral and education resources
- Communicate patient’s needs and progress to the treatment team, physician, person receiving services and family members
- Communicates with other disciplines to ensure collaboration, coordination of care and enhance patient outcomes
Qualifications
What you will need:
- Minimum of bachelor’s degree in Physical Therapy from a college or university with accredited Physical Therapy program
- Current, unrestricted license as Physical Therapist by state in which practicing
- Current Basic Life Support or Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation certification in accordance state regulations
- A minimum of one year’s work experience as a physical therapist preferred
- Demonstrates knowledge of rehabilitation techniques related to complex neurological injury
- Communicates effectively and professionally in verbal and written interactions
- Ability to lift 50 pounds
- Moving, lifting, or transferring of patients which may involve lifting of up to 100 pounds following safety procedures
- Duties require fine motor skills,visual acuity, and walking/ standing for extended periods
- Additional physical requirements include: pushing/pulling, bending/stooping, reaching, kneeling, and positioning frequently at times
- A health screen or examination may be required prior to assignment and periodically thereafter, depending on the specific location policy, local or state regulations to verify that he/she is physically capable of performing assigned duties with or without reasonable accommodations