Physical Therapy Mentorship Position - Temporary

Temporary – 40 Hours, Days at Hospital for Special Care in New Britain, CT, US. Full-time on site position offers great opportunities for career growth.

Position Location:

Hospital for Special Care
Scheduled Weekly

Hours:

40

Work Shift:

First Shift
Department:
Outpatient Services

• Required:
  
  Graduate from an accredited physical therapy program, with minimum Baccalaureate, Masters, or Doctorate degree per Physical Therapy Practice Act.
• Required:
  
  Current Connecticut licensure or Temp CT License
  
  Required:
  
  Valid driver's license.
• Preferred:
  Current CPR certification.
• Preferred:
  Member of the American Physical Therapy Association.
• Preferred: MHS or Doctorate in Physical Therapy

To evaluate, plan, implement, and document a goal oriented program of physical therapy interventions that facilitate optimal musculoskeletal, neuromuscular, cardiopulmonary, integumentary, physical function and health. To participate in an interdisciplinary team approach, communicating relevant information to others and providing education to staff, patients and families as necessary. To supervise and direct the physical therapy assistant, rehabilitation aide, volunteers, and affiliate physical therapist and physical therapist assistant students.

This is a temporary physical therapist mentee position. This is a structured professional development role designed to provide enhanced clinical training and mentorship. This position offers guided learning experiences to support professional growth of a newly graduated or entry level clinician while assisting with patient care needs within the department.

Ability to tolerate up to four hours of consecutive work, which may include constant standing or walking with occasional periods of sitting. Ability to safely transfer patients and provide contact guarding or hands‑on assistance. Ability to lift or carry objects up to 10 pounds continuously, to 50 pounds frequently, and over 75 pounds occasionally for patient transfer/repositioning. Ability to push/pull over 60 pounds frequently throughout the day for patient transport.

Frequent need to initiate body positional changes, such as bending and reaching and occasionally climbing, squatting, kneeling or crawling to access equipment from high and low areas and while providing treatment interventions. Functional fine and gross motor skills and upper extremity sensation needed. Intact vision needed for observation of patient's non‑verbal responses and skin assessment. Must be able to initiate and interpret communication with patient and others.

Ability to tolerate submersion in up to shoulder‑depth water from 1‑3 hours.

Job requires independent problem identification. Abstract reasoning and adaptability to new situations, changing environment and information and quick decision-making is required. A high degree of selective attention, discernment, perception and/or concentration in the presence of noise/distraction is necessary. Job requires clinical judgment to analyze and synthesize information, discriminate relevant from irrelevant information and determine prognosis and plan of care through interpretation of medical history and data gathered in evaluation.

Job requires ability to learn new techniques, apply theory to functional context, determine interventions to be used and modify plan of care to patient needs. Reading, auditory comprehension of abstraction and an ability to make inferences are also required. Job requires a high degree of writing proficiency including attention to detail, adherence to all elements of style and ability to postulate.

A working knowledge and familiarity with medical terms and definitions is required. Job requires a high level of communication skill…