Physical Therapist – Rehabilitation Department

Physical Therapist – Rehabilitation Department

Schedule: Full Time

Positions Available: 2

Job Location Type: On-site

Job Location: Blue Mountain Hospital, John Day, OR

As a Physical Therapist at Blue Mountain Hospital District (BMHD) you will join the rehabilitation department team that includes SLP, occupational and physical therapy services.

Inpatient/Home-Based Position

This position is primarily in the Home-Based setting. The Physical Therapist will evaluate the care plans and administer comprehensive physical therapy modalities/regimens to patients in their place of residence for the purpose of developing and restoring function through rehabilitative physical therapy as prescribed by a physician.

This position is primarily outpatient with the ability to work partial hours in inpatient care. In both settings you will work 1 on 1 with your patients and will have time built into your schedule for documentation. We encourage continuing education with a stipend each year and trainings built into our therapist’s schedules. We are looking for a PT who is passionate about their profession and providing quality care in Grant County.

Our ideal candidate will have broad experience/interest in neuro, vestibular, and ortho in the OP setting. Physical Therapist will perform duties as assigned for improving a patient’s function in skilled physical therapy care to restore patient’s function, alleviates pain, and prevents disabilities through a thorough evidence-based physical therapy evaluation, individualized plan of care, and skilled interventions. Physical therapists specialize in movement dysfunction, identifying the areas of concern and helping people to achieve their physical activity goals.

The physical therapist will be part of the interdisciplinary team within Blue Mountain Hospital District’s inpatient and transitional care and outpatient services in the Rehabilitation Services Department.

Inpatient/Home-Based Position

• Performs accurate and comprehensive assessments
• Completes OASIS data sets for “therapy only” cases.
• Ensures that changes in patients’ clinical status are communicated to other healthcare team members and HHA office staff verbally and in writing in a timely manner.
• Ensures that physician orders are communicated to other healthcare team members in a timely, accurate, and thorough manner.
• Coordinates care planning and delivery with the physician, patient and family/caregivers, other healthcare team members and HHA staff to facilitate optimal patient outcomes.
• Assesses the patient for the need for durable medical equipment as well as other adaptive equipment needs.
• Develops appropriate home exercise programs tailored to the patient’s clinical status, needs and age.
• Provide supervision and mentorship to PT assistants.
• Submits verification of completed visits in accordance with HHA policy.
• Maintains current knowledge of community resources.
• Identifies and accesses appropriate external and internal resources to meet patient and/or family needs
• Must have ability to work independently and willing to serve our patients, county-wide.
• Must have time management skills, able to set up own appointments with patients.
• May have supervisory responsibilities for a Physical Therapy Assistant.
• Performs thorough physical therapy evaluation, evidence-based plan or care, and skilled interventions, performing re-assessments and
  required paperwork in a timely manner.
• Administers physical therapy interventions specific to the patient’s need, may include manual therapy, neuromuscular re-education, gait training, therapeutic activities, therapeutic exercises for example to achieve functional goals set at evaluation.
• Assure continuation of therapeutic plan following discharge by designing home exercise programs, instruction to patients, families,
  and caregivers in physical therapy recommendations, recommending and/or providing assistive equipment.
• Coordinates care with physician referrals and directs care independently with self-referrals
• Participates easily and effectively amongst the team of medical providers, understanding and knowing the role of inpatient,
  transitional care,…