Physical Therapist - Galveston, Texas, United States - Shriners Children's

Description

Company Overview:
Shriners Children's is a family that respects, supports, and values each other. We are engaged in providing excellence in patient care, embracing multi-disciplinary education, and research with global impact. We foster a learning environment that values evidenced based practice, experience, innovation, and critical thinking.

Our compassion, integrity, accountability, and resilience defines us as leaders in pediatric specialty care for our children and their families.

Shriners Children's is the premier pediatric burn, orthopaedic, spinal cord injury, cleft lip and palate, and pediatric subspecialties medical center.

We have an opportunity for a PRN Physical Therapist to join our Rehab team.


Job Overview:

The Physical Therapist provides evaluation and therapy services, including direct patient care, patient/family education and transition of care, in an efficient, age-appropriate, and culturally sensitive manner upon licensed independent practitioner referral.

In this position, you will have the unique opportunity to help our patient through their journey from the moment the child is brought through the door through the time the child leaves to go home.

You'll get to help our kids grow into the new person that they want to be. You will provide evaluations and therapy services, education and training to meet the needs of our patients.

The successful candidate will get the opportunity to learn and grow in their practice by being exposed to multiple settings.

Responsibilities:
Upon receiving a licensed independent practitioner referral, implements a systematic patient examination and evaluation utilizing comprehensive compliant and safe clinical care demonstrating the philosophy of family centered care

Works with medical staff and the multidisciplinary team to design and implement individualized plans of care to meet the needs of the patient and their family.

Makes appropriate discharge plans by collaborating with patients, families and the interdisciplinary team.

Functions as a team member and develops leadership skills through activities such as mentoring and providing education to students and other professionals.

Supports risk management and compliance initiatives through accurate, thorough documentation.


Qualifications:
Education

Bachelors degree in Physical Therapy.

Certification/Licensure

licensed in state of practice

Skills

1 year physical therapy experience preferred

New graduates considered

Pediatric experience preferred