OUTPATIENT PHYSICAL THERAPIST-PELVIC HEALTH SPECIALIST, Full Time

Company: Sierra Medical Center
Location: Sparks
Posted on: November 7, 2024

Job Description:

Responsibilities

When it comes to choosing a hospital, one thing is clear: quality and convenience count. Northern Nevada Medical Center's tradition of providing quality healthcare in a comfortable, accessible environment means peace of mind for the thousands of patients served by the hospital each year. Northern Nevada Medical Center is a 124-bed acute care hospital located on 23 hillside acres at 2375 E. Prater Way in Sparks, Nevada. -What we at Northern Nevada Medical Center value:--- Compassion: We treat everyone with kindness and warmth because we - genuinely care about every patient, employee and physician like they are family.--- Empathy: We put ourselves in our patient's shoes and deliver clinical care with a personalized touch.--- Teamwork: We foster a caring and friendly work environment to bring the best possible outcomes in our patient's lives.--- Quality: We strive to provide excellence in clinical care.--- Ethics: We conduct our business with the highest ethical and moral standards.--- Respect: We promise to honor the dignity, individuality and rights of everyone.--- Service Excellence: We provide personalized and professional service that exceeds the expectations of those we serve.--- Innovation: We continually invest in technology and process improvements to develop new and better ways of delivering clinical care. -Website: https://www.nnmc.com - -This Outpatient Physical Therapist-Pelvic Health opportunity is ll time @ 40 hours per week, offers full benefits and a convenient Monday - Friday dayshift schedule. - This dynamic individual will be Responsible for evaluation, planning, directing and administering physical therapy modalities of treatment as prescribed by a licensed physician. - Administers treatments and physical agents as prescribed by a referring physician in an effort to restore function and prevent disability following injury, disease or physical disability. - Assists patients to reach their maximum performance and level of functioning, while learning to live within the limits of their capabilities. - The staff therapist coordinates, delegates and supervises responsibilities assigned to supportive staff (RCNA, PTA, PTLA, aide etc.). - The staff therapist participates in operational aspects of the department, maintains performance improvement activities within the department and participates in CQI activities. - Provides input in formulating budget, assists in evaluating department performance versus budget controls and takes appropriate action to remain in budget guidelines. - Ensures that patient charges are accurate and entered on a timely basis. - Participates in all infection control, departmental equipment training and organizational safety programs. -Job Duties/Responsibilities: -

• Ability to perform an appropriate assessment on all patients as related to the therapy requested and provided and reassessments as per policy. - This includes neonate, pediatric, adolescent, geriatric patients and the general adult patient population.
• Able to assess patient pain interfering with optimal level of function or participation in rehabilitation; makes appropriate physician contact for intervention.
• Formulates a teaching plan based upon identified learning needs and evaluates effectiveness of learning, family is included in teaching as appropriate.
• Performs all aspects of patient care in an environment that optimizes patient safety and reduces the likelihood of medical/health care errors.Benefits for full and part time employees:
  • -Challenging and rewarding work environment
  • -Competitive Compensation & Generous Paid Time Off -
  • -Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plans
  • -401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan
  • -Career development opportunities within UHS and its 300+ - - - - -Subsidiaries! -
  • -More information is available on our Benefits Guest Website: -benefits.uhsguest.com - -If you would like to learn more about the position before applying, please contact Leah Webb, Recruiting Supervisor @ leah.webb@uhsinc.com. -Universal Health Services:One of the nation's largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. During the year, UHS was again recognized as one of the World's Most Admired Companies by Fortune; and listed in Forbes ranking of America's Largest Public Companies. Operating acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services located all over the U.S. States, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom. www.uhs.com - -
    Qualifications
    
    Current State Physical Therapy Licensure.Three (3) or more years of previous experience in all aspects of physical therapy, preferred.Outpatient experience required.Current BLS certification. -EEO StatementAll UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success. -Avoid and Report Recruitment Scams -At UHS and all our subsidiaries, our Human Resources departments and recruiters are here to help prospective candidates by matching skill set and experience with the best possible career path at UHSand our subsidiaries. During the recruitment process, no recruiter or employee will request financial or personal information (e.g., Social Security Number, credit card or bank information, etc.) from you via email. Our recruiters will not email you from a public webmail client like Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, etc. -If you suspect a fraudulent job posting or job-related email mentioning UHS or its subsidiaries, we encourage you to report such concerns to appropriate law enforcement. We encourage you to refer to legitimate UHS and UHS subsidiary career websites to verify job opportunities and not rely on unsolicited calls from recruiters. - -

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