What are the responsibilities and job description for the Physical Therapist-Mountain Iron Clinic position at St. Luke's Duluth, MN?
Summary
- JOB SUMMARY
- Provide patient care consisting of evaluation, planning, treatment and documentation; will supervise Assistants, Attendants and students during provision of treatment.
- MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- Education: See Licensure/Certification/Registration requirements.
- Experience: None
- Licensure/Certification/Registration: Current State of Minnesota Physical Therapy License
- PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Education: None
- Experience: Age-Specific (e.g. Pediatrics)
- Licensure/Certification/Registration: None
- KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES
- Wound care, joint mobilization, soft tissue mobilization; ability to relate well to people of all ages, economic and ethnic backgrounds; muscle strengthening; endurance training, cardiovascular response to exercise.
- READING - Intermediate: Ability to read and interpret documents such as operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals.
- WRITING - Intermediate: Ability to write routine reports, correspondence, or procedures.
- SPEAKING - Intermediate: Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one, small group situations or before groups of customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.
- MATHEMATICAL SKILLS - Basic Skills: Ability to add and subtract two-digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's. Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume, and distance.
- REASONING ABILITY - Intermediate Skills: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
- AGE SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES - Skilled at assessment and knowledgeable of growth and development. Provides appropriate care respective to the ages of the patients served per clinical environment.
- PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND ENVIRONMENT
- PHYSICAL DEMANDS
- Inpatient Physical Therapists: Ability to lift up to fifty (50) pounds.
- Outpatient Physical Therapists (included in Inpatient Hospital Weekend Rotation): Ability to lift up to fifty (50) pounds.
- Outpatient Physical Therapists (Hibbing & Silver Bay): Ability to lift thirty (30) pounds.
- Stand - Continuously Over 2/3 (5.5 – 8 hours)
- Walk - Continuously Over 2/3 (5.5 – 8 hours)
- Sit - Frequently 1/3 to 2/3 (2.5 – 5.5 hours)
- Use hands to finger, handle, or feel - Continuously Over 2/3 (5.5 – 8 hours)
- Reach with hands and arms - Continuously Over 2/3 (5.5 – 8 hours)
- Stoop, Squat, Kneel, or Crouch - Continuously Over 2/3 (5.5 – 8 hours)
- Bending-repetitive forward - Continuously Over 2/3 (5.5 – 8 hours)
- Talk or hear - Continuously Over 2/3 (5.5 – 8 hours)
- LIFTING REQUIREMENTS
- Up to 10 pounds - Continuously Over 2/3 (5.5 – 8 hours)
- Up to 25 pounds - Continuously Over 2/3 (5.5 – 8 hours)
- Up to 35 pounds - Frequently 1/3 to 2/3 (2.5 – 5.5 hours)
- Up to 50 pounds - Occasionally Under 1/3 (1-2.5 hours)
- WORK ENVIRONMENT
- Typical Noise Level - Moderate noise (examples: business office with computers and printers, light traffic)
