What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Physical Therapist position at TriHealth?
Senior Physical Therapist Role
This is a Senior Physical Therapist position working in Oxford, OH, with Miami University students within the new health center space. The role offers a great opportunity for a hands-on therapist to focus on a specific musculoskeletal or post-operative patient population.
The Senior PT will carry out staff therapist duties at a proportionate level to accommodate senior responsibilities. These include participating in program development and continuous improvement, ensuring competency of staff and support personnel, managing day-to-day staffing, and facilitating discipline-specific communication and problem-solving.
Key Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree
- Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers (BLS)
- Current Ohio Licensure
- Specialization required for each senior role; experience and/or certification necessary for consideration
Job Responsibilities
- Provides comprehensive evaluation, treatment, and documentation at an advanced clinical level.
- Furthers own knowledge base, technical skills, treatment techniques, and professional development through continuing education and independent study.
- Meets departmental productivity standards, including visits/procedures and call patient coverage as needed.
- Develops staff competencies, provides guidance and feedback, and mentors staff in clinical skills.
- Works collaboratively with other seniors, determines staffing levels, and monitors individual staff caseloads.
- Contributes to department/service line program development through continuous improvement, special projects, or program development.
Working Conditions
- Climbing: Rarely
- Hearing: Conversation - Frequently; Other Sounds - Frequently
- Kneeling: Rarely
- Lifting 50 Lbs.: Rarely; <50 Lbs.: Occasionally
- Pulling: Occasionally
- Pushing: Occasionally
- Reaching: Occasionally
- Sitting: Occasionally
- Standing: Frequently
- Stooping: Occasionally
- Talking: Frequently
- Use of Hands: Frequently
- Color Vision: Frequently
- Visual Acuity: Far - Frequently; Near - Consistently
- Walking: Frequently
TriHealth SERVE Standards and ALWAYS Behaviors
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