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Advocate Health Care

Nonprofit health system delivering comprehensive care

Pelvic Physical Therapist - Outpatient Women’s Care

Rehabilitation TherapiesConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-time

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree in a Physical Therapy program is required.
  • An applicable state license for Physical Therapy is required.
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) certification is required per policy guidelines.
  • The role requires adequate hearing, vision, intelligible speech, and language and cognitive skills to perform job duties.
  • The role requires sitting, standing, and walking throughout the day, as well as the ability to climb stairs, kneel, twist, bend, crouch, crawl, and reach overhead as needed.
  • The role requires lifting patients, equipment, or supplies up to 20 pounds frequently and 50 pounds occasionally, and the rare ability to laterally transfer patients weighing 100 pounds.
  • The role requires demonstrating appropriate exercises and activities to patients and caregivers.
  • The role requires occasional use of personal protective equipment, including gloves, goggles, gowns, and masks, due to possible exposure to hazardous chemicals or blood and body fluids.

Responsibilities

  • Evaluate patients, select and administer assessment techniques, and synthesize information to establish appropriate patient care plans, including modalities, procedures, exercise programs, therapeutic groups, and patient education based on the patient's diagnosis, condition, age, and discharge needs.
  • Gather and interpret appropriate data from medical records, physician reports, patients, and families, and document the information.
  • Establish functional goals with patients and provide evidence-based interventions toward those goals, with ongoing assessment and adjustment of the plan of care as needed.
  • Document evaluations, tests, progress notes, daily treatment notes, attendance records, patient and family education, outcomes, discharge notes, and charges as needed.
  • Communicate patient evaluations and progress to physicians, referral sources, and other clinical staff; coordinate patient schedules and treatment programs; and participate in discharge planning.
  • Supervise physical therapist assistants and rehabilitation technicians or aides as required for licensure.

About the Company

Advocate Health Care

Nonprofit health system delivering comprehensive care

Advocate Health Care is a faith-based nonprofit health system serving Illinois and Wisconsin with a network of hospitals, clinics, and providers. It delivers a broad range of medical services using current techniques and ongoing research, coordinated through clinical integration. The organization offers financial advocacy and assistance to help uninsured or underinsured patients manage hospital bills. Its goal is to improve patient care and expand access by combining high-quality medical services, financial support, and a commitment to clinical excellence.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
Late Stage VC
Total funding
$18M
Headquarters
Oak Brook, IL
Founded
1976

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