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Advocate Health Care

Nonprofit health system delivering comprehensive care

Physical Therapist - Outpatient Pediatric

Rehabilitation TherapiesConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeShelby, NC, USAIn-person

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 certification is required per policy guidelines.
  • The role requires adequate corrected hearing and vision, intelligible speech, and sufficient language and cognitive skills to perform the duties.
  • The role requires sitting, standing, and walking throughout the day, with occasional climbing stairs, kneeling, twisting, bending, crouching, crawling, and reaching overhead.
  • The role requires lifting patients, equipment, or supplies up to 20 pounds frequently and 50 pounds occasionally, and rarely laterally transferring patients weighing 100 pounds.
  • The role requires demonstrating appropriate exercises and activities to patients or caregivers.
  • The role may involve exposure to hazardous chemicals or blood and body fluids, requiring personal protective equipment such as gloves, goggles, gowns, and masks.

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 findings.
  • Establish functional goals with patients and provide evidence-based interventions to meet those goals, with ongoing assessment and adjustments to 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, treatment programs, and 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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