Qualifications: Graduate of an accredited physical therapy curriculum with a Bachelors or Masters or Doctoral degree with certification in physical therapy or foreign trained equivalent. Licensure to practice physical therapy by the State of California. American Heart Association approved BLS. National Provider Identifier (NPI) required as of May 23, 2007. Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment. Consistently demonstrates the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors necessary to provide superior and culturally sensitive service to each other, to our members, and to customers, contracted providers, and vendors.
Preferred Qualifications: Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred. Experience with post-surgical orthopedic patients. Excellent customer service skills.
Duties: Evaluates patients and interprets evaluation findings to determine the nature and extent of dysfunction. Establishes treatment goals and plans treatment to achieve established goals. Initiates discharge planning from physical therapy. Implements the treatment program through direct treatment of the patient, may delegate a portion of the treatment plan to appropriate supportive personnel, and coordination of the treatment plan with other health care personnel as appropriate. Provides advice and education to patient and family. Regularly assesses clinical signs and symptoms to determine effectiveness of treatment, progress of patient towards goals, and the need for modifying goals and treatment. Discharges patient from physical therapy when the patient has received maximum benefit from physical therapy. Provides accurate, timely documentation of physical therapy patient management. Demonstrates progress toward meeting the criteria for professional practice. Consistently supports compliance and the Principles of Responsibility (Kaiser Permanente's Code of Conduct) by maintaining the privacy and confidentiality of information, protecting the assets of the organization, acting with ethics and integrity, reporting non compliance, and adhering to applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations, accreditation and licenser requirements (if applicable), and Kaiser Permanente's policies and procedures. EEO:
Notes: Schedule varies according to department needs. Weekend and holiday coverage required. This position is in our acute care/hospital program. Every other weekend off.