Senior Physical Therapist2, 40-hour, Day

Job

Summary

Provides independent physical therapy management of patients under the direction of the Rehabilitation Services Director or designee. Provides physical therapy services in specialized patient care clinics, and assists in the development, implementation and review of departmental patient care programs.

Essential

Responsibilities

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 for physical therapy. Implements the treatment plan through direct treatment of the patient, delegates a portion of the treatment plan to appropriate supportive personnel, and coordinates the treatment program with other health care personnel as appropriate. Provides advice and

education to patient and family. Regularly reassesses clinical signs and symptoms to determine effectiveness of treatment, progress of patients 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. Participates in appropriate and approved

educational and clinical research activities in physical therapy. Participates in specialized patient care clinics outside the department. Assists in the development, implementation, and review of departmental patient care programs. Performs other

duties as needed in the areas of staff

education, departmental operations, and departmental projects. Demonstrates on-going progress toward meeting the criteria for professional practice. Acts as an instructor in patient

education classes/groups within and/or outside the department based on operational need as defined by departmental leadership. Provides a minimum of one departmental in-service per year as requested by the Rehab Director e.g. journal club presentation, regular in-service presentation. Serves as a clinical instructor to PT students as requested by the Rehab Director. Able to manage complex patients independently with minimal consultation. Kaiser Permanente conducts

compensation reviews of positions on a routine basis. At any time, Kaiser Permanente reserves the right to reevaluate and change job descriptions, or to change such positions from salaried to hourly pay status. Such changes are generally implemented only after notice is given to affected employees.

Experience

Basic

Qualifications

Minimum two (2) years of

experience in physical therapy.

Education

Graduate of an accredited physical therapy curriculum with a bachelors, masters or doctoral degree with certification in physical therapy or foreign-trained equivalent.

License, Certification, Registration

Physical Therapist License (California) required at hireBasic Life Support required at hireNational Provider Identifier required at hire

Additional

Requirements

Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.

Preferred

Qualifications

Certified Clinical Instructor for PT students, preferred.

Primary

Location: California,San Rafael,San Rafael Medical Offices 2

Shift: Day

Workdays: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri*Occ Med PT; Minimal Travel for meetings; 8:30am-5:30pm w/60 min unpaid lunch or 8:30-5 with 30 min unpaid lunch; Two

locations-SRF Occ Med Dept and SRG Occ Med Dept to allow co-

location with MD Occ Team.

Working Hours Start: 08:30 AM

Working Hours End: 05:30 PM

Job Schedule: Full-time

Job Type: Standard

Employee Group/Union Affiliation: A20|AFSCME|UNAC-UTNC-United Therapists of Northern CA

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Department: San Rafael Hospital - Occupational Medicine - 0206