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OUTPATIENT PHYSICAL THERAPIST-PELVIC HEALTH SPECIALIST, Full Time - Sparks Nevada
Company: Sierra Medical Center
Location: Sparks, Nevada
Posted On: 11/09/2024
Responsibilities
When it comes to choosing a hospital, one thing is clear: quality and convenience count. Northern Nevada Medical Center's tradition of providing quality healthcare in a comfortable, accessible environment means peace of mind for the thousands of patients served by the hospital each year. Northern Nevada Medical Center is a 124-bed acute care hospital located on 23 hillside acres at 2375 E. Prater Way in Sparks, Nevada. -What we at Northern Nevada Medical Center value:--- Compassion: We treat everyone with kindness and warmth because we - genuinely care about every patient, employee and physician like they are family.--- Empathy: We put ourselves in our patient's shoes and deliver clinical care with a personalized touch.--- Teamwork: We foster a caring and friendly work environment to bring the best possible outcomes in our patient's lives.--- Quality: We strive to provide excellence in clinical care.--- Ethics: We conduct our business with the highest ethical and moral standards.--- Respect: We promise to honor the dignity, individuality and rights of everyone.--- Service Excellence: We provide personalized and professional service that exceeds the expectations of those we serve.--- Innovation: We continually invest in technology and process improvements to develop new and better ways of delivering clinical care. -Website: https://www.nnmc.com - -This Outpatient Physical Therapist-Pelvic Health opportunity is ll time @ 40 hours per week, offers full benefits and a convenient Monday - Friday dayshift schedule. - This dynamic individual will be Responsible for evaluation, planning, directing and administering physical therapy modalities of treatment as prescribed by a licensed physician. - Administers treatments and physical agents as prescribed by a referring physician in an effort to restore function and prevent disability following injury, disease or physical disability. - Assists patients to reach their maximum performance and level of functioning, while learning to live within the limits of their capabilities. - The staff therapist coordinates, delegates and supervises responsibilities assigned to supportive staff (RCNA, PTA, PTLA, aide etc.). - The staff therapist participates in operational aspects of the department, maintains performance improvement activities within the department and participates in CQI activities. - Provides input in formulating budget, assists in evaluating department performance versus budget controls and takes appropriate action to remain in budget guidelines. - Ensures that patient charges are accurate and entered on a timely basis. - Participates in all infection control, departmental equipment training and organizational safety programs. -Job Duties/Responsibilities: - - Ability to perform an appropriate assessment on all patients as related to the therapy requested and provided and reassessments as per policy. - This includes neonate, pediatric, adolescent, geriatric patients and the general adult patient population.
- Able to assess patient pain interfering with optimal level of function or participation in rehabilitation; makes appropriate physician contact for intervention.
- Formulates a teaching plan based upon identified learning needs and evaluates effectiveness of learning, family is included in teaching as appropriate.
- Performs all aspects of patient care in an environment that optimizes patient safety and reduces the likelihood of medical/health care errors.Benefits for full and part time employees:
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