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Department Overview

The purpose of this position is to function as a member of the Rehabilitation Services patient care team by providing physical therapy services such as therapeutic exercise, neuromuscular reeducation, gait training, patient/family education, and various other physical modalities to assist patients in improving strength, endurance, mobility, and flexibility and to decrease pain.

This position treats neuro, ortho, medical population. Therapists are expected to supervise therapy interns and to assist with other educational and research activities conducted by the department or the hospital and meet hospital standards regarding documentation and productivity.

Function/Duties of Position

Evaluation and Treatment of Patients

• Performs individualized skilled physical therapy evaluation.
  • Including general screening for indications of other therapy disciplines & rehabilitation needs.
• Establishes treatment plan based on goals, including functional outcomes, quantitative measures and target dates.
  • Discusses goals for treatment with patient.
  • Includes family as appropriate, seeks agreement with plan and goals.
• Provides physical therapy procedures in a highly skilled and competent manor.
  • Including clear explanations to patients of purpose for selected procedures.
• Includes patient, family, caregiver training and education in treatment plan.
• Provides comprehensive handouts as indicated.
• Adjusts treatment plan specific to patient progress toward established goals.
• Supervises patient care that is delegated to exercise specialists in compliance with OAR rules for physical therapy aide.
• Provides the amount of personal direction, assistance, advice and instruction necessary to reasonably assure that the supervisee provides the patient competent physical therapy services, given the supervisor's actual knowledge of the supervisee's ability, training and experiences.
• Works closely with vendors for DME assessments and prescriptions.
• Documents evaluation, treatment plan and goals, treatment modalities and procedures in compliance with OHSU, OAR, CMS, DNV, and other 3rd party standards.
  • All charts closed within three days without reminders.
• Competently and safely demonstrates use of therapy equipment for treatment modalities and procedures.
• Ensuring skilled services by reassessing with change in status, modifying plan of care when indicated which may include a change in frequency of services, functional maintenance program, or discharge.
• Enters appropriate billing for care provided.
• Communicates with support staff to promote follow up plan of care.
• Medicare certifications and recertifications completed accurately and sent to referring provider for signature.
• Communicates with support staff, referring providers, and patient to promote Medicare compliance.
• Ensures patient has home program in place to continue after discharge.

Care Coordination/ Interdisciplinary Communications

• Communicates appropriately with all interested parties
  • Vendors, P&O, 3rd party payors.
  • May include communication to referring provider as indicated.
• Provides feedback and educates physicians, fellows, residents, and other health care providers about rehabilitation.
• Participates in interdisciplinary meetings as needed for care coordination.
• Timely communication to MCC as needed for insurance authorization requests or to clarify coverage for set treatment plan.
• Arrange for any necessary rehabilitation or home care equipment, coordinating rehab visits with another provider, writing letters of justification.
• Responds to Mychart messages in timely manner.

Departmental Operations/ Quality Improvement/ Professional Development

• Participates in ongoing professional development, mentoring and competency assessment for self and other staff.
  • Includes attending educational classes, communicates additional training needs to supervisor, attends staff meetings, assists in orientation of new staff, cross trains for other teams as needed, performs peer reviews, pursues independent learning for new developments in patient care area.
• Reports program development needs to supervisor, assists in departmental quality improvement.
• Actively works with team members, leads, and supervisor for continuous improvement of department operations as indentified.
• Responsible for self-monitoring own schedule in Epic.
• Reports schedule conflicts to supervisor and assists in problem solving for good customer service.
• Develops and/or improves patient care programs for specialty area.

Required Qualifications

• BS, BA, MS or DPT in Physical Therapy
• Current State of Oregon Physical Therapy License
• At the time of appointment must have at least a temporary permit
• Current American Heart BLS certification
• Able to perform the essential functions of the position with or without accommodation

Preferred Qualifications

• Recent experience in an Ambulatory Care Setting or intensive clinical affiliation
• Experience in post-operative orthopaedic care
• DPT

Additional Details

Environment, Phsyical Demands & Equipment Usage

Ability to lift 40 lbs., to repeatedly carry equipment weighing more than 5 lbs. and to walk extensively on

hard and soft surfaces. Frequent bending and reaching to navigate medical equipment or perform treatment is required. Requires ability to respond quickly and appropriately to urgent medical situations that may arise with high risk or unusual patient populations. Able to use keyboard and mouse frequently for documentation and communications.

May require travel between CHH1 and Beaverton location.

This position comes with fabulous benefits! Highlights include:

• Vacation - up to 208 hours per year pending length of service for full-time employees
• Sick Leave - 64 hours per year for full-time employees
• 10 paid holidays per year
• Comprehensive medical, dental & vision care plans. Covered 100% for full-time employees and 88% for dependents
• $25K of term life insurance provided at no cost to the employee
• Retirement: Choose between pension plan or employee matching voluntary savings plan
• Substantial Tri-met and C-Tran discounts
• Tuition Reimbursement
• OHSU is a non-profit organization, so we qualify for the Public Loan Forgiveness Program
• Innovative Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Employee Discounts

All are welcome