Job Summary
Physical Therapist Outpatient — Location unspecified. This position involves providing outpatient physical therapy services to patients, focusing on therapeutic interventions designed to meet individual long-term goals. The role emphasizes safety, patient education, and collaboration within a healthcare team to promote optimal patient outcomes.
Job Details
- Certifications, Education Requirements, Degree Requirements, Location Requirements, and Years of Experience: Degree in Physical Therapist Assisting from an Accredited School, CAPTE Certified, 1+ Year of Outpatient Clinical Experience, CPR Certification, active applicable State license; no minimum experience specified.
- Schedule: Days shift, 8 hours per day, minimum 40 hours per week.
- Implements treatment goals, plans, and programs as established by the Physical Therapist.
- Assists in carrying out therapeutic interventions such as posture training, strengthening exercises, endurance/cardiac training, balance exercises, coordination exercise, joint mobility, muscle lengthening, pain relief, functional skills training, and community re-entry training.
- Trains patients in locomotion using orthotics, prosthetics, or assistive devices and demonstrates proper use and safety awareness.
- Demonstrates modalities including whirlpools, hot/cold packs, paraffin baths, TNS/respond, therapeutic pool, ultrasound, iontophoresis, fluidotherapy, air splints.
- Monitors and responds to patient responses, documents progress, and educates patients and their families.
- Ensures safety and proper equipment use, reports malfunctioning equipment, and maintains a clean treatment environment.
- Participates in team conferences, special projects, and shares current literature and case studies.
- Complies with safety, infection control, and clinic policies; maintains professional relationships with patients and staff.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
- Behavior Characteristics: Skills include patient safety emphasis, excellent communication, teamwork, and resourcefulness.
Benefits
- The benefits of taking a travel assignment with Cross Country include:
- Private housing or generous housing allowance
- Comprehensive health insurance with prescription coverage
- Dependent health insurance with prescription coverage
- Competitive salaries
- Referral bonuses
- Travel reimbursement
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Direct deposit/free checking
- Unlimited free CE credits
