Physical Therapist PRN

Penn State Health Rehabilitation Hospital

Penn State Health Rehabilitation Hospital, In partnership with Select Medical

Position: Physical Therapist
Location:

Make A Difference at Penn State Health Rehabilitation Hospital

Culture: Penn State Health Rehabilitation Hospital is committed to staff engagement, collaboration, and innovation. We support a dynamic interdisciplinary team with a focus on inclusion and patient success. The Therapy and nursing teams are close partners and support each other to increase patient outcomes. Our setting is designed to give each patient your full attention, with time to truly make a difference. 

State of the art technology: Specialized equipment such as a functional ADL suite, as well as the upper extremity systems.

Here, you will provide advanced treatment and comprehensive care to best address the medical, physical, emotional and vocational challenges for individuals with brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, neurological disorders, orthopedic issues, amputation, and multiples traumas.

• Performing initial and ongoing systematic patient assessment.
• Promoting continuous quality improvement.
• Teaching and counseling patients/families.
• Setting goals and developing treatment plans.
• Working cooperatively to identify and solve patient-specific and facility-wide needs.
• Participating in discharge planning for each patient, including placement, patient/family education and adaptive equipment.
• Supervising Physical Therapy Assistants, as well as supervising PT and PTA students.
• Conducting individual patient therapy regimens.
• Monitoring patient's response to treatment and modifying treatment during sessions, as needed.
• Completing appropriate documentation according to department policies and procedures.
• Participating in departmental, hospital, and community continuing education seminars and in-services.

Minimum Qualifications 

• State Licensure: Hold a current state licensure as a Physical Therapist (PT)
• Certified BLS: Possess Certified BLS or obtain it within 90 days of employment.

*Post offer employment testing (POETs) are completed as part of the onboarding process and are to be completed before an employee's first day of work.*

Equal Opportunity Employer/including Disabled/Veterans