3 Physical Therapist - 16 hrs/week Jobs in Nantucket, MA
Nantucket Cottage Hospital is Hiring a Physical Therapist - 16 hrs/week Near Nantucket, MA
Essential Job Duties And Responsibilities
- Conducts physical therapy practice within defined standards of care.
- Administers tests and measures to determine extent of patient’s impairment, patient problem list, and the prognosis for improvement.
- Designs, implements and adjusts plan of care based on patients’ functional needs, examination findings and prognosis.
- Directs support staff to ensure a positive patient experience, safe work environment and achieve patients’ functional goals.
- Provides objective, analytical documentation specific to each patient ensuring that it is clear and accurate for all visit types involved with patient care, patient/family education, and relevant communication.
- Practices the standards of physical therapy care including but not limited to use of durable medical equipment (DME), providing patient education, use of modalities, providing therapeutic procedures, and providing manual therapy.
- Participates in quality improvement efforts including but not limited to chart reviews, education programs, in-service, program development, and community events.
- Complies with hospital and departmental policies and procedures, objectives, quality improvement program, safety, environmental, and infection control standards.
- Remains up to date on licensure/certifications and enhances professional growth and development through participation in continuing education programs, in-service meetings, and workshops.
- Attends and participates in department and Hospital meetings as needed.
- Reports any hazardous conditions, practices or behaviors in the Hospital.
- Complies with hospital and departmental policies and procedures, objectives, quality improvement program, safety, environmental and infection control standards.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
- Knowledge and skills to care for the physical and developmental needs of the age groups receiving services.
- Demonstrated technical skills and judgment to function unsupervised.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills.
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.
- Ability to act with integrity, professionalism, and confidentiality.
- Ability to work independently and with a team.
- Ability to remain calm in emergency situations.
- Requires lifting, positioning, pushing, reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling, crouching and/or transferring of patients.
- Graduation from an accredited Physical Therapy program required.
- Current, valid Physical Therapist license issued by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts required OR new graduate with the ability to obtain a license prior to hire.
- BLS/CPR certification required within one week of hire. AHA & ARC accepted.
- Rotating weekend shifts with regular workweek adjustments as needed.
- Must be able to lift a minimum of 30 pounds at one time.
- Must be available to work in the case of a Hospital declared emergency.
Work LocationsNCH Nantucket Cottage Hospital
JobPhysical Therapy
OrganizationNantucket Cottage Hospital (NCH)
ScheduleFull-time
Standard Hours16
ShiftDay Job
Employee StatusRegular
Recruiting DepartmentNCH Sports Medicine & Physical Therapy
Job PostingMay 20, 2024
Job Summary
Full Time
Ambulatory Healthcare Services
$98k-116k (estimate)
05/24/2024
06/19/2024
nantuckethospital.org
NANTUCKET, MA
100 - 200
1911
$10M - $50M
Ambulatory Healthcare Services
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About Nantucket Cottage Hospital
Nantucket Cottage Hospital is a non-profit hospital that serves the residents and visitors of our island community by providing a broad range of health and wellness services. But were also so much more than that. We are your friends, neighbors and family. Our relationships with our patients dont end after an appointment or discharge. We see our patients at the grocery store, in the schools, at the ballfields, and on the ferries. Our doctors, nurses and medical professionals are part of the island community in so many ways, which makes our sense of responsibility to our patients even greater. S...ince 1911, Nantucket Cottage Hospital has cared for island residents and visitors with compassion and integrity. Today, more than 100 years since our founding, the hospital is providing more care to more people than ever before by leveraging advanced technology and forging new partnerships. Through our affiliation with Massachusetts General Hospital, we are able to give Nantucket residents and visitors the best of both worlds: the comfort and familiarity of a small, community hospital and the world-class medical resources of one of the finest hospitals in the country. From primary care to specialized medicine and surgery, Nantucket Cottage Hospital is the islands primary source for health and wellness services. And it is our relationship with and commitment to the island community that drives us to fulfill that role everyday.
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