Description

Valor Healthcare is looking for a passionate Physical Therapist (PT) to join our team at the Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) in Houma, LA. In exchange for your dedication and experience, we are proud to offer a competitive salary, excellent benefits, generous time off and a weekday schedule. 

Position Summary

The Staff Physical Therapist (PT) provides assessment and treatment intervention on an independent basis across the continuum of care and services provided by across the local VA healthcare system. Responsible for the examination and treatment of patients referred to the Physical Therapy Department. Provides in-service and clinical training programs as assigned by the Supervisor of the Physical Therapy Department or Rehab Coordinator.

Benefits

• Great work lifestyle balance! No on call, weekends off, 11 federal holidays, and increasing vacations days the longer you stay with Valor. 
• Competitive pay! We offer based on experience and monitor market trends to ensure we are providing a great rate for our employees. 
• Access to Medical through Blue Cross Blue Shield, along with Dental, Vision benefits. A few different plan options for each benefits, all within affordable rates. 
• Annual performance reviews to discuss goals, raises, concerns, etc. 
• Great support system through clinic management peers, HR, Recruiting department, all the way up to the executive level. 

Responsibilities

• Maintains timely data input utilizing care plans, initial assessments and/or specialty protocols as part of an ongoing process in coordination with other key interdisciplinary staff to provide effective patient care.
• Reviews and interprets Physicians orders for accuracy and appropriateness.
• Reviews patient medical records and contacts physicians to make authorized changes required. 
• Conducts comprehensive patient examinations to identify rehabilitation problems and establish treatment goals.
• Evaluates patient response to treatment and modifies the treatment plan to provide optimum outcome.
• The PT is capable of working with patients from a wide range of ages and backgrounds to include examination and treatment of patients in outpatient, inpatient, or home-based programs.
• Demonstrates and maintains full competency in the use, pre-cleaning and/or reprocessing of reusable medical equipment. 
• Demonstrates the teaching skills required to provide education to patients, family members, caregivers, employees, students, and coworkers.
• Communicates effectively with other internal and external health care providers.
• Performs competent written documentation of initial examinations, progress notes, and discharge summaries within the mandated timelines.
• Participates in interdisciplinary care planning conferences.
• The PT continually seeks to improve knowledge and skill by reviewing current literature, participation in in-service training, presentations in literature searches, and attendance at continuing education programs.
• Competency in all general clinical functions but will also include coursework directed toward the development and improvement of clinical instruction, data collections and reporting techniques, and utilization and reporting of outcome measures.

Requirements

• Education: graduate of a masters or doctorate degree program in Physical Therapy from a college or university accredited by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE) 
• Licensure: current, full, active, and unrestricted license to practice Physical Therapy in Louisiana.
• 2 years of experience ideally in an outpatient clinical setting. 

Our mission is simple: to provide quality healthcare to America's veterans through our healing focus, indebted hearts, and tireless resolve. Valor operates more than 50 VA CBOCs in the United States as a contractor for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. We provide a full range of medical services to veterans through the operations of CBOCs, tailored to meet the specific needs of local VA medical centers. Our comprehensive set of services includes primary care, diagnostics, laboratory, telehealth, behavioral health, and more.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status.