What are the responsibilities and job description for the Physical Therapist position at Knapp Medical Center?
Overview
Knapp Medical Center, a member of the Prime Healthcare Foundation, is an award-winning team committed to our core values of quality, compassion, and community. We offer incredible opportunities to expand your horizons and be part of a community dedicated to making a difference.
We are an award-winning, not-for-profit hospital in Weslaco, Texas, specializing in emergency care, orthopedics, obstetrics and gynecology, wound care, surgery, cardiology, gastroenterology, critical care, and interventional radiology.
Our community hospital serves as the only acute care hospital in the Mid-Valley area and Weslaco's only Level III Trauma Center, Advanced Primary Stroke Center, and Level II Newborn Nursery.
We have been providing quality and compassionate healthcare to Mid-Valley residents for 60 years, employing more than 450 people and serving as one of the largest employers in the area.
Responsibilities
The Physical Therapist I provides medically prescribed consultative and therapeutic services to restore function and prevent disability in patients with musculoskeletal, cardiopulmonary, and/or integumentary disorders.
The physical therapist performs responsibilities in accordance with Physical Therapy/Hospital Policy, state and federal regulatory licensing and accrediting requirements.
Qualifications
- Bachelor/ Masters/ Doctorate/Certificate degree in Physical Therapy
- Current state Physical Therapy license
- Current BCLS (AHA) certificate upon hire and maintain current
