Physical Therapist Team Lead

Physical Therapist

• Team Lead

• Sign-on Bonus:

  up to $20,000 with a three-year commitment

•

Job Title:

Physical Therapist Team LeadPrimary Location:

Mary Free Bed at

Covenant:

Gratiot RoadDepartment Name:

OutpatientEmployment Type:

Regular/ Full-timeShift:

Monday to Friday 4

• 10 hour days or 5
• 8 hour days, NO weekends

Hours of Work:

7am to 5:301:1 Patient Care Unlimited Medbridge CEUs for all part-time or full-time staff. What sets usapart?

Values-driven culture Growth Innovation Challenge Competitive Rewards Compensation Philosophy at

Mary Free Bed:

Provide total compensation to each employee that is appropriate in our marketplace and tied to individual performance. Mary Free Bed SummaryWe have the great privilege of helping patients and families re-build their lives. It's extraordinarily meaningful work and the reason we greet the day with optimism and anticipation. When patients "Ask for Mary," they experience a culture that has been sculpted for more than a century. Our hallmark is to carefully listen to patients and innovatively serve them. This is true of every employee, from support staff and leadership to clinicians and care providers.

Mary free Bed is a not-for-profit, nationally accredited rehabilitation hospital serving thousands of children and adults each year through inpatient, outpatient, sub-acute rehabilitation, orthotics and prosthetics and home and community programs. With the most comprehensive rehabilitation services in Michigan and an exclusive focus on rehabilitation, Mary Free Bed physicians, nurses and therapists help our patients achieve outstanding clinical outcomes. The growing Mary Free Bed Network provides patients throughout the state with access to our unique standard of care

Mission StatementMary Free Bed:

Restoring hope and freedom through rehabilitation.

Covenant Healthcare:

Extraordinary care for every generation. Age Specific ResponsibilityMust be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served in assigned department. Must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient's status and interpret the appropriate informationneeded to identify each patient's requirements relative to age-specific needs and to provide the care needed as described in the department's policies and procedures. SummaryResponsible for quality of patient care in all areas of assigned responsibility. Achieves and maintains an effective and harmonious multidisciplinary team of professionals through leadership, supervision, and daily management of a specific program.

Essential Job Responsibilities:

Clinical

• Provides patient care.

o Evaluates patient condition.o Establishes treatment objectives, written treatment plan, and administers treatment for each patient according to the stated objectives. Delegates responsibilities to physical therapist assistants and rehabilitation technicians as appropriate.o Re-evaluates patient's status and effects of treatment. Revises treatment plan as necessary.o Evaluates patient's need for medical equipment and orders the appropriate equipment as necessary. Evaluates equipment upon delivery and instructs patient, patient's family, and health care workers on its use.o Participates in planning for patient discharge by considering patient, family, community support/services, and environmental limitations.

• Documents patient's status and progress through initial evaluation, progress notes, and discharge summary according to established time standards.
• Communicates with others to integrate physical therapy treatment in optimizing total patient care.

o Participates in conferences/discussions and exchange of written records with other interdisciplinary team members to integrate physical therapy treatment plan.o Instructs the patient and the family in physical therapy procedures as part of the home program. Provides written instructions as necessary.o Instructs the visiting public, medical students, physicians, and other professionals in the methods of and objectives in area of expertise.

• Attends various meetings and in-services as designated.
• Functions as a patient advocate and maintains patient confidentiality.

Educational Responsibilities:

o Provides education/training of physical therapists and/or other staff in the form of in-services two times per year.o Participates in program development and/or research activities as requested.o Serves as a resource person for patient care in areas of recognized clinical expertise.o Serves as a Clinical Instructor for physical therapy students. Supervises, teaches, and evaluates skills of students. Communicates with participating universities regarding skill levels of students.

Essential Job Responsibilities:

Managerial

• Staff will provide patient care, treatment, and services within the scope of their license, certification or registration and as required by law and regulation.
• Determines staff assignments
• Monitors and managers staff time (hours, TTO, etc.) to meet productivity.o Arranges schedules to ensure appropriate coverage.o Prioritizes and grants requests for TTO.o Ensures appropriate staff rotation.o Participates with interviewing and selection of candidates for open positions.
• Ensures all staff changes and paperwork is completed daily.
• Participates with development and implementation of marketing plan for their department in cooperation with manager and the Director of Outpatient Therapy Services and the MFB.

.. For full info follow application link. Mary Free Bed is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, veteran status, disability or other legally protected characteristic.