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Covenant Health Clin Spec-PT in Powell, Tennessee
Overview
Clinical Specialist Physical Therapist, Powell Therapy Center
PRN/OCC, Variable Hours & Shifts
Covenant Health Therapy Center – Powell is a department of Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center.
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center is an award-winning, certified, and accredited facility with 541 beds. As a Joint Commission Comprehensive Stroke Center, Fort Sanders offers state-of-the art care that maximizes recovery from stroke. We are also the region’s leader in technology in areas such as bariatric surgery, robotic surgery and minimally invasive spine surgery. Our door-to-balloon times for heart attack patients are below the national average, and our hip fracture center offers advanced diagnosis, surgery and recovery procedures for hip patients.
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center is a member of Covenant Health (https://www.covenanthealth.com/) , a locally-owned, non-profit health system based in Knoxville, TN, with a “patient-focused” culture. It has been recognized by Forbes Magazine as its 2020 “Best-in-State-Employer” (https://www.covenanthealth.com/best-employers-in-tennessee-2020-forbes/) for Tennessee. The CEO of our company, Jim VanderSteeg, attends every new employee orientation and will ask you to sign our pledge of excellence to always put patients first, strive for excellence in everything we do, and make Covenant Health the first and best choice for patients in our region. As you’d expect, we offer our employees a robust benefits package (https://www.covenantcareers.com/benefits) , including: offering unmatched medical insurance, tuition reimbursement; student loan repayment assistance, certification bonuses; leadership and professional development programs; an employer-matched 401(k); and a generous Combined Time Off (CTO) program.
Position Summary:
Under general direction, plans, evaluates and implements treatment programs for physical therapy patients. While maintaining a patient load, assumes additional responsibility of program development, staff training and orientation, and consultation in area of expertise for fellow staff members.
If you have any questions please contact Recruiter: Jennifer Gordon || jgordon2@covhlth.com || 865-374-8107
Responsibilities
Advanced clinical practice – including evaluation and specialized treatment of patients.
Performs patient evaluations (initial, progress, and discharge evaluations), establishes treatment plans, makes recommendations, and sets goals in accordance with patient needs and evidence based practice.
Meets established targets for passive/active treatment ratios
Involves patient and family in treatment, education and goal setting. Coordinates with other medical personnel regarding patient’s progress, needs and discharge planning.
Demonstrates knowledge and competency including providing for age-specific needs of the population served.
Serves as resource person for staff and senior staff on an ongoing basis.
Provides 8 hours education/mentorship time per year. This includes:
Peer counseling /Mentorship
Community lectures/Volunteer
Orientation of new staff in area of specialty
In-services/Case Studies
Lunch and Learns
Development, implementation and evaluation of standards of care and evidence based practice:
- Evidence base practice protocols
Clinical outcomes analysis and communication to team
New policy development
QI/QA
Maintains and updates patient documentation in accordance with professional, departmental, organizational, and payer guidelines and timeframes. Maintains established targets for compliance with chart audits.
Meets established targets for:
Quality/outcome measures
Service/patient satisfaction measures
Financial/productivity measures
Growth/patients-per-day measures
Demonstrates leadership, including but not limited to:
Development and implementation of new and current programs.
Participates in training, orientation and supervision of support staff.
Participates in orientation of new licensed staff in area of specialty
Acts as Clinical Instructor for at least one student per year as available.
Participates in peer evaluations for competency assessment.
Assists with continuing education courses hosted by Covenant Health.
Complete partnering activities per established targets per month.
Physician office visits
Community lectures/volunteer
Case Manager visits/marketing
Provide in-services
Follows policies, procedures, and safety standards. Completes required education assignments annually. Works toward achieving goals and objectives, and participates in quality improvement initiatives as requested.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Advanced degree in specialty area
Advanced degree associated with specialty area
Professionally recognized certification in specialty area
100 hours (10.0 CEU’s) of continued education
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Job Title Clin Spec-PT
ID 3961453
Facility Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center
Department Name THERAPY CTR POWELL
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