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PHYSICAL THERAPIST

Newport Hospital and Health Services · Newport, Rhode Island, US

Primary scheduled hours: 80 hours per pay period - Day shift Job Summary: Come join our strong team of therapists in a fun, low-drama environment with flexib...

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Primary scheduled hours: 80 hours per pay period - Day shift Job Summary: Come join our strong team of therapists in a fun, low-drama environment with flexible schedule options to maximize work-life balance! This position is about 95% outpatient and 5% inpatient, as all the therapists help on acute when we have cancellations or no-shows in outpatient. We enjoy 45-minute outpatient appointment slots that allow quality one-on-one care, which results in excellent patient satisfaction and many return customers. Essential Job Functions: - Knowledge of physical medicine, physical therapy modalities, anatomy, and physiology. - Knowledge of physical therapy machine operation, maintenance, and repairs of same. - Responsible for direction of the Physical Therapy Department certified staff, including Physical Therapy Assistants and Physical Therapy Aides. - Able to evaluate a patient’s condition and devise an individualized physical rehabilitation and treatment plan to enhance strength, flexibility, range of motion, motor control, and reduce any pain, discomfort and swelling the patient is experiencing. - Ability to observe and evaluate treatment effect, recommends change to physician as need...