Physical Therapist, Trinity Health, Kensington, MD
Trinity Health -
Kensington, MD,
US
Physical Therapist
Date Posted: 2024-05-20
Job description
Employment Type:
Full timeShift:
Description:
The primary purpose of your job position is to provide clinical physical therapy evaluation and treatment for program
participants, on acute, restorative or maintenance levels as needed by Day Center, Nursing Home or in-home setting.
Brand new facility! Be a part of a new start while launching your career with Trinity Health PACE.
Position Purpose: The primary purpose of this position is to provide clinical physical therapy evaluation and treatment for program participants, focusing on acute, restorative, or maintenance levels as needed in various settings.
What You Will Do:
Minimum Qualifications:
Position Highlights and Benefits:
Ministry/Facility Information: PACE of Montgomery County, part of Trinity Health PACE, provides high-quality, comprehensive care to seniors in the community. Trinity Health PACE programs offer continuous care, allowing seniors to maintain independence while receiving comprehensive care from an interdisciplinary team. Our core values: Reverence, Commitment to Those Who are Poor, Safety, Justice, Stewardship, Integrity
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
Trinity Health is one of the largest not-for-profit, Catholic healthcare systems in the nation. Built on the foundation of our Mission and Core Values, we integrate diversity, equity, and inclusion in all that we do. Our colleagues have different lived experiences, customs, abilities, and talents. Together, we become our best selves. A diverse and inclusive workforce provides the most accessible and equitable care for those we serve. Trinity Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other status protected by law.
Full timeShift:
Description:
The primary purpose of your job position is to provide clinical physical therapy evaluation and treatment for program
participants, on acute, restorative or maintenance levels as needed by Day Center, Nursing Home or in-home setting.
Brand new facility! Be a part of a new start while launching your career with Trinity Health PACE.
Position Purpose: The primary purpose of this position is to provide clinical physical therapy evaluation and treatment for program participants, focusing on acute, restorative, or maintenance levels as needed in various settings.
What You Will Do:
- Evaluate, direct, plan, and treat participants with a wide variety of disabilities to help them achieve maximum functional independence.
- Assist in ordering, inventory, distribution, and maintenance of durable medical equipment for participants.
- Assess the need for adaptive Durable Medical Equipment (DME), specialized shoes, and prostheses, and make recommendations to the interdisciplinary team.
- Serve as a liaison with nursing home and assisted living staff regarding physical therapy needs of participants.
- Evaluate participants' progress, document therapy notes in medical records, and maintain quality assurance, safety, environmental, and infection control.
- Direct, supervise, perform initial and annual competencies for the Physical Therapy Assistant.
- Train staff in body mechanics, equipment use, transfers, gait patterns, and safety in performing Activities of Daily Living (ADL).
- Handle potentially infectious specimens with appropriate biohazard precautions.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in physical therapy from an accredited program.
- Current, unencumbered, active physical therapy license in the state of PACE Organization.
- Minimum one (1) year of experience working with a frail or elderly population as a physical therapist.
- CPR certification and First-aid Certification may be required.
- State of North Carolina Employee Medical Statement meeting job requirements.
- Strong communication, conflict management, decision-making, and organizational skills.
- Ability to work with minimal supervision and exercise independent judgment.
Position Highlights and Benefits:
- Day-1 Benefits (Low-cost medical, dental, and vision insurance plans).
- Opportunity to get paid daily - through DailyPay
- Paid holidays and generous Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Up to $4,000 in tuition reimbursement annually
- Discounts with major vendors; AT&T, Verizon, Ford Motor Company, General Motors, Quicken Loans.
Ministry/Facility Information: PACE of Montgomery County, part of Trinity Health PACE, provides high-quality, comprehensive care to seniors in the community. Trinity Health PACE programs offer continuous care, allowing seniors to maintain independence while receiving comprehensive care from an interdisciplinary team. Our core values: Reverence, Commitment to Those Who are Poor, Safety, Justice, Stewardship, Integrity
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
Trinity Health is one of the largest not-for-profit, Catholic healthcare systems in the nation. Built on the foundation of our Mission and Core Values, we integrate diversity, equity, and inclusion in all that we do. Our colleagues have different lived experiences, customs, abilities, and talents. Together, we become our best selves. A diverse and inclusive workforce provides the most accessible and equitable care for those we serve. Trinity Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other status protected by law.