Physical Therapist - Acute Care
Walla Walla, WA
TalentBurst, Inc
5x8 hrs, Days

1Y/1ST TIMER - WA LIC Acute Care PT-Req 10880

Will position float between units: Yes
Is on-call required? No
Are weekends required? Yes on occasion to help fill reg. staff
Are block schedules required? No
What are expected ratios? 8 pt: 1
Special requirements: Needs acute care experience. IPR experience would be a bonus. Needs to be self directed, team player, hard worker; WA LIC REQ
Are 48 hours approved: No

Hospital Highlights
Type of Facility: Short Term Acute Care / Level III Trauma Center
Total Staffed Beds: 104
Scrub Color: All units any color
Charting: Epic
Parking Cost: No Fee
 

ob Requirements & Qualifications

• Years of Experience:
  1 year(s)
• Patient Ratio Experience:
  1:10-12 pts/day
• Charting System:
  Required, Epic
• Teaching Hospital Experience:
  -
• Community Hospital Experience:
  Preferred
• LTAC Experience:
  -
• Trauma Level I Experience:
  -
• Trauma Level II Experience:
  -
• Travel Experience Required:
  No
• Certfications:Certs marked with * are preferred
  BLS, WA state license
• Skills:Skills marked with * are preferred

  Work Settings

  Acute Care
  Rehabilitation Hospital*

  Orthopedics

  Ankle sprains
  Cervicalgia
  Degenerative Disc Disease (DDD)
  Degenerative Joint Disease (DJD)
  Elbow injuries/tendinopathy*
  Extremity Mobilization*
  Frozen shoulder*
  Gait training
  Hip fractures/injuries
  Knee injuries/tendinopathy
  LE Amputations
  Low back pain
  Osteoarthritis
  Post op cervical surgery
  Post op shoulder repair
  Post op spinal surgery
  Prosthetic training*
  Rheumatoid Arthritis*
  Sciatica
  Spinal Conditions
  Total hip replacement
  Total knee replacement

  Assessment

  AROM/AAROM/PROM
  Arousal and Attention
  Assistive Devices*
  Body Mechanics
  Identifying Environmental Barriers
  Pain assessment
  Sensory response
  Skin integrity
  Strength testing
  Vital Sign monitoring

  Documentation

  Assessment
  Discharge
  Evaluation
  Long Term Goals
  Plan of Care
  Reassessments
  Short Term Goals
  Time Management

  Equipment and Devices

  Bed alarms
  Call lights
  Crutches
  Gait belt
  Hospital beds/Specialty Beds
  Hoyer lift
  Lower extremity prosthetics*
  Rolling Walker
  Shoulder slings
  Sit to stand lift
  Sliding boards
  Soft/Hard collars
  Specialty beds (air mattresses)
  Standard Walker
  Supplemental oxygen delivery
  Wheelchair Assessment

  Cardiopulmonary/Circulatory

  Breathing Techniques*
  Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
  Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)
  Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG)*
  Cystic fibrosis*
  Emphysema
  Myocardial Infarction (MI)
  Peripheral Vascular Disease (PVD)*

  Specialty/Patient Population

  Cardiopulmonary
  Geriatrics
  Neurology
  Orthopedics
  Vestibular*

  Neurologic

  Cognitive disorders*
  Concussion*
  Multiple Sclerosis*
  Nerve Palsy*
  Parkinson's disease
  Post Stroke Rehabilitation
  Spinal cord injury
  Traumatic Brain injury*

  Billing

  Commercial
  Medicaid
  Medicare A
  Medicare B
  Private Pay
  Workers Compensation*

  Professional Skills and Knowledge

  Home Exercise Program
  Patient family education
  Safety and injury prevention
  Signs & Symptoms physical, sexual, psychological abuse

  Additional Skills

  ICU/Medical Surgical/Lifting and transfer/Admissio
  ER*

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