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Review, collect and evaluate relevant clinical data.
Formulate and implement an appropriate patient care plan based on patient needs and best practice.
Collaborates and coordinates patients care plans with patient/family and other care providers.
Perform therapeutic procedures for clients as outlined in patient’s plan of care.
Participates in patient/family teaching.
Maintain clinical and professional competency.
Completes all documentation requirements in the established time frame.
Responsible for supervision of all care delivered by assistants or aides, communicating routinely as to patient needs/goals
Attends in service programs and departmental or hospital meetings.
Shares experience by mentoring students, new employees, volunteers and presenting in services.
Maintains involvement in department and hospital activities.
Provides feedback to the Manager.
May assist with staff competencies.
Assist in departmental planning, staff training, performance improvement, and clinical service development.
Assist with departmental productivity by fulfilling individual work responsibilities and reporting significant variances in patient volume that may require manager adjustments to staffing.
Physical Therapist - Part Time
Dch System
In-Person Tuscaloosa, AL Healthcare Weekends
Job Description
Overview
Responsible to complete all aspects of care for assigned patient load including evaluations, formulating plan of care, collaboration of care plans with patient/family/other disciplines, performing therapeutic interventions, education, and meeting all documentation requirements outlined in department
Responsibilities
DCH Standards:
- Maintains performance, patient and employee satisfaction and financial standards as outlined in the performance evaluation.
- Performs compliance requirements as outlined in the Employee Handbook
- Must adhere to the DCH Mission, Vision, and Values including creating positive relationships with patients/families, coworkers, colleagues and with self.
- Performs essential job functions in a manner that ensures the safety of patients, visitors and employees.
- Identifies and reduces unsafe practices that may result in harm to patients, visitors and employees.
- Recognizes and takes appropriate action to reduce risks and hazards to promote safety for patients, visitors and employees.
- Requires use of electronic mail, time and attendance software, learning management software and intranet.
- Must adhere to all DCH Health System policies and procedures.
- All other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
MINIMUM KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
- Current approved Alabama Board of Nursing RN license or multi-state license required or ability to obtain prior to start.
- Current American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross Basic Life Support (BLS) Provider training required.
- BSN preferred, minimum Associates required
- Must be able to read, write legibly, speak, and comprehend English.
Required within 6 months of start date: American Heart Association or American Red Cross accepted
Cardiac/Critical Care:
- ACLS
Emergency Department-both campuses:
- ACLS
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
Emergency Department – Regional Campus only:
- Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC)
Perioperative:
- ACLS
- PACU –PALS; ACLS
Women’s/Children:
- NICU –Neonatal Resuscitation (NRP)
- Labor & Delivery –ACLS, NRP, and Intermediate Fetal Monitoring
- Mother Baby Unit – NRP
- Pediatrics – PALS
Clinical Support:
- Cardiac Monitoring Unit –ACLS
Dialysis:
- ACLS
International RNs:
- Current approved Alabama Board of Nursing RN license or multi-state license required or ability to obtain prior to start.
- Current American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross Basic Life Support (BLS) Provider training required or obtain within 30 days of start date.
- BSN preferred, minimum Associates required
- Must be able to read, write legibly, speak, and comprehend English.
Working Conditions
WORK CONTEXT
- Demonstrate leadership skills
- Requires decision making that will affect others
- Responsible to achieve outcomes
- Must be able to communicate clearly and accurately
- Ability to delegate to team members and students
- Must be able to receive delegation
- Address conflict and stressful situation
- Communicate with different personalities and engage in face to face discussion
- Dealing with unpleasant or verbally/physically aggressive personalities
- Must be able to use electronic mail, telephone and texting
- Must be able to work in groups
- Must be able to perform structured and unstructured work
- Must be able to meet time pressure and time lines
- Includes possible exposure to human body fluids, disease, infection, lab chemicals and hazardous materials and/or cleaning solutions
- Requires wearing of common protective and safety equipment such as gloves, safety glasses, mask, gowns, etc.
- Schedules vary; every other weekend required. Weekends include Saturday & Sunday
PHYSICAL FACTORS
- Medium work. Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 30 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.Must be able to tolerate prolonged periods of standing and walking
- Must be able to reach reasonable distances in any direction
- Must be able to stand, walk, kneel, bend, sit and stoop
- Must be able to run in an emergency
- Must have the ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull and carry objects
- Must be able to move fingers in a coordinated manner and must be ablet o feel and perceive temperature, texture, shape and size with fingertips
- Must be able to perform the duties with or without reasonable accommodation
- Must possess stamina to work prolonged shifts
- Hearing and vision must be normal or corrected to within normal range.
- Physical presence onsite is essential.
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