Location Detail: 435 Lewis Avenue-Midstate Med (10123)
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Serving our community since 1998, MidState Medical Center is a vibrant and progressive organization with a genuine concern for our patients, community, and employee’s alike. We’ve earned top honors for quality stroke and orthopedic care, gold level recognition for organ donation, and employing leaders in the field of cardiovascular, orthopedic and pulmonary rehabilitation, providing the highest quality level of care.
Position Description
We’re currently seeking a per diem Physical Therapist (PT) to join our inpatient, acute care team. Flexible scheduling, minimum of 2 weekend days per month, 1 holiday per year.
The Physical Therapist (PT) independently evaluates, determines treatment strategies, delivers and/or delegates services that identify, prevent, remediate, and rehabilitate acute or prolonged physical dysfunction or pain, with emphasis on physical dysfunction. This role encompasses evaluation skills and techniques, analysis of patients, and therapeutic application of physical and chemical agents, exercise and other procedures to maximize the patient's functional independence. Evaluation involves strength, motor control, joint mobility, soft tissue integrity, pain, balance, coordination, posture, cardiopulmonary function, endurance, gait and functional abilities in activities of daily living. Reporting structure is dependent upon the site in which the staff member is assigned.
- PT experience highly preferred.
- BS, MS or DPT in Physical Therapy from an accredited American Physical Therapy Association Program.
- Current licensure in the state of CT as a Physical Therapist.
Critical Success Factors
Experience in an inpatient acute care setting preferred.- Strong focus on patient satisfaction.
- Ability to work will within a team.
- Excellent customer services skills.
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Ability to solve problems and work independently with minimal direction.
- Ability to exercise independent judgment in analyzing facts and circumstances to determine plan of action to follow within the limits of accepted physical therapy practice.
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