Covenant Health

Outpatient Physical Therapist Crossville

Part Time, 48 Hours Per Pay Period, Day Shift

Covenant Health Therapy Centers Overview:

Covenant Health Therapy Centers provide exceptional physical, occupational, and speech therapy and individualized care. We are dedicated to patients receiving 1 on 1 care with their therapist to get patients better, faster. Covenant Health Therapy Centers consist of 12 outpatient therapy clinics in East Tennessee. Our core services include: orthopedic and sports medicine, neurological rehab, general deconditioning, manual therapy, balance therapy. We have many areas of specialized treatment as well: comprehensive neurological care, vestibular rehab, pelvic floor rehab, lymphedema, McKenzie therapy, LSVT Big and Loud, and certified Hand Therapy.

Position Summary: Under general supervision; plans, evaluates and implements treatment programs for physical therapy patients. Responsible for additional job responsibilities which may include: program development, clinical coordination of students, scheduling of supportive staff and coordinating continuing education requirements.

• Independent clinical practice - including evaluation and specialized treatment of patients
  • Performs patient evaluations (initial, progress, and discharge evaluations), establishes treatment plans, makes recommendations, and sets goals in accordance with patient needs and evidence based practice.
  • Meets established targets for passive/active treatment ratios
  • Involves patient and family in treatment, education and goal setting. Coordinates with other medical personnel regarding patient’s progress, needs and discharge planning.
  • Demonstrates knowledge and competency including providing for age-specific needs of the population served.
• Serves as a resource person for staff on an ongoing basis.
  • Provides 4 hours education/mentorship time per year. This includes:
  • Peer counseling/Mentorship
  • Community lectures/Volunteer
  • In-services/Case studies
  • Participates in development, implementation and evaluation of standards of care and evidence based This includes:
  • Evidence based practice protocols
  • Clinical outcomes analysis and communication to team
  • New policy development
  • QI/QA
• Maintains and updates patient documentation in accordance with professional, departmental, organizational, and payer guidelines and timeframes. Maintains established targets for compliance with chart audits.
•  Meets established target for:
  • Quality/outcome measures
  • Service/patient satisfaction measures
  • Financial/productivity measures
  • Growth/patients-per-day measures
• Demonstrates leadership including but not limited to:
  • Participates in development and implementation of new and current programs.
  • Participates in training, orientation and supervision of support staff
  • Participates in orientation of new licensed staff
  • Acts as Clinical Instructor for at least one student per year as available.
  • Participates in peer evaluations for competency assessment.
  • Assists with continuing education courses hosted by Covenant Health
  • Participates in professional organization/meetings (TPTA, APTA)
  • Volunteers for Covenant Health activities such as the marathon, golf tournament, sports physicals, employee education, etc.
• Completes partnering activities per established targets per month.
  • Physician office visits
  • Community lectures/volunteer
  • Case Manager visits/marketing
  • In-services
• Follows policies, procedures, and safety standards. Completes required education assignments annually. Works toward achieving goals and objectives, and participates in quality improvement initiatives as requested.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Education:          

None specified; however, must be sufficient to meet the standards for achievement of the below indicated license and/or certification as required by the issuing authority.

Minimum Experience:         

Two (2) years’ experience with at least one year experience in the specialty area.

Licensure Requirement:      

Current Tennessee Physical Therapy license. CPR required.