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Physical Therapist Lead

Platte Valley Medical Center – Brighton, CO

To show our commitment to you and to assist with your transition into our organization, we will also offer up to a $10,000 and a $5,000 relocation assistance if applicable. Experience is required to receive these bonuses.

You.

You bring your body, mind, heart and spirit to your work as a Physical Therapist Lead.

Your compassion is tangible: patients feel it in the hand they hold. Families feel it in your prayers. Colleagues feel it in your support.

You know how to move fast. You know how to stay organized. You know how to have fun.

You’re equally comfortable with communication, supervising/managing, medical terminology and patient care.   

You’re great at what you do, but you want to be part of something even greater. Because you believe that while individuals can be strong, the right team is invincible.

Us.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to support our Inpatient Team. The conditions treated include orthopedic, stroke, trauma, cardiac, general medical and ICU patients needing early mobility.

Platte Valley Medical Center is a partner of SCL Health which is a nonprofit healthcare organization that focuses on person-centered care. Our 98-bed community hospital is proud to offer comprehensive, integrated care focused on holistic health. We are proud to extend the mission of SCL Health by providing care for the poor, the vulnerable, our communities and each other.

Benefits are one of the ways we encourage health for you and your family. Our generous package includes medical, dental and vision coverage. But health is more than a well-working body: it encompasses body, mind and social well-being. To that end, we’ve launched a Healthy Living program to address your holistic health. Healthy Living includes financial incentives, digital tools, tobacco cessation, classes, counseling and paid time off. We also offer financial wellness tools and retirement planning.

We.

Together we’ll align mission and careers, values and workplace. We’ll encourage joy and take pride in our integrity.

We’ll laugh at each other’s jokes (even the bad ones). We’ll hello and high five. We’ll celebrate milestones and acknowledge the value of spirituality in healing.

We’re proud of what we know, which includes how much there is to learn.

Your day.

As a Physical Therapist Lead you need to know how:

•  The Acute Care Lead Physical Therapist is someone who exhibits a high degree of clinical expertise and mentoring skills. He/She carries out the duties described below in addition to the clinical duties and job description of a staff Physical Therapist.
• The Acute Care Lead PT assists the Inpatient Rehab Supervisor with managing various clinical responsibilities including, but not necessarily limited to:  Serving as a clinical expert resource for other therapists.
• Assisting in development of staff competency tools and testing, Coordinating staff in-services and education, Helping to determine education needs and goals of the department.
•  Aiding with program development including but not limited to Early Mobility. Assisting with new employee orientation tasks As a Physical Therapist, the acute care PT lead carries out physical therapy evaluations and treatments for hospital inpatients and corresponding documentation.
• He/She participates in patient education, department budget and equipment planning, program development and department charting, charging and scheduling activities. He/She works independently with limited supervision.
• Core competencies: Compliance and computerized annual required education (Oracle Learning); additional competencies as defined by Inpatient Rehab Supervisor and/or Department Director.

Your experience.

 We hire people, not resumes. But we also expect excellence, which is why we require:

• B.S., B.A., Masters, or Doctorate degree in Physical Therapy required.
• The Acute Care Lead Therapist must hold a current license to practice physical therapy in the State of Colorado.
• CPR/BLS required by completion of the unit-specific orientation and before working independently.
• At least 3 years of experience in acute care clinical physical therapy and a relevant specialty certification preferred.

 Your next move.

Now that you know more about being a Physical Therapist Lead on our team we hope you’ll join us. At SCL Health you’ll reaffirm every day how much you love this work, and why you were called to it in the first place.

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About Intermountain Health

As the largest nonprofit health system in the Mountain West, Intermountain Health is dedicated to creating healthier communities and helping our patients and caregivers thrive. It’s time to think of health in a whole new way, and by partnering with our patients and communities, providing expert care closer to home, and making great health more affordable, we can help more people get and stay well. We proudly invest back into improving the care we deliver, and our pioneering research is making healthcare more personalized, effective, and affordable. Serving patients and communities throughout the Mountain West, primarily in Colorado, Utah, Montana, Nevada, Idaho, and Wyoming, Intermountain includes 33 hospitals, 300+ clinics, a medical group, affiliate networks, homecare, telehealth, health insurance plans, and other services - along with wholly owned subsidiaries including Select Health, Castell, Tellica Imaging, and Classic Air Medical. Our Caregiver Promise: Together, for the healthiest lives We celebrate the different perspectives, backgrounds, experiences, and identities our caregivers bring to their work every day at Intermountain. Across all areas of our i...ntegrated health system, we proudly share best practices, knowledge, and techniques to better serve our patients, communities, and each other. Here, you’ll work alongside collaborative and curious minds who will support you, encourage you, inspire you, advocate for you, and challenge you to be your very best. Our Values Our value statements are core to our culture. They reflect the behavior and attitudes that are important to us, are an agreement for how we treat each other, help us make decisions on how to act, and are a promise of what people can expect from us. Our action-oriented values, inspired and shaped by our own caregivers, speak to what it means to be part of Intermountain. - We are leaders in clinical excellence, delivering safe, best-in-quality care - We believe in what we do, living our mission every day - We serve with empathy, caring for each caregiver, patient, and member with compassion and respect - We are partners in health, collaborating to keep people well - We do the right thing, learning and acting with purpose - We are better together, building community through teamwork and belonging

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