Physical Therapist I

Company: Sutter Health
Location: Novato
Posted on: June 18, 2022

Job Description:

Position Overview:
Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation is a not for profit corporation that exists to provide medical services, research and education. The foundation provides the infrastructure for the delivery of physician services, and contracts with a separate corporation comprised of physicians and other care providers to deliver the clinical services. This multi-specialty foundation will provide a platform from which new physicians can be recruited to continue to provide physician services in a nonprofit, community setting. The Foundation's vision is to create a medical group that will deliver high quality, market competitive medical services.
Plans and implements specific treatment programs for individual patients according to the principles and practices of physical therapy.
Qualifications:
Education, Licensures, and Certifications:

• Graduate of an accredited school of Physical Therapy approved by the American Physical Therapy Association with MA, MS required.
• Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) degree required.
• Affiliation with the American Physical Therapy Association is preferred.
• Physical Therapist - PT eligible for licensure in California.
• Basic Life Support Certification - BLS required.
  Experience:
  
  • Experience with physical rehabilitation, either through educational affiliations or prior work association is preferred.
    Skills and Knowledge:
    
    • Language skills - ability to read, analyze and interpret professional journals, technical procedures and governmental regulations.
    • Ability to write reports, business correspondence and procedure manuals.
    • Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from managers, patients, customers and the general public.
    • Mathematical skills - ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals.
    • Ability to compute rate and percent.
    • Reasoning - ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to a wide range of intellectual and practical problems.
    • Ability to deal with nonverbal symbolism (formulas, scientific equations and graphs).
    • Ability to deal with a variety of abstract and concrete variables.
    • Ability to provide patient care to all assigned patients as prescribed by the physician.
    • Ability to reason clearly during patient evaluations, assessments and treatments.
    • Ability to handle mental stress.
      Organization:Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation
      Employee Status: Regular
      Benefits: Yes
      Position Status: Non-Exempt
      Union: No
      Job Shift: Day
      Shift Hours:8 Hour Shift
      Days of the Week Scheduled:Monday-Friday
      Weekend Requirements: Saturday
      Schedule: Full Time
      Hrs Per 2wk Pay Period:80
      Applications Accepted:All Applications Accepted
      Schedule/Shift: Full Time/ Day

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