Employment Type:

Full time

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Description:

The primary purpose of your job position is to provide clinical physical therapy evaluation and treatment for program

participants, on acute, restorative or maintenance levels as needed by Day Center, Nursing Home or in-home setting.

Brand new facility! Be a part of a new start while launching your career with Trinity Health PACE.

Position Purpose: The primary purpose of this position is to provide clinical physical therapy evaluation and treatment for program participants, focusing on acute, restorative, or maintenance levels as needed in various settings.

What You Will Do:

• Evaluate, direct, plan, and treat participants with a wide variety of disabilities to help them achieve maximum functional independence.

• Assist in ordering, inventory, distribution, and maintenance of durable medical equipment for participants.

• Assess the need for adaptive Durable Medical Equipment (DME), specialized shoes, and prostheses, and make recommendations to the interdisciplinary team.

• Serve as a liaison with nursing home and assisted living staff regarding physical therapy needs of participants.

• Evaluate participants' progress, document therapy notes in medical records, and maintain quality assurance, safety, environmental, and infection control.

• Direct, supervise, perform initial and annual competencies for the Physical Therapy Assistant.

• Train staff in body mechanics, equipment use, transfers, gait patterns, and safety in performing Activities of Daily Living (ADL).

• Handle potentially infectious specimens with appropriate biohazard precautions.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in physical therapy from an accredited program.

• Current, unencumbered, active physical therapy license in the state of PACE Organization.

• Minimum one (1) year of experience working with a frail or elderly population as a physical therapist.

• CPR certification and First-aid Certification may be required.

• State of North Carolina Employee Medical Statement meeting job requirements.

• Strong communication, conflict management, decision-making, and organizational skills.

• Ability to work with minimal supervision and exercise independent judgment.

Position Highlights and Benefits:

• Day-1 Benefits (Low-cost medical, dental, and vision insurance plans).

• Opportunity to get paid daily – through DailyPay

• Paid holidays and generous Paid Time Off (PTO)

• Up to $4,000 in tuition reimbursement annually

• Discounts with major vendors; AT&T, Verizon, Ford Motor Company, General Motors, Quicken Loans.

Ministry/Facility Information: PACE of Montgomery County, part of Trinity Health PACE, provides high-quality, comprehensive care to seniors in the community. Trinity Health PACE programs offer continuous care, allowing seniors to maintain independence while receiving comprehensive care from an interdisciplinary team. Our core values: Reverence, Commitment to Those Who are Poor, Safety, Justice, Stewardship, Integrity

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Trinity Health is one of the largest not-for-profit, Catholic healthcare systems in the nation. Built on the foundation of our Mission and Core Values, we integrate diversity, equity, and inclusion in all that we do. Our colleagues have different lived experiences, customs, abilities, and talents. Together, we become our best selves. A diverse and inclusive workforce provides the most accessible and equitable care for those we serve. Trinity Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other status protected by law.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.

Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.

EOE including disability/veteran