Overview

PHYSICAL THERAPIST - Home Health & Hospice...Your time at work should be fulfilling. Rewarding. Inspiring. That’s what you’ll find when you join CHI Home Health and Hospice. Experience the opportunity to provide compassionate, personalized care in the home.  Our skilled staff improve lives by providing care for our patients wherever they call home.  We are focused on caring for patients recovering from injuries, living with a chronic illness, and other medical needs. 

You’ll find challenging, rewarding work every day alongside people who have as much compassion as you. Join us and together we’ll create healthier, stronger communities. Imagine your career at Catholic Health Initiatives!

CommonSpirit Health was formed by the alignment of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health. With more than 700 care sites across the U.S. & from clinics and hospitals to home-based care and virtual care services CommonSpirit is accessible to nearly one out of every four U.S. residents. Our world needs compassion like never before. Our communities need caring and our families need protection. With our combined resources CommonSpirit is committed to building healthy communities advocating for those who are poor and vulnerable and innovating how and where healing can happen both inside our hospitals and out in the community.

Responsibilities

The person serving in the position of Physical Therapist is responsible for evaluating and treating disabilities, injuries and disease using a range of manual therapy, modalities and exercises as well as providing education and consulting services.  The Physical Therapist complies with all regulatory, professional, ethical, quality improvement and facility standards, performs charting and patient progress notes as well as supervision, training and assistance to department personnel.  The Physical Therapist serves in a multidisciplinary capacity providing services to a wide variety of populations which may include pediatric, medical/surgical, orthopedics, outpatient.  Homecare services are also provided and may increase travel frequency. 

Essential Key Job Responsibilities

Patient care including evaluation and treatment of patients referred by providersProvides appropriate supervision for Physical Therapist Assistants and support personnelCompletes documentation related to patient care in a timely mannerParticipates in and provides educational in-services for staff and providersCollaborates with healthcare team and provides professional recommendations regarding patient careParticipates in patient related care coordination activities (e.g. care conferences, etc.)Positive promotion of department and profession within hospital/clinic as well as communityOther duties as assigned by management
Qualifications

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree

Minnesota PT license

BLS certified within 6 months of start of employment

Excellent computer skills with ability to learn, understand and work with computer software

Understand how to effectively work with different personality styles and ability to prioritize team culture

Excellent time management and organizational skills – able to prioritize department/therapist needs and stay focused on completing tasks

Able to develop and maintain positive inter/intra-department relationships with colleagues and management

Preferred

Entry level masters/doctorate degree in Physical Therapy