Department: Physical Therapy
Schedule: Full-time 30+ hours
Shift: Day
Hours: Tuesday- Friday and 2 Weekend days per month
Req#: 19796
For more than 100 years, Southern New Hampshire Medical Center has honored our mission: to improve, maintain, and preserve the overall health and well-being of individuals living in the greater Nashua area by providing information, education, and access to exceptional health and medical care services.
We have literally been at the heart of better health for Greater Nashua. Our main downtown campus, a familiar landmark for generations, has grown along with the Gate City. Today, The Medical Center and our affiliated doctors and services extend across much of southern New Hampshire. Along with our growth has been the opportunity for many to build and enhance their careers within our organization. We encourage the professional and personal development of our employees and are proud of the workplace culture we have developed.
At Southern New Hampshire Health, we believe in the little moments and the power of small gestures. It is our desire to make every patient, family or visitor interaction meaningful.
Summary:
Provides physical therapy services to inpatients of all ages from birth through geriatrics with developmentally based exceptions (children under 17 years of age with certain neurological or developmental disorders and/or infants in the nursery or NICU).
Qualifications:
- Graduate of accredited school of Physical Therapy
- Current (or pending) licensure in physical therapy in the State of New Hampshire
- CPR certification preferred.
- Graston Certification – Outpatient PT, Lymphedema Certification helpful – Outpatient PT
- Dry Needling Certification helpful – Outpatient PT preferred.
- Understanding of professional code of ethics and standards of practice.
- Ability to perform evaluation and treatment procedures related to job.
- Possesses time management skills. Possesses excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Basic computer skills.
- Sufficient strength, mobility, visual and auditory acuity to ably guard and potentially support patients while ambulating on flat surfaces and stairs.
- Sufficient dexterity and psychomotor skills to operate common PT/OT equipment as needed.
- Physical and emotional ability to respond rationally to emergency patient care needs e.g., initiate evacuation procedures.
- Cognitive ability to observe, perform, interpret and analyze evaluations and treatments as they relate to patient care.
- Ability to manage time and priorities effectively.
- Ability to work in demanding, stressful environment with sufficient concentration to complete patient treatment goals even with interruptions and distractions.
- Demonstrates professional conduct, appearance, and communication.
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, disability status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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