Description
Fairlawn
Rehabilitation Hospital is a 110 bed
adult acute physical rehab hospital in Worcester, MA.
Our Physical Therapists are challenged with a wide variety of clinical
cases spanning many neurologic and orthopedic disease specific categories as
well as multi-trauma related injuries. Our partnership with HealthSouth and
UMass Medical provides a focus on strong rehabilitative care and the
patient base only a recognized trauma center and teaching hospital can provide.
We are currently interviewing for Per Diem Physical Therapists to
help augment services provided for weekday, weekend and early evening treatment
and patient care according to hospital, state, professional and federal
regulations and guidelines. In addition, the position:
Requires effective communication skills for working
with patients, families, caregivers, and departmental and
interdepartmental relationships.
Requires competency in physical therapy evaluation,
assessment, care planning and treatment.
Requires task delegation and supervision of physical
therapist assistants and technicians.
Maintains open and on-going communication with hospital
departments to ensure patient, staff, and hospital needs are met.
The Physical Therapist creates an
environment and culture that enables the hospital to fulfill its mission by
providing patient safety and patient-centered treatment
Who will you treat? We are an acute rehabilitation hospital setting. Typically
our therapist can expect to spend an average of 1-3 weeks with our patients
treating a wide clinical caseload such as: stroke, spinal cord injury, brain
injury, various neurological disorders, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis,
amputation, joint replacement, fractures, multiple trauma, cardiac conditions,
and pulmonary conditions. 80% of our patients are discharged directly home.
We use evidence-based practice guidelines to treat our patients.
• We utilize
our clinical outcomes to asses and improve our treatment interventions and
programs. We participate in a national outcomes database, which provides benchmarks
and sophisticated outcome reports to help us continually analyze and improve
our patient outcomes.
You will use
•standard and
advanced therapy technologies-
depending on hospital location, some equipment used such as Auto Ambulators,
Bioness, Interactive Metronome, Hand Mentor, SmartStep, Anodyne, Wii and CAPs
may be available.
Helping you become a better
therapist is critical to our success - You
will be paired with mentors; attend in-house as well as external
educational programs. The treatment team is made up of full time therapists,
nurses, social workers, pharmacists and medical staff; a great way to learn
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| Employer: |
HealthSouth
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| Post Date: |
Mar 07, 2019 |
| Profession: |
Therapy |
| Job Type: |
Physical Therapist |
| Specialty: |
None |
| Location: |
Massachusetts - Worcester |
| Job Reference: |
395927 |
| Contact Details: |
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