Physical Therapist (Pediatrics) - Per Diem

Job Title: Physical Therapist

Location: Mountainside (MTN)

Department Name: Long Term Care Therapy

Req #: 0000231400

Status: Hourly

Shift: Day

Pay Range: $75.71 - $75.71 per hour

Pay Transparency:

The above reflects the anticipated hourly wage range for this position if hired to work in New Jersey.

The compensation offered to the candidate selected for the position will depend on several factors, including the candidate's educational background, skills and professional experience.

Job Overview:

Plans and administers physical therapy programs for patients to restore function, relieve pain, prevent disability following injury or disease within scope of practice.

Qualifications:

Required:

• Bachelors, Masters, or Doctoral Degree or higher degree with a major in Physical Therapy from an accredited program
• NJ Physical Therapy License or eligible
• American Heart Association (AHA) BLS Provider Certification
• Valid NJ Driver’s License
• Tact, initiative and judgment in the performance of duties
• Physical stamina for lifting and therapeutic handling of patients

Preferred:

• Completion of a pediatric affiliation

Certifications and Licenses Required:

• NJ Physical Therapy License or eligible
• American Heart Association (AHA) BLS Provider Certification
• Valid NJ Driver’s License

Scheduling Requirements:

• Per Diem
• Expectation to work holidays, weekends, and weekday hours as needed

Essential Functions:

• Selects, administers, and interprets assessment tools as designated in competency expectations including: History, Screening, Observations, and Evaluations as appropriated to patients
• Identifies and prioritizes time realistic functional goals for remediation, compensation, adaptation or prevention of deficits
• Selects, utilizes and evaluates the effectiveness of appropriate treatment methods as designated in competency expectations
• Applies principles of activity analysis for grading physical, perceptual cognitive and psychosocial demands to produce an optimal mesh of child's or family's abilities to meet environmental demand
• Communicates effectively with patients, families, & team in oral and written formats in both formal and nonformal situations
• As designated in competency expectations, assists in training others. This may include. Staff, PTAs, Aides, & students
• Takes responsibility for seeking supervision or consultation in relationship to clinical performance
• Actively contributes to improvement plans effectively utilizes feedback
• Meets competency expectations in explaining symptoms, prognosis and functional limitations for a variety of diagnostic groups
• Makes discharge recommendations appropriate to the child & their family in consideration of child's prognosis, role expectations, and knowledge of community resources (as designated in competency expectations)
• Meets minimum annual expected volumes
• Assigns work to and follows up for satisfactory completion of duties of physical therapy assistants, aides, orthotics technician and assists with student training
• Direct contact with patients, families, nursing, therapists and other health and education professionals. May also include community groups and universities

Other Duties:

RWJBarnabas Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer