CLIN SPEC-PT

Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center is a 444-bed hospital recognized for pairing clinical expertise with advanced medical technology to deliver exceptional care. As a Joint Commission Comprehensive Stroke Center, we provide leading-edge treatment for stroke recovery. Our facility also offers specialized services in bariatric surgery, robotic surgery, minimally invasive spine procedures, and advanced orthopedic care.

Fort Sanders Regional is part of Covenant Health, East Tennessee’s largest nonprofit health system and a Becker’s “ Top 150 Places to Work in Healthcare .” Covenant Health includes nine hospitals and nearly 150 service locations, offering employees a comprehensive benefits package with tuition reimbursement, student loan assistance, certification bonuses, and leadership development programs.

Position Summary:

Under general direction, plans, evaluates and implements treatment programs for physical therapy patients. While maintaining a patient load, assumes additional responsibility of program development, staff training and orientation, and consultation in area of expertise for fellow staff members.

Advanced clinical practice – including evaluation and specialized treatment of patients. Performs patient evaluations (initial, progress, and discharge evaluations), establishes treatment plans, makes recommendations, and sets goals in accordance with patient needs and evidence based practice. Involves patient and family in treatment, education and goal setting. Coordinates with other medical personnel regarding patient’s progress, needs and discharge planning. Demonstrates knowledge and competency including providing for age-specific needs of the population served.

Performs patient evaluations (initial, progress, and discharge evaluations), establishes treatment plans, makes recommendations, and sets goals in accordance with patient needs and evidence based practice.

Involves patient and family in treatment, education and goal setting. Coordinates with other medical personnel regarding patient’s progress, needs and discharge planning.

Demonstrates knowledge and competency including providing for age-specific needs of the population served.

Serves as resource person for staff and senior staff on an ongoing basis. Provides 8 hours education/mentorship time per year. This includes: Peer counseling /Mentorship Community lectures/Volunteer Orientation of new staff in area of specialty In-services/Case Studies Lunch and Learns Development, implementation and evaluation of standards of care and evidence based practice: Evidence base practice protocols Clinical outcomes analysis and communication to team New policy development QI/QA

Provides 8 hours education/mentorship time per year. This includes: Peer counseling /Mentorship Community lectures/Volunteer Orientation of new staff in area of specialty In-services/Case Studies Lunch and Learns

Peer counseling /Mentorship

Community lectures/Volunteer

Orientation of new staff in area of specialty

In-services/Case Studies

Lunch and Learns

Development, implementation and evaluation of standards of care and evidence based practice: Evidence base practice protocols Clinical outcomes analysis and communication to team New policy development QI/QA

Evidence base practice protocols

Clinical outcomes analysis and communication to team

New policy development

QI/QA

Maintains and updates patient documentation in accordance with professional, departmental, organizational, and payer guidelines and timeframes. Maintains established targets for compliance with chart audits.

Meets established targets for: Quality/outcome measures Service/patient satisfaction measures Financial/productivity measures Growth/patients-per-day measures

Quality/outcome measures

Service/patient satisfaction measures

Financial/productivity measures

Growth/patients-per-day measures

Demonstrates leadership including but not limited to: Development and implementation of new and current programs. Participates in training, orientation and supervision of support staff. Participates in orientation of new licensed staff in area of specialty Acts as Clinical Instructor for at least one student per year as available. Participates in peer evaluations for competency assessment. Assists with continuing education courses hosted by Covenant Health.

Development and implementation of new and current programs.

Participates in training, orientation and supervision of support staff.

Participates in orientation of new licensed staff in area of specialty

Acts as Clinical Instructor for at least one student per year as available.

Participates in peer evaluations for competency assessment.

Assists with continuing education courses hosted by Covenant Health.

Complete partnering activities per established targets per month. Physician office visits Community lectures/volunteer Case Manager visits/marketing Provide in-services

Physician office visits

Case Manager visits/marketing

Provide in-services

Follows policies, procedures, and safety standards. Completes required education assignments annually. Works toward achieving goals and objectives, and participates in quality improvement initiatives as requested.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Education:

None specified; however, must be sufficient to meet the standards for achievement of the below indicated license and/or certification as required by the issuing authority.

Minimum Experience:

Four (4) years of experience with a minimum of three (3) years in specialty area. Professional organization membership preferred

Licensure Requirement:

Must have and maintain Tennessee State Physical Therapy Licensure, with achievement of at least one of the following at time of hire or placement in the position:

Advanced degree in specialty area

Advanced degree associated with specialty area

Professionally recognized certification in specialty area

100 hours (10 CEU’s) of continued education