Physical Therapist Assistant - PRN

At Mercyhealth, we focus on quality care and patient experience. Work within a health system where our referring providers and our therapy team provide great access and readily communicate and coordinate care. Our outpatient clinics provide care for various musculoskeletal and neurological diagnoses as well as post-operative care, vestibular, and more. We are currently seeking physical therapists to join our team of providers with various experiences who can provide mentoring and guidance.

• Physical Therapy is provided in personalized, on-one-one sessions, by a PT or PTA
• Professional growth supported by Mercyhealth Continuing Education, Tuition Assistance, and Certification program
• Opportunity to participate in a structured orthopedic mentorship program
• Leadership support for program growth and specialty practice development
• Clinical ladders for patient care and leadership tracks.
• We recognize the impact of direct access in delivering timely, effective, patient-centered care.
• Flexible scheduling to support work-life balance.
• Additional opportunity for inpatient weekends to meet financial goals.
• All positions include full-time benefits.
• Paid time off accrual begins on first day of your new role.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Integrates subjective and objective data to follow an established treatment plan.
• Utilizes exercise, physical agents, and manual techniques to address deficits.
• Maintains a thorough record of services provided with appropriate coding and billing.
• Communicates with other disciplines and referring providers to enhance outcomes.
• Performs thorough and timely electronic documentation
• Strengths in care delivery as evidenced by peer review feedback; consistently demonstrates advanced evaluation and treatment techniques
• Participates actively in the PI and CQI process
• Assists in the orientation, training and mentoring of new partners
• Participates in cost saving initiatives within the department
• Takes an active role in the performance improvement process
• Maintain a high standard of patient care and provide effective communication between physical therapists, assistants and the physician group
• Plans and conducts lectures and training programs on physical therapy and related topics for medical staff, students and community groups

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

Graduate of an accredited program for Physical Therapy Assistants

CERTIFICATION/LICENSURE

Licensed as a physical therapist assistant in WI, IL or both if required

CPR/BLS required within 90 days of hire

Mercyhealth offers a generous total rewards package to eligible employees including, but not limited to:

* Comprehensive Benefits Package: Mercyhealth offers a retirement plan with competitive matching contribution, comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance options, life and disability coverage, access to flexible spending plans, and a variety of other discounted voluntary benefit options.

* Competitive Compensation: Mercyhealth offers market competitive rates of pay and participates in various shift differential and special pay incentive programs.

* Paid Time Off: Mercyhealth offers a generous paid time off plan, which increases with milestone anniversaries, to allow employees the opportunity for a great work-life balance.

* Career Advancement: Mercyhealth offers a number of educational assistance programs and career ladders to support employees in their educational journey and advancement within Mercyhealth.

* Employee Wellbeing: Mercyhealth has a focus on wellbeing for employees across the organization and offers a number of tools and resources, such as an employer-sponsored health risk assessment and a Wellbeing mobile application, to assist employees on their wellbeing journey.

* Additional Benefits: Mercyhealth employees have access to our internal and external employee assistance programs, employee-only discount packages, paid parental and caregiver leaves, on-demand pay, special payment programs for patient services, and financial education to help with retirement planning.