Job Summary:
Enjoy a rewarding career with a $10,000 sign-on bonus! This role involves evaluating and treating musculoskeletal, vascular, and neurological conditions with patient-specific therapies. You will provide education and preventive care to patients, their families, healthcare associates, and the broader community. Acting as a vital link between patients, families, physicians, nursing staff, and social services, you will ensure the seamless delivery and coordination of physical therapy services.

Essential Responsibilities:
1. Apply clinical expertise and sound judgment to care for patients across all age groups, from pediatric to geriatric, tailoring treatment plans to individual diagnoses. Deliver high-quality patient care including evaluation, treatment planning, education, safety instruction, and communication with relevant parties.
2. Operate therapeutic equipment such as ultrasound, electrical stimulation units, mechanical traction devices, exercise machines, wound care tools, and hospital beds.
3. Guide patients in the use of assistive devices, braces, orthotics, prosthetics, and orthopedic equipment.
4. Assist patients with mobility, strengthening exercises, muscle reeducation, gait training, activities of daily living, and functional training.
5. Modify physiotherapeutic techniques to accommodate patients who may have difficulty understanding verbal instructions or performing exercises independently.
6. Maintain thorough documentation of patient care in compliance with regulatory and departmental standards.
7. Engage in continuous quality improvement initiatives, including peer review and patient care evaluations. Foster excellent patient relations and maintain professional communication.
8. Collaborate effectively with intra- and interdepartmental teams to enhance patient care and customer service.
9. Supervise aides, students, and volunteers involved in therapy services.
10. Support departmental functions as assigned by leadership.
11. Participate in ongoing education and contribute to staff training efforts.

Education and Experience:
- Graduation from an accredited Physical, Occupational, or Speech Therapy program recognized by the American Physical Therapy Association, American Occupational Therapy Association, or American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
- Commitment to continuing education relevant to clinical practice.
- Active involvement in professional associations at local, state, and national levels as appropriate.
- Minimum of a Bachelor of Science degree required.

Licensure and Certifications:
- Must hold or be eligible for licensure in the applicable state.
- CPR certification required.

Work Shift: First shift, full-time (40 hours per week).

This position is located in a regional healthcare setting within the Midwest United States, offering a supportive and collaborative environment for professional growth.