Physical Therapist / PT at Hackensack Meridian Pascack Valley Medical Center
Westwood, NJ 07675
About the Job
Overview
Responsibilities
Qualifications
Join our team as a day shift, PRN, Physical Therapist in Westwood, NJ.
Fulfilling your purpose begins here:
People First, Always. Here’s how we take care of our people:
- Competitive salaries, support teams and growth opportunities.
Your team is bigger than your department:
- Hackensack Meridian Pascack Valley Medical Center is a 128-bed, full-service, acute-care community hospital with a new emergency department, a state-of-the-art maternity center, a women's imaging center, and an ICU.
- We believe healthcare is a team sport and every player has something to contribute. We show compassion, celebrate differences and treat one another with respect.
Responsibilities
- Provide services that help restore function, improve mobility, relieve pain, and prevent or limit permanent physical disabilities of patients suffering from injuries or disease
- Restore, maintain, and promote overall fitness and health.
- Examine patients’ medical histories and then test and measure the patients’ strength, range of motion, balance and coordination, posture, muscle performance, respiration, and motor function
- Develop appropriate treatment plans to help patients achieve their goals
Qualifications
Job Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree
- 1 years’ experience required (this requirement will be waived with a strong recommendation from an acute care or outpatient clinical affiliation)
- Current valid NJ State Physical Therapy license
- Maintain American Heart Association Basic Life Support HCP Certification
Preferred Job Requirements:
- Master’s degree or PhD in Physical Therapy
- 2 years’ experience
- Experience with electronic health records