Description du poste
You will serve as Physical Therapist (Amputation Clinical Specialist) with the Physical Medicine & Rehab Services with the VA Puget Sound Healthcare System located in Seattle, Washington.
PRINCIPALES MISSIONS :
Provide direct patient care and support services to patients with amputation, who may have amputation or for whom amputation is planned. Participate in interdisciplinary Amputation Specialty Team clinics and provide other contemporaneous or asynchronous interdisciplinary care with other health care providers or in other settings in addition to Amputation Specialty Team clinic. Provide direct specialty patient care at least 25% of the time. Perform comprehensive evaluations (ROM, strength, balance, mobility, sensation, posture, etc.) and complete differential diagnosis, and screen for systemic diseases and medical conditions. Develop and implement individualized treatment plans using advanced PT techniques and Whole Health modalities as appropriate not limited to but including; therapeutic exercises, therapeutic procedures, therapeutic activities, gait training, balance training, neuromuscular re-education, manual therapy, electrical stimulation, modalities, traction, iontophoresis, biofeedback, strength/ endurance training, aquatic therapy techniques, functional mobility skills, wheelchair skills, equipment recommendations, self-care/home management training, and patient/ family education and discharge planning. Assess the need for and the patient's ability to use adaptive equipment including ambulatory assistive devices, manual wheelchairs, scooters, TENS units, etc. Re-evaluate and update treatment plans regularly, presenting patient updates during team meetings. Contribute to interdisciplinary assessments on prosthetic candidacy, functional prognosis without a prosthesis and related rehabilitation needs. Liaise with and advise other health care providers or service teams such as acute care therapists, or acute inpatient rehabilitation team for the therapy and equipment needs of patients with limb loss. Provide expertise in managing phantom limb pain and seating/wheeled mobility needs of this special population. Collect and interpret performance measures and other measures such as patient-reported outcomes. Work with all Regional Amputation Team members to ensure progression of rehabilitation and prosthetic goals not limited to but including prosthetic limb acquisition, training and adoption. Assist in coverage for Regional Amputation Center's Amputation Rehabilitation Coordinator absences for physical therapy and clinic appointments and provide care coverage to acute care, inpatient rehabilitation and outpatient units as coordinated by RAC leadership and within reasonable coordination. Perform other duties as assigned. VA Careers - Physical Therapy: https://youtube.com/embed/Gi2hoFqIoqY Work Schedule: Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM PDT. Telework: This not a telework position. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #: 000000 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized.
QUALIFICATIONS REQUISES :
To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements within the closing date of this announcement. Basic Requirements: United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy. English Language Proficiency: Individuals appointed under authority of 38 U.S.C. chapters 73 or 74, to serve in a direct patient-care capacity in VHA must be proficient in written and spoken English. See Chapter 2, section D, paragraph 5a, this part. Education and experience: The individual must meet at least one of the requirements below: Bachelor's degree in Physical Therapy AND five (5) years of progressively independent experience as a physical therapist. Master's degree in Physical Therapy AND two (2) years of progressively independent experience as a physical therapist. Doctorate degree in physical therapy
À propos de Veterans Health Administration
OUR MISSION: To fulfill President Lincoln's promise "To care for those who have served in our nation's military and for their families, caregivers, and survivors" - by serving and honoring the men and women who are America's Veterans. How would you like to become a part of a team providing compassionate whole health care to Veterans? VA Puget Sound Healthcare System (VAPSHCS) is a Level 1a major interdisciplinary teaching healthcare system with two divisions and multiple community-based outpatient clinics (CBOC). It is considered the most complex VA healthcare system nationwide. VAPSHCS has Emergency services and a full complement of specialty medical, surgical, psychiatric, critical care, and rehabilitation service-lines. VAPSHCS houses two Community Living Centers, a Spinal Cord Injury Unit, Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, Blind Rehabilitation, Domiciliary, and Home-Based Primary Care Services.