Physical Therapist

LMC Careers  
Full Time / Part Time / PRN available 
 

 

Consistently named best hospital, Lexington Medical Center dedicates itself to providing quality health services that meet the needs of its communities. Ranked #2 in the state and #1 in the Columbia metro area by U.S. News & World Report, Lexington Medical Center is the only hospital named one of the Best Places to Work in South Carolina.

 

The 607-bed teaching hospital anchors a health care network that includes five community medical centers and employs more than 8,000 health care professionals. The network includes a cardiovascular program recognized by the American College of Cardiology as South Carolina’s first HeartCARE CenterTM and an accredited Cancer Center of Excellence affiliated with MUSC Hollings Cancer Center for research and education. The network also features an occupational health center, the largest skilled nursing facility in the Carolinas, an Alzheimer’s care center and nearly 80 physician practices. Its postgraduate medical education programs include family medicine and transitional year residencies.

 

Job Summary

This primary purpose is to perform professional services that are concerned with the restoration of function and prevention of disability following trauma or disease, which may include various evaluations, exercises, modalities and splinting.  This position reports directly to the Director of Rehabilitation Services.
 

Minimum Qualifications

• Graduate of an APTA approved school of Physical Therapy with a B.S. degree or higher in Physical Therapy.
• Licensed in the State of South Carolina by the South Carolina Board of Physical Therapy

Essential Functions

• Evaluates residents, develops treatment plans and administers Physical Therapy treatments to residents, upon referral by a physician.  These services are provided to adult and geriatric residents with goal of achieving greater than 75% of billable therapy minutes per total work hours per day.
• Administers treatments designed to relieve pain, develop or restore function and maintain maximum performance using physical means such as therapeutic exercise, massage, heat, water, light, electricity balance and coordination tasks and gait training.
• Performs special tests and measurements such as muscle testing, functional ability, range of motion, neurological testing and other evidence based tests.
   

Duties & Responsibilities

• Assigns and directs Physical Therapist Assistants in their related job duties including providing supervisory treatments every seventh treatment.
• Records accurate treatment and billing data, resident progress notes, evaluation reports and discharge summaries for residents in the electronic health records.
• Consults with other professionals regarding patients Physical Therapy program to help coordinate and plan medical services.
• Attends admission family conferences to report treatment progress and education regarding treatment goals and recommendations.
• Instructs residents and their families in resident’s physical therapy home program.
• Directs Rehab Techs in their job related duties.
• Takes physician’s orders from physician offices and facility nursing staff and schedules residents for evaluation and treatments.
• Performs all other duties as assigned

We are committed to offering quality, cost-effective benefits choices for our employees and their families:

• Day ONE medical, dental and life insurance benefits 
• Health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
• Employees are eligible for enrollment into the 403(b) match plan day one.  LHI matches dollar for dollar up to 6%.
• Employer paid life insurance – equal to 1x salary
• Employee may elect supplemental life insurance with low cost premiums up to 3x salary 
• Adoption assistance
• LHI provides its full-time employees employer paid short-term disability and long-term disability coverage after 90 days of eligible employment
• Tuition reimbursement
• Student loan forgiveness

Equal Opportunity Employer
It is the policy of LMC to provide equal opportunity of employment for all individuals, and to remain compliant with applicable state and federal laws and regulations. LMC strives to provide a discrimination-free environment, and to recruit, select, on-board, and employ all employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, national origin, veteran status, or pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, including but not limited to, lactation. LMC endeavors to upgrade and promote employees from within the hospital where possible and consistent with the employee’s desires and abilities and the hospital’s needs.