WVUH Acute Care Physical Therapy Cardiopulmonary Resident

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This position is part of an organized training program to advance resident’s knowledge, skills, and abilities to become a more competent practitioner. Upon completion of the program, one shall develop competencies in areas of acute care cardiovascular and pulmonary physical therapy clinical practice management and related education/training. The resident is also responsible for a full range of physical therapy services to patients of West Virginia University Hospitals. The physical therapist resident works independently and in consultation of referring physicians with guidance of the supervisory personnel, organizing treatments to meet established criteria and proper documentation in patient’s medical records. WVU Hospitals, Physical Therapy will employ the resident providing clinical hours; WVU Division of Physical Therapy will provide the educational component.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

EDUCATION, CERTIFICATION, AND/OR LICENSURE:

1. Successful completion of DPT program.
2. Maintain a valid, unrestricted license by the West Virginia Board of Physical Therapy, or applicable state licensure where services will be performed. In the event, the participant begins the program with a temporary license, continuation of the program is contingent upon successful completion of national board examination within ninety days (90) of beginning program consistent with West Virginia Licensure law that allows a temporary license only for the time of 90 days ( In the event, the resident begins on a temporary license and fails the board examination, suspension and/or termination of residency and employment will occur).
3. Obtain certification in Basic Life Support within 30 days of hire date.

CORE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: The statements described here are intended to describe the general nature of work being performed by people assigned to this position.  They are not intended to be constructed as an all-inclusive list of all responsibilities and duties.  Other duties may be assigned.

1. Remain an active member of the Residency program until graduation (15 months).
2. Maintain an average of 30 patient care hours per week and complete at a minimum of 1500 patient care clinical hours over the course of the residency program.  A percent of the resident’s time will go toward educational component (approx. 8 hours per week) that includes residency course work, teaching within cardiopulmonary courses, IPE, and rounds. 
3. Successfully complete all clinical requirements and experiences of the residency program.
4. Successfully complete summative live-patient examinations with a minimum of 80% score.
5. Successfully complete all didactic coursework and examination that are part of the curricular requirements for the Residency program.  Residents must pass all didactic course examinations with an 80% level.
6. Successfully complete assigned classroom teaching sessions within the WVU Physical Therapy program which may include but is not limited to didactic instruction and related preparation (i.e. lectures, and the delivery of clinical correlations); teaching clinical conferences (e.g. Problem/Symptom Conferences, Clinical Conference, House Staff Conference, Morning Report Conference) to students, residents, physicians, and other health professionals; and laboratory group instruction.  Exact assignments will be reviewed at orientation and again at the beginning of each term/semester.  These may be adjusted at the direction of the Residency Program Director.  These teaching hours are a portion of the 300 educational hours built into the residency curriculum.]
7. Retention in the program involves demonstrating progress toward passing criteria for Core Competencies included in the Residency Core Competency Evaluation.  Appendix C and section on participant evaluation should be referenced for additional information. https://abptrfe.apta.org/globalassets/abptrfe/for-programs/clinical-programs/abptrfe-core-competencies-physical-therapist-resident.pdf A standard of level 4 must be achieved on 75% of indicators at the time of final summative program assessment. Progress towards passing is demonstrated by an increase in the rating of individual competencies, as well as an increase in average score at the end of each term.
8. Failure to achieve educational course standards and/or competency standards could result in probation, remediation, or dismissal from the program.  Such decisions would be made by the Program Director in conjunction wit