Outpatient Physical Therapist

Melrose/Wakefield Hospital, part of the Tufts Medicine system, has been offering the highest quality and accessible healthcare to the local community for over 130 years.  With two hospital campuses, Level III Trauma Center, Level III Special Care Nursery, Breast Health Center, Cardiovascular Center and over 20 locations and 50 specialties, Melrose/Wakefield Hospital offers many opportunities to grow your career.  

If you are passionate about providing care in your local community, come join our team at Melrose/Wakefield Hospital.

Why Join Us?

• Competitive salaries

• Medical, dental, vision insurance that start on day one

• 403(b) retirement plan with company match

• Generous earned time benefits

• Tuition reimbursement

• Clinical mobility tracks

• Free on-campus parking

Location: Melrose/Wakefield Hospital - 101 Main Street - Medford, MA

Hours: 40 hours - Mon thru Friday - Days

Job Overview 

This position oversees the performance of the other clinical staff within the same discipline and assists with the ongoing development of customer/staff relations and staff development to ensure the department operates in the most customer responsive and efficient manner possible.  This position assists with daily operations of their site in the absence of the Manager or Director.  This position also evaluates, develops and implements specific treatment programs for a wide variety of individual patients according to the principles and practices of physical therapy. The therapist will be educated in evaluating and treating all age groups to help patients achieve a maximum level of function using various therapeutic exercises, activities, modalities and skills. The therapist is responsible for documenting all age-appropriate patient care treatments in the medical record to comply with the policy and procedures of the department, organization and JCAHO requirements.  May provide physical therapy coverage on a rotating bases for weekends and holidays dependent on operational need.

Minimum Qualifications

1. Bachelor’s Degree. 

2. Graduation from an approved school of physical therapy. 

3. Physical Therapy (PT) License. Licensure in NH may be required depending on assigned territory and operational need.

4. Three (3) years of clinical experience with one year in an acute care setting. 

Duties and Responsibilities

The duties and responsibilities listed below are intended to describe the general nature of work and are not intended to be an all-inclusive list.  Other duties and responsibilities may be assigned. 

1. Completes Annual Performance Assessments of the staff therapists.  Coaches and Mentors staff in clinical and customer relations areas. 

2. Oversees and organizes the Student Programs with community colleges and universities.  Organizes staff in-service schedules.  

3. Assesses, re-assesses & treats a variety of diagnoses with a high degree of professional competency & efficiency to ensure quality patient care. Able to evaluate & treat pediatric, adolescent, geriatric & the general population as appropriate for the discipline.  

4. Demonstrates knowledge of physical modalities, therapeutic exercise and other treatment skills of their discipline and expertise.  Ability to observe and evaluate treatment effect and adjust plan of care as appropriate. 

5. Interacts profession