Physical Therapist - Inpatient Rehab - Geisinger Encompass Health

Geisinger Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital 

Be the seamless connection between your compassion and expertise and compelling, positive patient outcomes with national rehabilitation leader Encompass Health. Passionate about making a difference in the lives of others on an every-day basis, we foster a culture of compassion and collaboration and offer exceptional career resources, including opportunities for skill-building, training, education, and development. As the nationwide rehabilitation leader, we operate rehabilitation hospitals, outpatient rehabilitation hospitals, and provide home health and hospice services in 36 states and Puerto Rico. Join us in this promising role at one of our state-of-the-art facilities.

Geisinger Encompass Health is a 42 bed acute rehabilitation hospital on the campus of Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, PA.   We provide comprehensive Inpatient and Outpatient rehabilitation offering a wide base of physical rehabilitative care for orthopedic, neurologic, multi-trauma, spinal cord injury, brain injury, stroke, pulmonary and cardiac rehabilitation needs.

Our hospital has a full complement of Therapists, Nurses, Neuropsychologists and Medical staff to offer the best possible outcomes for our patients. With an average length of stay between 1-3 weeks, we have the ability to get to know our patients and their families.

We are proud of the fact that about 80% of the patients admitted to Geisinger Encompass Health are discharged directly to their homes.

Using evidence-based practice guidelines to treat our patients, we utilize our clinical outcomes to assess and improve our treatment interventions and programs. We participate in a national outcomes database, which provides benchmarks and sophisticated outcome reports to help us continually analyze and improve our patient outcomes.

As a therapist, you will use standard and advanced therapy technologies including Bioness, Interactive Metronome, Hand Mentor, SmartStep, Anodyne, and Wii.

Helping you become a better therapist is critical to our success!

The Physical Therapist provides physical therapy treatment and patient care according to hospital, state, professional and federal regulations and guidelines. In addition, the position:

- Requires effective communication skills for working with patients, families, caregivers, and departmental and interdepartmental relationships.

- Requires competency in physical therapy evaluation, assessment, care planning and treatment.

- Requires task delegation and supervision of physical therapist assistants and technicians.

- Maintains open and on-going communication with hospital departments to ensure patient, staff, and hospital needs are met. The Physical Therapist creates an environment and culture that enables the hospital to fulfill its mission by providing patient safety and patient-centered treatment.

Benefits

To attract and retain the best professionals, we offer a comprehensive and competitive Benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, 401(k), college savings plan, employee assistance program, pre-paid legal plan and much more. 

You will be paired with mentors; attend in-house as well as external educational programs. The treatment team is made up of full time therapists, nurses, social workers, pharmacists and medical staff; a great way to learn beyond your own discipline.