Physical Therapist / PT

122094

Job Description

Join our team as a day shift, PRN, Physical Therapy-Outpatient Physical Therapist (PT) in Westwood, NJ.

Why Join Us?

Thrive in a People-First Environment and Make Healthcare Better ?

• Thrive: We empower our team with career growth opportunities and resources that support your wellness, education, and financial well-being.?
• People-First: We prioritize your well-being with a supportive, inclusive culture where you are valued and cared for.?
• Make Healthcare Better: We use advanced technology to support our team and enhance patient care.?

Get to Know Your Team: ?

• Hackensack Meridian Pascack Valley Medical Center is a 128-bed, full-service, acute-care community hospital with a new emergency department, a state-of-the-art maternity center, a women's imaging center, and an ICU.

• Physical therapists provide services that help restore function, improve mobility, relieve pain, and prevent or limit permanent physical disabilities of patients suffering from injuries or disease.
• They restore, maintain, and promote overall fitness and health.
• Their patients include anyone who suffers from physical limitation.
• Therapists examine patients medical histories and then test and measure the patients strength, range of motion, balance and coordination, posture, muscle performance, respiration, and motor function.
• They develop appropriate treatment plans to help patients achieve their goals.

Job Requirements:

• Bachelors degree.
• 1 years experience required (this requirement will be waived with a strong recommendation from an acute care or outpatient clinical affiliation).
• Current valid NJ State Physical Therapy license.
• Maintains American Heart Association Basic Life Support HCP Certification

Preferred Job Requirements:

• Masters degree or PhD in Physical Therapy.
• 2 years experience preferred.
• Experience with electronic health records a plus

Rate of pay is determined based on experience and education and may include other pay components such as differentials and call pay based on role.

With 30 hospitals and hundreds of clinics, Ardent Health Services is a premier provider of health care services, delivered with compassion for patients and their families and with respect for employees, physicians and other health professionals. Nearly half of our facilities have been recognized among healthcare’s best places to work. 

Our hospitals and health systems include; Hillcrest Health System in Oklahoma, UT Health East Texas, BSA Health System, and Seton Medical Center Harker Heights in Texas, Lovelace Health System in New Mexico, University of Kansas Health System St. Francis Campus in Kansas, Portneuf Medical Center in Idaho, as well as Hackensack Meridian Health at Pascack Valley, and Hackensack Meridian Health Mountainside hospitals in New Jersey.