Therapist / Physical Therapist / Texas / Supervisor ...
CHRISTUS Health - San Antonio, TX
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DescriptionCHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital - Westover Hills (CSRH-WH) is a 150-bed hospital serving the fastest growing area of San Antonio. Specialized care includes orthopedic and surgical services, ICU, womens services, a newborn nursery, comprehensive cardiovascular care from diagnostics to open heart surgery, vascular lab, sleep center, emergency services, the CHRISTUS Weight Loss Institute, wound care, rehabilitation, and more. The campus also boasts an Outpatient Imaging Center and three medical plazas, one of which houses our CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Family Medicine Residency Program and CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Family Health Center.Summary:Provides therapy services per appropriate discipline (Physical, Occupational, or Speech Language Pathology) to patients referred, including assessment, treatment plan development and implementation with follow-up and discharge planning. Will assist the Director/Manager in direct oversight of daily patient care operations in outpatient and/or inpatient areas of the department. Will provide staff support, staff development, ensure appropriate patient care assignments, and assist in ensuring appropriate staffing patterns for caseload. This position will constitute 60% patient care/40% administrative duty.Responsibilities:Gathers pertinent data from the chart and other caregivers, discusses with the physician as necessaryIndependently mass all patient types assignedDemonstrates ability to recognize additional needs during evaluation; exercises good judgment in decision making when requesting, scheduling, and/or performing additional testingInterprets results and formulates relevant, measurable, realistic, and attainable goalsReassess patient progress regularly per department policy or when the need arisesIdentifies appropriate equipment, discusses with patient and family, and makes appropriate referral to social service and/or vendorAble to independently complete wound assessment and develop an appropriate treatment planAble to independently design a treatment plan that addresses identified problems, deficits, and discharge needs and assist with reducing LOSActively seeks out a diagnosis mix to facilitate the ability to independently treat all diagnosis groupsDemonstrates skilled expertise when monitoring patients during treatmentAble to apply reasoning and judgment to skilled observations and report adverse reactions to the physician and/or nursing staffDemonstrates a working knowledge of modality usage and contraindicationsEnsures patient safetyOffers alternatives to the physician when appropriateKnowledgeable of available wound care supplies, current protocols, and techniquesActively seeks research-based treatments and applies them to daily treatmentExplains the role of Ward Care Specialist; provides information on what to expect and works to build rapportDetermines the education needs of the patient and familyRequirements:Master's Degree requiredBLS requiredWork Schedule:5 Days - 8 HoursWork Type: Full Time
Created: 2026-01-30