Physical Therapist

Required Qualifications (as evidenced by an attached resume):
Doctoral degree (or foreign equivalent) in physical therapy. Two (2) years of full-time physical therapy experience. One year of full time experience with Pediatric physical therapy. Current NYS Physical Therapist license and successful completion of national certification examination. CPR certification.

Preferred Qualifications:
Accredited Clinical Instructor, experience with school based physical therapy. Medicare compliance experience.

Brief Description of Duties:
Position will provide physical therapy to patients with Duchenne/Muscular Dystrophy in our interdisciplinary clinic.

• Helps restore physical function, improve mobility, relieve pain, and prevent permanent disability. Assists in restoring, maintaining, and promoting overall fitness and health.
• Examines patients' medical histories. Tests and measures patients' strength, range of motion, balance and coordination, posture, muscle performance, respiration, and motor function.
• Determines patients' ability to be independent and regenerate into workplace or community after injury or illness.
• Develops plans describing a treatment strategy, its purposes, and its anticipated outcome. Plan often includes exercise regimens at the clinic and at home to increase flexibility, strength, or endurance. May use electrical stimulation, hot packs, cold compresses, and ultrasound relieve pain and reduce swelling.
• Teaches patients how to use assistive and adaptive devices such as crutches, prostheses, and wheelchairs.
• Documents patients' progress, conducts periodic examinations, and modifies treatments with emphasis on identification of areas requiring more/less attention
• Other duties as assigned.

Special Notes:
The Research Foundation of SUNY is a private educational corporation. Employment is subject to the Research policies and procedures, sponsor guidelines and the availability of funding. FLSA Non Exempt position, eligible for the overtime provisions of the FLSA.

For this position, we are unable to sponsor candidates for work visas.

Resume/CV and cover letter should be included with the online application.

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