Physical Therapist - Post Graduate PT Training Program

Are you looking for an opportunity post-Physical Therapy program graduation to grow your orthopedic skills?

This will be a 13-month program where you will obtain 4 hours of clinical 1:1 mentoring per week as well as 32 non-mentored hours.

• Monthly journal clubs
• Monthly physician/surgery shadowing
• 2 hours of online learning modules per week (self-paced)
• Independent study of 3 hours per week

• Plan, prepare, and carry out individually designed programs of physical treatment to maintain, improve, or restore physical functioning, alleviate pain, or prevent physical dysfunction in patients;
• Review physician’s referral and patient’s medical records and confer with patient and appropriate medical practitioners to plan, implement, and assess the intervention program;
• Identify and document goals, anticipated progress, and plans for reevaluation;
• Test, measure and record in patient’s electronic medical record the patient’s strength, motor development, functional capacity, sensory perception, and respiratory and/or circulatory efficiency;
• Analyze patient progress and data, record in electronic medical record and modify interventions to achieve anticipated goals and expected outcomes, including referring to other practitioners as needed;
• Educate patients about injury prevention, ergonomics, and ways to promote health;
• Instruct patient in use of assistive devices such as wheelchairs, walkers, crutches, and canes as well as in treatment procedures to be continued at home;
• Discharge patient from physical therapy when goals or projected outcomes have been attained; provide for appropriate follow-up care or referrals;
• Participate in scheduled individual mentoring sessions with an experienced physical therapist;
• Incorporate mentor feedback to improve clinical reasoning, examination techniques, and treatment interventions;
• Attend and actively participate in didactic lectures, case discussions, journal clubs and skills laboratories;
• Complete assigned readings, clinical projects, and competency assessments within program timelines.

• Graduate of a CAPTE-accredited physical therapy program;
• Basic Life Support certification;

• Active Nevada Physical Therapy license from Nevada State Board (or eligible to obtain).