_**Physical Therapist - UPMC Washington's Children Therapy Center**_ _Join our passionate team at UPMC Washington's Children Therapy Center, where we help children grow stronger through movement and play! We’re seeking a caring and motivated **Physical Therapist** to provide personalized, family-centered care in a fun, supportive environment. If you love working with kids and making a difference, we’d love to meet you!_ **Responsibilities:** + Communicates patient's status to the referring physician and other health care team members. + May serves as a clinical instructor for physical therapy students as well as residents and fellows in a specialty area of physical therapy. + Performs physical therapy assessment, reassessment and treatment and supervises physical therapist assistants in the treatment of pediatric patients referred by a physician to the clinic. + Develops plan of care including goals and treatment plan in accordance with physician referral, nature of injury/illness and results of physical therapy assessment. + Modifies or adjusts plan of care based on patient's response to treatment and/or changes in patient's status. + Rotates through selected treatment areas when necessary to facilitate organizational needs. + Maintains written documentation for all physical therapy services rendered including documentation of initial assessment, follow-up visits, and discharge summary consistent with department standards. + Provides verbal and/or written home instructions to patient and/or family members when applicable. + Schedules patients to achieve and maintain a level of productivity which meets or exceeds the standard established for the facility by the organization while ensuring delivery of quality patient care. Preferred Qualifications: Pediatric experience of at least one student clinical rotation in a pediatric setting. Preferably at least one year of pediatric experience. Schedule/Travel: This is a casual position with a flexible schedule to include at least 1 shift per week, or up to 16 hours per week, as needed to cover staff vacations or leaves. Hours of operation are 8:30AM-7:00PM Monday-Thursday and 8:00AM-6:30PM on Fridays; this position can work _up to_ 10 hours per shift. Travel between the offices in McMurray and Washington will be required- some days therapists may need to travel to both offices if needed. EDUCATIONAL/KNOWLEDGE REQUIREMENTS: + Graduate of an accredited program approved by the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA). KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES & INTERPERSONAL/LANGUAGE SKILLS: + Must possess knowledge and skills required to provide quality customer service. + Must possess knowledge of normal human growth and development over the lifespan. + Must be able to read, understand, analyze, and interpret medical record documents. + Must be skilled in planning/organization, follow up/control, delegation, problem solving, self-development orientation, organizational behaviors/competencies, and stress tolerance. + Must possess the ability to apply principles of logic and strategic thinking to a wide range of problems, and to deal with a variety of abstract and concrete variables. + Must possess effective written and verbal communication skills. + Must possess the ability to identify referral growth opportunities. + Demonstrated ability to interact with healthcare team, coworkers, supervisors, and all members of the Corporate Management Team. + Active participation with health care industry professional organizations is preferred. + May in the course of their job duties be in rooms where medications are stored. No contact with medications is allowed. **Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:** + Active license in practicing state required. + BLS required within 30 days of hire/transfer. + Physical Therapist (PT) + Act 31 Child Abuse Reporting with renewal + Act 33 with renewal + Act 34 with renewal + Act 73 FBI Clearance with renewal **UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran**