Clinical Specialist — Medical Rehab

Join the Cleveland Clinic team, where you will work alongside passionate caregivers and provide patient-first healthcare. Cleveland Clinic is recognized as one of the top hospitals in the nation. At Cleveland Clinic, you will work alongside passionate and dedicated caregivers, receive endless support and appreciation, and build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.    

As a Medical Rehab Clinical Specialist, you will provide clinical expertise in the evaluation and treatment of patients, serve as a clinical role model to all rehabilitation caregivers and provide top quality direct patient care. This is a rewarding opportunity that allows you to apply your comprehensive skills and expertise to deliver outstanding care, helping patients enhance their quality of life. Cleveland Clinic system provides caregivers with many professional development resources, including furthering education and tuition reimbursement enabling growth and advancement within your career journey.

This position is specifically seeking a Physical Therapist. A caregiver in this position works day/night rotation from 7:30 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. – 7:00 a.m.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:  

• Attend continuing education programs to maintain state-of-the-art knowledge of therapy skills and current activity in the profession. 

• Initiate and conduct staff development activities for the department. 

• Develop patient treatment protocols and complete protocol revisions. 

• Take a leadership role in program development which may include new program planning, current program revisions or improving systems/logistics for a particular program. 

• Provide regular updates to the Rehabilitation Services Manager on the status of ongoing programs and staff development activities. 

• Perform an evaluation on each patient assigned and review patient chart for pertinent medical history and current hospital course, including test results and x-ray reports to determine problems to be addressed, which may include range of motion, muscle strength, gait pattern, sensation, balance, coordination, perception, skin integrity, respiration, and determination of functional ability. 

• Review physician's request for treatment and establish treatment goals, formulate treatment plan by recommending revision or discontinuation based on evaluation findings. 

• Maintain responsibility for all aspects of patient care while in the department.  

• Delegate patient treatment to a Physical Therapy Assistant or Occupational Therapy Assistant as appropriate and direct and supervise the activities of support personnel while retaining direct responsibility for patient care. 

• Educate patients and their families about the patient's functional status, appropriate preventive and therapeutic exercises, adaptive equipment, and modalities for post-discharge care. 

• Ensure coordination of treatment goals and discharge planning by participating in patient rounds, team meetings, patient care conferences, etc. 

• Supervise students assigned to clinical rotation in the department and prepare written evaluations of student's performance. 

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:  

• Bachelor's degree in physical therapy or occupational therapy. 

• Current licensure as a Physical Therapist (PT) or Occupational Therapist (OT). 

• Three years of experience as a therapist. 

• Demonstrated clinical competence in a particular area of practice. 

• Demonstrated leadership in program development/process improvement projects/staff and/or student development. 

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include: 

• ABPTS Sports and/or Orthopedic Clinical Specialist certification

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Physical Requirements:

• Ability to walk without assistive device and to maintain balance despite sudden load in order to support patient from falling, for example, during gait training.
• Ability to lift and reach with arms sufficiently to lift patient's arm or leg during exercise program.
• Sensation to touch and manual dexterity to be able to palpate muscle tension or to monitor patient's pulse.
• Visual acuity to observe patient's gross movement, gait, etc., in order to analyze biomechanical problems.
• Ability to speak clearly enough to instruct patients and families who may not be able to read.
• Ability to hear or understand patient's description of symptoms and response to treatment.
• Mental ability to interpret clinical data for the establishment and implementation of appropriate patient treatment.
• Ability to identify and resolve problems using critical thinking and decision-thinking.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows Standard Precautions using personal protective equipment as required.