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$7,500 Bonus and Relocation

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center is a 396-bed, acute care hospital within Dartmouth Health, a larger academic health system serving patients across northern New England. We are a level I trauma center and the only air ambulance service (DHART) in New Hampshire. Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center is closely associated with the Dartmouth Institute and Geisel School of Medicine which provides a rich backdrop for system wide continuing education and research opportunities for self-motivated staff members.

We are looking for enthusiastic and motivated candidates with a curiosity for learning and a passion for the profession to join our dynamic physical therapy team. You will work closely with a large team of Physical Therapists and other rehab staff members with diverse areas of expertise. Our supportive leadership team values growth, learning and change while providing a safe work setting to allow for practice improvement initiatives as well as opportunities for engagement in research and interdisciplinaryteam projects. The Rehabilitation Department as a whole prioritizes a collaborative and collegial environment to enable each staff member to provide the best care possible toeveryone.

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center is located in Lebanon, NH and features the only Neurocritical Care Unit in northern New England. We are a Joint Commission certified Primary Stroke Center, and are a Certified Center of Excellence with the ALS Association. Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health also includes theNorris Cotton Cancer Center, one of only 51 NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers in the nation; and theChildren's Hospital at Dartmouth-Hitchcock(CHaD), the state’s only children’s hospital. Our mission is to advance health through research, education, clinical practice, and community partnerships, providing each person the best care, in the right place, at the right time, every time.

Responsibilities

• Examines, evaluates, diagnoses, determines prognosis and provides intervention. Reports findings to other health care team members. Provides discharge recommendations, exercise programs, and family teaching.

• Plans therapy involving physical exercise, massage, heat, water, etc.

• Participates in and supports in-service education, student programs, volunteer/observation programs, Professional Practice Committee, committees, etc.

• Provides documentation, billing, and record keeping. Participates in compliance audits.

• Coordinates the scheduling of patients and meetings.

• Determines and implements annual plan for professional development.

• Delegates tasks to support personnel.

• Performs other duties as required or assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree if graduate prior to 2002; minimum of Master's degree if graduating in 2002 or later.

Required Licensure/Certifications

• New Hampshire PT license required.

• BLS certified.

Don't meet every single requirement?

Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and Clinics, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

• Area of Interest:Allied Health;

• FTE/Hours per pay period:1.00 - 1.00 - 40 hrs/week;

• Shift:Day;

• Job ID:22681;

Dartmouth Health is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics comply with applicable Federal civil rights laws and do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex. We do not exclude or treat people differently because of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex.