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Job Role Summary

Eskenazi Health is looking to recruit a Certified Lymphedema Therapist for our Outpatient Wound Center. This individual will be the primary Lymphedema Therapist managing patients from across our health system with Lymphedema needs. This therapist will provide comprehensive treatment in the outpatient setting to promote Lymphedema management through the use of specialized Lymphedema techniques including manual lymphatic drainage, compression therapy, skin care, remedial exercise, and education and lifestyle training. Effective communication with referring providers and other multidisciplinary team members is essential to success in this environment. This position provides the opportunity to advance skills in a dynamic, specialty setting that promotes ongoing learning and professional growth.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

Evaluation: Higher level assessment & critical thinking skills and is resource for others. Adapts evaluation appropriately based on age and cultural background of patient. Reviews medical history and adjust clinical decisions. Administers appropriate standardized and non-standardized assessments. Develops age appropriate/reasonable plan of care. Sets reasonable/appropriate client-centered goals

Treatment: Demonstrate advanced treatment techniques acquired through continued education and experience. Level II therapists consult on challenging cases. Adapts treatment based on the age and cultural background of patient. Implements appropriate and timely treatment based on the evaluation. Provides client-centered education. Treatments are creative and effective. 

Documentation: Accurately and timely documents patient evaluation and treatment per documentation standards.Justifies charges, reflects skilled therapeutic need, functional improvement and progress towards goals

Productivity: Works at or above established productivity level. Serves as an example by taking walk-in patients and floating to other teams. Adjusts schedule according to caseload.

Administrative: Completion of ancillary tasks that affect patient care. E-learning and other assigned tasks are completed on time. Authorization requests and insurance requirements are submitted without delaying patient care

Professional Communication/Collaboration: Effective communication and teamwork with peers and other staff. Consults appropriately with physicians and caregivers regarding patient management. Delegates routine aspects of care. Demonstrates effective verbal and written communication skills with staff, patients, family members. Provides meaningful patient education materials and completes available interdisciplinary forms. Attends rounds and care conferences. Responsive when asked to assist 

Performance Improvement: Embraces opportunities and ways of improving services, patient care and/or productivity by impacting cost, outcomes and/or patient satisfaction. Participates in committees and activities and takes an active role in improving processes for the hospital and department. Promotes change and assists coworkers to transition in a changing work environment

Student Education: Provides higher level observations/experiences for additional students. Effectively and efficiently manages the student’s learning experience. Adequately orients student. Assures student compliance with Policies & Procedures and HIPAA regulations 
Gives constructive feedback. Observes students with various patient types & adjusts supervision levels accordingly. Communicates appropriately with educational/school program coordinator. Represents EH in a professional manner to the student. Assists in the education of providers

Clinical Competence: Possesses higher level certifications or demonstrate expertise in a specialty area. Creates content and serves as instructor for competencies, orientations, and skills check offs. Acts as a mentor for new staff to promote successful onboarding. Attends continuing education and pursues opportunities to improve skills. Attends and participates in in-services. Seeks out expertise from co-workers. Treats a variety of patient diagnoses  

Time and Priority Management: Prioritizes multiple tasks to maximize time spent in direct patient care. Reports to work consistently on time. Is not in the disciplinary process per the hospital attendance policy. Completes tasks and projects on time. Minimizes delays with patient care. Triages patients to minimize functional decline and facilitate throughput
 

Job Requirements

-Active Indiana Physical Therapy license or eligibility for licensure

-Active Lymphedema Certification is preferred

-Current BLS certification