Physical Therapist

East Cooper Medical Center is one of South Carolina’s leaders in healthcare. Our approach to medicine is designed to provide you with successful outcomes, fast recovery times and a better quality of life. Our hospital combines technology and clinical expertise with compassion to provide you personalized care for a lifetime. Our expanded scope of services, our commitment to quality & safety, and our outstanding team of caregivers have attracted patients throughout the Lowcountry and beyond, and have contributed to our hospital being nationally recognized. 

We are looking to hire a Physical Therapist to join our team at East Cooper Medical Center! 

Responsibilities: 

• Provides evaluation and direct patient care for those individuals referred by their physician requiring physical therapy services on an inpatient basis. 
• Staff PT's establish the plan of care and goals of their patient’s rehabilitative care. 
• Staff PT's must be skilled in the use of all equipment utilized in patient care, provide timely and accurate patient evaluation and treatment documentation and correspond regularly with attending physicians. 
• PT utilizes knowledge of age-appropriate guidelines to provide care for the adolescent, adult and geriatric patient. 
• PT will work in a combination of acute care and inpatient rehabilitation.
• Position has a weekend requirement. 

Requirements: 

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• New graduates are eligible for position, but require at least one year professional experience prior to acting as clinical supervisor for interning LPT students. 
• Current license from SCPTA/South Carolina Board of Physical Therapy Examiners. 
• Current BLS certification