Physical Therapist
Job ID: 282459
Category: Physical/Occupational Therapy
Work Type: PT 20+ HOURS
Location: Princeton, NJ, United States
Work Schedule: Day Shift - PT Hours/
Description
Penn Medicine is dedicated to our tripartite mission of providing the highest level of care to patients, conducting innovative research, and educating future leaders in the field of medicine. Working for this leading academic medical center means collaboration with top clinical, technical and business professionals across all disciplines.
Today at Penn Medicine, someone will make a breakthrough. Someone will heal a heart, deliver hopeful news, and givefort and reassurance. Our employees shape our future each day. Are you living your life's work?
Location: Plainsboro, NJ
Hours: Part Time/ 3 days per week; either Mon, Wednesday or Friday or Tues/Th/Friday.
Friday: shift will be 7:30-4 pm or 8-4:30 pm.
For the other 2 shifts, 9 am to 5:30 pmor10 am to 6:30 pm.
Benefits You'll Receive at Princeton/Penn Medicine:
Generous Paid Time Off benefits, including eight paid holidays that will give you the work-life balance today's world needs
Medical, Dental, Vision, and Prescription coverage plan options that best fit your personal & family needs
Tuition Assistance for both Part-Time (20+ hours) and Full-time (40 hours) employees.(0.5 FTE and over)
Access topany paid life insurance, temporary disability. Employee discounts and perks, including but not limited to free secure employee-only parking, optional life insurance and other. Please click on this LINK for more information regarding our amazing benefits package.
Summary:
The Acute Rehab Physical Therapists are responsible for assisting the persons served with medical and functional disabilities attain and restore maximum function through a patient-centered care approach. The physical therapist helps persons served aplish treatment plan and accept therapeutic devices by administering manual exercises; instructing, encouraging, and assisting patients in performing physical activities, such as non-manual exercises, ambulatory functional activities, and daily-living activities and in using assistive and supportive devices, such as crutches, canes and prosthesis.
Responsibilities:
Professional Physical Therapy Services
Confidentiality: The Physical Therapist maintains standards of confidentiality.
Ethics: The Physical Therapist integrates ethical provisions in practice by delivering care that protects the autonomy, dignity, and rights, of persons served tby serving as a patient advocate and reporting illegal, ipetent and impaired practices.
Professional Practice Evaluation: The Physical Therapist evaluates one's own practice in relation to professional practice standards and guidelines, relevant statutes, rules and regulations.
Health Teaching/Health Promotion: The Physical Therapist provides health teaching using methods appropriate to the situation and to the persons served developmental level, learning needs, readiness and ability to learn, language preference and culture. Health teaching addresses such topics as: healthy lifestyles, risk-reducing behaviors, developmental needs, activities of daily living and preventative self-care. Physical Therapist documents the teaching provided and evaluates the effectiveness of strategies used through persons served feedback.
The Physical Therapist assures continuation of therapeutic plan following discharge by designing home exercise programs; instructing patients, families, and caregivers in home exercise programs; rmending and/or providing assistive equipment; rmending outpatient or home health follow-up programs.
Credentials:
Physical Therapist (Required)
Licensed in the state of NJ as an Physical Therapist - required
Basic Cardiac Life Support (Required)
Basic Life Saving (BLS) certification - required
Education or Equivalent Experience:
Master of Arts or Science (Required)
Master's Degree in Physical Therapy - required Two (2) to four (4) years working as an Physical Therapist - preferred
We believe that the best care for our patients starts with the best care for our employees. Our employee benefits programs help our employees get healthy and stay healthy. We offer aprehensivepensation and benefits program that includes one of the finest prepaid tuition assistance programs in the region. Penn Medicine employees are actively engaged andmitted to our mission. Together we will continue to make medical advances that help people live longer, healthier lives.
Salary Range:
$36.56 - $58.30/Hourly
As part of their job offer, successful candidates are provided a specific rate, taking into consideration various factors including experience and education.
for information on UPHS's Benefits.
Live Your Life's Work
We are an Equal Opportunity employer. Candidates are considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, familial status, genetic information, domestic or sexual violence victim status, citizenship status, military status, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable law.
Job ID: 282459
Category: Physical/Occupational Therapy
Work Type: PT 20+ HOURS
Location: Princeton, NJ, United States
Work Schedule: Day Shift - PT Hours/
Description
Penn Medicine is dedicated to our tripartite mission of providing the highest level of care to patients, conducting innovative research, and educating future leaders in the field of medicine. Working for this leading academic medical center means collaboration with top clinical, technical and business professionals across all disciplines.
Today at Penn Medicine, someone will make a breakthrough. Someone will heal a heart, deliver hopeful news, and givefort and reassurance. Our employees shape our future each day. Are you living your life's work?
Location: Plainsboro, NJ
Hours: Part Time/ 3 days per week; either Mon, Wednesday or Friday or Tues/Th/Friday.
Friday: shift will be 7:30-4 pm or 8-4:30 pm.
For the other 2 shifts, 9 am to 5:30 pmor10 am to 6:30 pm.
Benefits You'll Receive at Princeton/Penn Medicine:
Generous Paid Time Off benefits, including eight paid holidays that will give you the work-life balance today's world needs
Medical, Dental, Vision, and Prescription coverage plan options that best fit your personal & family needs
Tuition Assistance for both Part-Time (20+ hours) and Full-time (40 hours) employees.(0.5 FTE and over)
Access topany paid life insurance, temporary disability. Employee discounts and perks, including but not limited to free secure employee-only parking, optional life insurance and other. Please click on this LINK for more information regarding our amazing benefits package.
Summary:
The Acute Rehab Physical Therapists are responsible for assisting the persons served with medical and functional disabilities attain and restore maximum function through a patient-centered care approach. The physical therapist helps persons served aplish treatment plan and accept therapeutic devices by administering manual exercises; instructing, encouraging, and assisting patients in performing physical activities, such as non-manual exercises, ambulatory functional activities, and daily-living activities and in using assistive and supportive devices, such as crutches, canes and prosthesis.
Responsibilities:
Professional Physical Therapy Services
Confidentiality: The Physical Therapist maintains standards of confidentiality.
Ethics: The Physical Therapist integrates ethical provisions in practice by delivering care that protects the autonomy, dignity, and rights, of persons served tby serving as a patient advocate and reporting illegal, ipetent and impaired practices.
Professional Practice Evaluation: The Physical Therapist evaluates one's own practice in relation to professional practice standards and guidelines, relevant statutes, rules and regulations.
Health Teaching/Health Promotion: The Physical Therapist provides health teaching using methods appropriate to the situation and to the persons served developmental level, learning needs, readiness and ability to learn, language preference and culture. Health teaching addresses such topics as: healthy lifestyles, risk-reducing behaviors, developmental needs, activities of daily living and preventative self-care. Physical Therapist documents the teaching provided and evaluates the effectiveness of strategies used through persons served feedback.
The Physical Therapist assures continuation of therapeutic plan following discharge by designing home exercise programs; instructing patients, families, and caregivers in home exercise programs; rmending and/or providing assistive equipment; rmending outpatient or home health follow-up programs.
Credentials:
Physical Therapist (Required)
Licensed in the state of NJ as an Physical Therapist - required
Basic Cardiac Life Support (Required)
Basic Life Saving (BLS) certification - required
Education or Equivalent Experience:
Master of Arts or Science (Required)
Master's Degree in Physical Therapy - required Two (2) to four (4) years working as an Physical Therapist - preferred
We believe that the best care for our patients starts with the best care for our employees. Our employee benefits programs help our employees get healthy and stay healthy. We offer aprehensivepensation and benefits program that includes one of the finest prepaid tuition assistance programs in the region. Penn Medicine employees are actively engaged andmitted to our mission. Together we will continue to make medical advances that help people live longer, healthier lives.
Salary Range:
$36.56 - $58.30/Hourly
As part of their job offer, successful candidates are provided a specific rate, taking into consideration various factors including experience and education.
for information on UPHS's Benefits.
Live Your Life's Work
We are an Equal Opportunity employer. Candidates are considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, familial status, genetic information, domestic or sexual violence victim status, citizenship status, military status, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable law.
Job ID: 490598809
Originally Posted on: 8/24/2025
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