Inpatient Physical Therapist

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

Emplify Health by Gundersen is seeking a part-time Physical Therapist to join our inpatient hospital therapy team in La Crosse, WI.

What You'll Do:

As an Inpatient Physical Therapist, you will evaluate patients on our acute and rehab units, create care plans, and carry out treatments. You will establish best methods for assessing, treating, and rehabilitating a patient's injuries, as well as devising injury prevention and training strategies to help patients resume their normal daily activities while maintaining safety. You will consult and collaborate with referring providers and other clinical staff in providing optimal patient care as well as appropriate and timely communication. Our therapy team consists of 21 PTs, 15 PTAs, 21 OTs, 10 COTAs, and 16 Rehabilitation Technicians.

What's Available:

• Part-time, 56 hours biweekly (0.7 FTE)

• Day shifts (07:30a-4:00p or 08:00a-4:30p) with weekend/holiday rotation; typically one weekend a month and two holidays a year

• Starting salary of $80,255 and up (1.0 FTE), based on your years of work experience, along with applicable weekend shift differentials and holiday pay

What You'll Need:

• Bachelor's degree, or higher, in Physical Therapy from an American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) approved curriculum in Physical Therapy

• State of Wisconsin Physical Therapist License

• Current Infant-Adult BLS for Health Care Providers from American Heart Association or American Red Cross

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to effectively interact with patients, families, and healthcare team members

• Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively within a team environment

• Prior experience in Neuro-Vestibular or had a clinical rotation in a Neuro-Vestibular area highly desired

What You'll Get:

• Unlimited potential at one of the leading health systems in the midwestern United States

• A highly adaptable and mission-driven organization with a work environment that supports you personally and professionally and a work culture where you are valued and appreciated

• A care team with longevity and low turnover, shared office spaces for therapist collaboration, and the ability to work with complex patient cases both independently and as a team

• Support for your career growth through Professional Development Opportunities, our Tuition Investment Program, and Career Development Center

• A comprehensive and generous benefits package (Medical, Dental, Life Ins, HSA/FSA) ensuring your comfort and well-being as a valuable team member

• Substantial retirement contribution including a 401k match & annual discretionary base contribution

• Paid Time Off (PTO) combines vacation, sick, and personal days into one balance to allow you the flexibility to use your time off as you need

• Other benefits include a Wellness program with incentives, employer-paid life insurance and AD&D, optional short-term and long-term disability coverage, an employee assistance program, identity theft protection, pet insurance, Inspire & Celebrate colleague recognition and rewards program, a discount program, and more!

• Relocation assistance available

Inside our walls and our neighborhoods, we deliver world-class medical care and the right amount of love. We call it LOVE + MEDICINE and it's more than our practice. It is who we are. You can be a Physical Therapist anywhere. But not everywhere practices LOVE + MEDICINE. Join our mission in changing healthcare all while doing the work you love in the beautiful coulee regionof La Crosse, Wisconsin!

About Us:

Emplify Health by Gundersen is a physician-led, not-for-profit healthcare system that includes a teaching hospital; community clinics; affiliate hospitals, clinics, and nursing homes; behavioral health services; vision centers; pharmacies; and air and ground ambulance services. We serve more than 500,000 residents throughout 19 counties throughout western Wisconsin, northeastern Iowa, and southeastern Minnesota. Our La Crosse, WI main campus is a 325-bed teaching hospital, tertiary referral center, and a Level II Trauma Center. Together, we inspire your best life by relentlessly caring, learning, and innovating.

If you need assistance with any portion of the application or have questions about the position, please contact HR-Recruitment@gundersenhealth.org or call 608-775-0267.

We inspire your best life by relentlessly caring, learning and innovating. This is our purpose. Together with our values - belonging, respect, excellence, accountability, teamwork and humility - our pillars set our foundation and our future.

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