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Physical Therapist or Occupational Therapist

Medical Associates

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ID: ob4tufwW

Posted On 10/31/2024

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Title: Physical Therapist or Occupational Therapist
Medical Associates is seeking a full-time Physical Therapist or Occupational Therapist to join the Therapy department!

Medical Associates provides therapy in 3 locations: Dubuque, Iowa; Galena, Illinois; and Platteville, Wisconsin. This position is located at the West Campus, Dubuque location.

Medical Associates Clinic:

  • Join a multispecialty practice where you can easily collaborate with other departments and referring providers to discuss patient treatment plans and offer great continuity of care!
  • Wide variety of patients!
  • Multispecialty clinic with shared EMR system
  • Dictation available for documentation, if desired
  • Full, comprehensive musculoskeletal department located on the same floor including physical medicine, podiatry, orthopedics, and therapy
Schedule: Mon-Fri, no weekends!
Qualifications:
Physical Therapy or Occupational Therapy license and openness to continue development in hand therapy training.

Position Details:

  • Caseload will be general outpatient orthopedics with emphasis on hand, lymphedema, and sports medicine rehab.
  • Examine and evaluate patient's functional limitations, plan and implement an intervention program to recover function.
  • Educate patients and families in proper care including any medical necessities and exercise programs.
  • Work in coordination with medical team members on patient care issues including chart review, reports on patient progress and contributing, updating and maintaining accurate patient documentation.
  • Charge patients according to established procedures and communicate with third-party payers for reimbursement of services.
  • Comply with Clinic policy and procedures.
  • Complete all other assigned projects and duties.
Full benefits package includes:
  • Health Insurance and Dental Coverage with discounted premium rates for wellness program participation
  • Continuing education time and reimbursement. Licensure costs are also reimbursed!
  • 401k with immediate matching (50% on the dollar up to 7% of pay + additional annual Profit Sharing)
  • Medical & Dependent Care Flex Spending Accounts
  • Paid Time Off (accrue up to 29 days/year) + additional CEU time off and allowance
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Experience: Three years to five years of similar or related experience.

Education: Equivalent to a college degree and a professional certificate or a graduate degree. Must be a licensed PT or OT.

Interpersonal Skills: The ability to motivate or influence others is a material part of the job, requiring a significant level of diplomacy and trust. Obtaining cooperation (internally and/or externally) is an important part of the job.  


Physical Aspects:

Stooping - Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires full use of the lower extremities and back muscles.

Kneeling - Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees.

Crouching - Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.

Reaching - Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.

Standing - Particularly for sustained periods of time.

Walking - Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances.

Pushing - Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward or outward.

Pulling - Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, drag, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.

Lifting - Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires the substantial use of the upper extremities and back muscles.

Fingering - Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand or arm as in handling.

Grasping - Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.

Feeling - Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.

Talking - Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly or quickly.

Hearing - Perceiving the nature of sound with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication and to make fine discrimination in sound, such as when making fine adjustments on machined parts.

Vision - 20 / 40 or better in the best eye with or without correction. in sound, such as when making fine adjustments on machined parts.

Medium Work - Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or 10 pounds force constantly to move objects.

Subject to Physical Hazards - Includes a variety of physical conditions, such as proximity to moving mechanical parts, electrical current, working on scaffolding and high places, exposure to high heat or exposure to chemicals.


Medical Associates Clinic & Health Plans is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, age, national origin, marital status, parental status, disability, veteran status, or other distinguishing characteristics of diversity and inclusion, or any other protected status.

Please view Equal Employment Opportunity Posters provided by OFCCP here.

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Job Details

Categories

Health Care

Location

Dubuque, IA

Job Type

Employee

Full/Part

Full Time

Company ID

1148

Job REQ #

ob4tufwW

# Positions

1

Start Date

20241031

End Date

20241121

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About the Company

Our mission is to provide superior healthcare and an excellent patient experience.

Medical Associates Clinic is a well-established multispecialty group practice with over 170 providers and a staff of over 1,000 health care professionals and support personnel. The group was founded in 1924 and is Iowa’s oldest multispecialty group practice. Today, Medical Associates Clinic is the area’s leading health care provider and only multispecialty group practice.  Medical Associates Clinic has been recognized since 1998 as a “better performing practice” by the Medical Group Management Association.

In 1982, Medical Associates developed the Tri-State’s first health maintenance organization, Medical Associates Health Plans, which offers comprehensive health benefits to over 400 employers and 45,000 members. Medical Associates Health Plans has maintained an “Excellent” rating, the highest level of accreditation possible by the National Committee for Quality Assurance, for 13 consecutive years.

Medical Associates Clinic offers several locations from which to seek medical care, including facilities at 1500 Associates Drive, 1000 Langworthy, and 4155 Pennsylvania Ave in Dubuque, Iowa; as well as facilities in Bellevue, Cascade, Dyersville,  Iowa; Cuba City, and Platteville, Wisconsin; and Elizabeth and Galena, Illinois.