About Astria

The Astria Health system, headquartered in the heart of the state of Washington’s wine country in the beautiful Yakima Valley, is the largest non-profit healthcare system based in Eastern Washington. Astria Health is the parent non-profit organization of Astria Sunnyside Hospital and Astria Toppenish Hospital and delivers care throughout the Valley through its Astria Health Hospitals and its Astria Ambulatory Care model focused on delivering the highest level of ambulatory and outpatient care in convenient locations in both the Lower and Upper Yakima Valley. Astria Ambulatory Care is designed to meet the changing lifestyles and diverse needs of those living and working throughout the region.

 

Across our healthcare network, you will find a dynamic range of meaningful careers and opportunities for growth and safe workplaces. Whether we use our expertise in accounting, human resources, finance, planning, marketing, or our clinical services in any of our operational divisions, our shared passion for providing exceptional healthcare to our communities motivates us to achieve excellence each day. If you share our passion, we want to hear from you.  

 

Our operating principles define how we come together as a team to do our work. They reflect Astria Health’s unique view on what’s important and right - being a leader in providing innovative, exceptional rural healthcare solutions with kindness and dignity. Documenting this core aspect of our culture helps employees make good decisions independently, cultivate trust through accountability, and go beyond the expected. We believe in continuously escalating the bar for talent and performance because we are obsessed with a commitment to excellence and patient care. It also helps candidates consider career opportunities and evaluate whether they will thrive at Astria Health.

 

Astria Health is seeking a Physical Therapist to join our Home Health team! This is for our Sunnyside office. This position is a full time position.

 

What you get to do every day!

 

As the Physical Therapist, you will be responsible for providing Physical Therapy evaluation and treatment utilizing evidenced-based interventions. You will: 

 

•    Understand and adhere to established policies and procedures
•    Provide physician prescribed physical therapy
•    Improve or minimizes residual physical disabilities of the patient
•    Return the individual to optimum and productive level within the patient’s capabilities
•    Participate with all other home care personnel in patient care planning
•    Direct and supervise personnel as required
•    Responsible for initial assessment, plan of care, maintenance program development and modifications and reassessments
•    Perform all skilled procedures as ordered by physician
•    Consult with physician regarding patient’s progress
•    Instruct patient and family/significant others in home programs and activities of daily living
•    Participate in in-service programs and presents in-service programs as assigned 
•    Attend patient care conferences as scheduled
•    Prepare clinical and progress notes
•    Assist physician with evaluating level of function
•    Helps develop the plan of care and revise as necessary
•    Consuls with family and Agency personnel
•    Complete and submit OASIS assessments, reassessments, transfers, resumptions of care, discharges and significant change in condition in accordance with Agency defined time frame
•    Appropriately utilizes ICD-10 codes
•    Perform other duties as assigned
•    Collaborate effectively across organizational boundaries.
•    Adhere to the core values and standards of the organization.

Required Qualifications and Education

Graduate of an accredited Physical Therapy curriculumCurrent Washington State Physical Therapist License  Basic Life Support certification.Oral and written fluency in the English language.

Preferred Qualifications and Education

One year of Home Health experience

This position is identified as a safety-sensitive position for which impairment while on the job would present a substantial risk of death. As a condition of employment, you will need to authorize and complete a background check. Information received from the background check is reviewed case-by-case and will not necessarily remove an applicant from consideration.