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Physical Therapy Job in Spokane
Synergy Healthcare is looking for an upbeat, enthusiastic, gracious, and thoughtful part-time or full-time permanent physical therapist to join our team. You need to have a valid physical therapy license in Washington. We are a manual therapy outpatient practice located in Spokane Valley, Washington.
What Are We Looking For in A Physical Therapist?
We’re looking for someone who is:
- A continuing education lover
- Willing and able to teach and learn off-beat and cutting edge techniques from colleagues
- Able to be with us for the long term
- Willing to possibly assist with administrative tasks in the future
- Not wanting to start their own practice
- Open to new treatment approaches and to growing your treatment skill set to provide the best up-to-date treatment for patients
- Willing to speak the truth, even when it’s difficult to do so
- Able to communicate solutions, ideas, suggestions, needs and concerns readily
- Able to be both assertive and gracious to everyone you work with from the boss to the janitor
- Willing to own up to mistakes easily
- Thorough in evaluations
- Able to create great plans of care for your PTAs to follow, and values their input
- Able to get their notes done in a timely manner
Who Are We?
First of all, I, Shauna Burchett, the owner, am a no-drama mama and want you if you are too (men included). I opened Synergy in 2002 and have kept it afloat through some crazy ups and downs in the economy and the healthcare field. The business is stable and thriving and we needs additional staff to meet the growing patient demand.
At this location, we have two part-time physical therapists, two full-time occupational therapists (including the owner), two part-time physical therapy assistants, three admin personnel, and a biller. We are located in a 2,200 square foot building.
Your room will have a high-low table, desk and computer. We have a very small gym with bike and plinth, exercises balls, and weights.
We also have a pediatric practice in Coeur d’Alene – see www.synergyidaho.com. We have six occupational therapists and two speech therapists there.
We have an integrated approach to care. By that, I mean we use a wide variety of modalities, and share care of patients between different therapists to get their needs met. Between us, we do Strain Counterstrain, Craniosacral Therapy, Visceral Manipulation, Myofascial Release, Lymphatic Drainage, Feldenkrais, and more. We have a small yoga studio and very gentle classes geared to people recovering from illness and injury. We have recently started using Frequency Specific Microcurrent with great results.
We are not attached to what you do as long as you do it really well and really want to become exceptional.
I won’t demand that you push clients through care quickly, and Synergy is not a mill, but I expect that you will want to deliver excellent care. We typically treat each patient for a full hour, insurance permitting. Our biller and front desk staff are fantastic, and keep the therapists informed of what the various insurances allow, so that both the patient and the therapist know what to expect. I run a straight, ethical practice and I don’t blur the edges.
Benefits
We offer medical for individuals working 32 hours, and an IRA with a 100% match up to 3% of your wage. You get 7 holidays plus your birthday, accrual of 10 days PTO for the first 2 years eligible to take after the first 6 months of work.
I (Shauna) teach osteopathic soft tissue principles and craniosacral therapy classes to therapists in Spokane. These are free for staff. I also teach lymph drainage classes for the general public, so patients will have a safe, effective means of taking care of themselves at home.
“I have worked for Synergy just under 2 years and it is by far the BEST clinic I have ever worked for. In hindsight, I wish I would have started my PT career here right out of grad school, but I was not so fortunate. Nonetheless, working at other clinics gave me a greater appreciation for my role at Synergy. What makes it such a great place to work you might ask? I have ten reasons (in no particular order) that easily come to mind…”
— Amy Fox, former DPT (Read the rest of Amy’s endorsement here.)