Physical Therapist - Full Time

Shriners Children's • Full-time • Salt Lake City, Utah, United States • 1w ago

Company Overview

Shriners Children’s is an organization that respects, supports, and values each other. Named as the 2025 best mid-sized employer by Forbes, we are engaged in providing excellence in patient care, embracing multi-disciplinary education, and research with global impact. We foster a learning environment that values evidenced based practice, experience, innovation, and critical thinking. Our compassion, integrity, accountability, and resilience define us as leaders in pediatric specialty care for our children and their families.

All employees are eligible for medical coverage on their first day! In addition, upon hire all employees are eligible for a 403(b) and Roth 403 (b) Retirement Saving Plan with matching contributions of up to 6% after one year of service. Employees in a FT or PT status (40+ hours per pay period) will also be eligible for paid time off, life insurance, short term and long-term disability and the Flexible Spending Account (FSA) plans and a Health Savings Account (HSA) if a High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP) is elected. Additional benefits available to FT and PT employees include tuition reimbursement, home & auto, hospitalization, critical illness, pet insurance and much more! Coverage is available to employees and their qualified dependents in accordance with the plans. Benefits may vary based on state law.

Job Overview

Shriners Children’s Salt Lake City is seeking a Pediatric Physical Therapist to join our collaborative and mission-driven team. This role offers the opportunity to make a lasting impact on children and families by delivering high-quality, compassionate care in a setting that truly puts patients first.

As a Physical Therapist, you will provide comprehensive evaluation and treatment services tailored to each child’s developmental, physical, and functional needs. Care is delivered in an age-appropriate, family-centered manner, with a strong emphasis on education, collaboration, and continuity of care across the treatment journey.

A significant focus of this position is complex mobility and wheelchair services. The Physical Therapist in this role will spend a large portion of their time completing wheelchair and seating evaluations, collaborating with families and vendors, selecting appropriate mobility equipment, and writing detailed Letters of Medical Necessity to support procurement. This role is ideal for a clinician who enjoys problem-solving, technology, and helping children gain independence through customized mobility solutions.

You will work closely with an interdisciplinary team and local leaders to provide safe, compliant, and evidence-based care aligned with professional standards of practice. All care is delivered within the Shriners Children’s FOCUSED Program, our system-wide model of professional practice that emphasizes patient-centered care, teamwork, and excellence—always putting the needs of children and their families first.

Schedule: Full time, 1.0 FTE

Responsibilities

Demonstrates competency in the examination of the patient to include history and systems review, selection and administration of specific tests and measures to obtain clinical data
Demonstrate the knowledge and advanced skills to design and implement a comprehensive treatment plan, utilizing evidence base practice, for patients of diverse ages and diagnoses based on their assessment
Demonstrates and maintains current knowledge /skills necessary to fabricate orthotic devices as indicated by the treatment plan
Utilizes language appropriate to patient/family level of understanding, and written or demonstrated methods for exercises/activities, splints and equipment use
Records clinical activity as close as possible to the time care was delivered, only uses abbreviations approved by the facility, is objective and factual using quantitative metrics, and is HIPAA compliant
Participates in program development and departmental responsibilities as assigned while demonstrating adherence to deadlines
Responsible for maintaining current knowledge in changes related to scope of practice, coding/billing practices, compliant documentation and any other knowledge related to the compliant practice in a revenue cycle environment

Note: This is not an all-inclusive list of this job's responsibilities. The incumbent may be required to perform other related duties and participate in special projects as assigned.

Qualifications

Required

Education necessary to obtain License in State of Practice
Licensed in state of practice
Basic Life Support (BLS)

Preferred

1 year Physical Therapy
1 year of PT or OT practice experience
AOTA fieldwork educator certificate, APTA credentialed clinical instructor, or ASHA clinical fellowship mentor
Knowledge, skills, and abilities in working with children at various levels of care
Ability to work independently, work within a multidisciplinary treatment team, and collaborate and/or coordinate services with team members
Excellent written and oral communications skills. Ability to interact effectively and sensitively with children and families of different developmental levels and cultural backgrounds