The research laboratory needs a skilled physical therapist to provide thorough assessments for research participants with musculoskeletal pain conditions.
Requirements
- Basic Life Support certification
- Currently licensed or eligible for licensure in the state of Missouri as a Physical Therapist
- Clinical or research experience (5 years)
- Computer literacy
- Research databases
- Research recruitment
- Orthopaedic physical therapy
Responsibilities
- Provides clinical assessments of research participants according to study protocols
- Operates equipment to measure movement including research-grade movement sensors and other equipment as needed for data collection
- Works with PI, Clinical Research Coordinator and Clinical Research Assistants to ensure proper creation, processing and maintenance of data files in a database
- Assist with processing and basic analyses of data according to study protocols
- Competently uses a variety of software for successful participant recruitment and retention, data collection, processing, and analysis
- Develops and implements documentation records and procedures including methods for managing data collection
- Acts as a resource to community therapists and to participants seeking therapeutic resources within the community
Other
- Bachelor's degree
- Ability to lift ten pounds from floor to waist, carry ten pounds for short distances
- Push and pull occasionally with moderate force
- Ability to coordinate hand movements to write, type, manipulate folders, and client body parts
- Adaptability
- Compliance Requirements
- Confidentiality
- Critical Thinking
- Customer Service
- Detail-Oriented
- High Accuracy
- Human Subjects Research
- Interpersonal Communication
- Laboratory Research
- Multitasking
- Organizing
- Patient Counseling
- Patient Screening
- Prioritization
- Professional Etiquette
- Scientific Reasoning
- Teamwork
- Working Independently
