Physical Therapist, SLD 45

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The United States Space Force (USSF) at Patrick SFB, Melbourne, Florida is searching for a Physical Therapist to support SLD 45 (NH-0633-03, GS-12/13 equivalent).

Description: The Guardian Resilience Team's Holistic Health Approach (HHA) is an innovative, science-based approach to wellness that emphasizes total fitness, to include continuous physical activity, preventive medicine, and education and skill-building aimed at promoting positive behaviors, healthy climates, and high performance.

The goal of HHA is to optimize overall health and strengthen individual and unit readiness.

As part of the Guardian Resilience Team, the Physical Therapist will enhance mission execution, achieved by improved musculoskeletal health and resilience through injury-risk mitigation, limited-scope physical therapy care, ergonomic optimization, and comprehensive collaboration with the CSCS to promote physical fitness and performance in the operational environment.

Provide education and training to unit physical training leaders, unit leadership, and other relevant human performance stakeholders.

The incumbent will actively collaborate with relevant stakeholders to identify collective goals, intended outcomes, needs analyses, and optimal methods to optimize and maintain Guardian performance, readiness, and resilience within the concepts and tenets of the HHA.

To provide primary and secondary intervention services within operational Guardian Resilience Teams (GRTs).

Serves as a member of a GRT and the HHA directly supporting Guardians with the goal to build resiliency, enhance human performance, and improve unit mission effectiveness.

Clinical and administrative duties focus on education and prevention, psychosocial assessment and diagnosis, and evidenced-based interventions and treatment. Key Skills and Abilities: 1.

Graduate of an accredited Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) program, pass National Physical Therapy Exam (NPTE), be licensed to practice physical therapy in any state and at least 3 years of experience.

Additional certifications such as dry needling and manual therapy desired but not required. 2.

Knowledge of planning, implementation, and assessment techniques and principles as they apply to the physical therapy/human performance programming and education, sufficient to serve as training resource advisor/consultant.

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Knowledge of operational concepts and missions sufficient to understand, plan, deliver and evaluate/analyze physical requirements and how rehabilitative and injury-risk reduction strategies can affect mission readiness and capabilities.

4. Knowledge and experience in the specialty of Lifestyle Medicine, its foundations, and application as a primary modality to prevent, treat and often reverse chronic disease. 5.

Knowledge and skill in using of state-of-the-art computer-based software and other instructional/evaluative material, wearable technology, current and highly specialized human performance/rehabilitative equipment, facility recommendations and practices, training aids and devices applicable to program objectives, training effectiveness, and efficiency.

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Knowledge of medical conditions and terminology as well as of human behavior change theories, motivational strategies, and counseling techniques to resolve the most difficult problems associated with uncooperative or unmotivated Guardians necessary for rehabilitation.

7. Skill in data analysis, fact finding, problem analysis, problem resolutions, and development of concrete action plans to solve problems. 8.

Skill in written and oral communication to advise, counsel, influence and make recommendations to management officials concerning medical, health, and administrative aspects of the Human Performance and Holistic Health Assessment