Physical Therapist

Responsibilities/Qualifications:

A Physical Therapist is needed for home care in the Howell area.

The Physical Therapist is a qualified professional therapist who directs, supervises, evaluates, and provides a Physical Therapy Services to patients in the home as ordered by the attending physician

Duties:

• Assists the physician in evaluating patient’s level of function.
• Applies diagnostic and prognostic muscle, nerve, joint, and functional ability tests
• Treats patients to relieve pain and/or restore function to maintain maximum performance
• Makes arrangements for outpatient services, which cannot be given in the home
• Records and reports to the physician the patient’s reaction to treatment and/or any changes of the patient’s condition.
• Instructs patients and their families in the use of prosthetic, orthotic, and assistive devices (canes, walkers, wheelchairs, etc.).
• Instructs the family in the patient’s total physical therapy program.
• Attends physical therapy staff meetings and in-service presentations.
• Participates in care conferences.
• Supervises the physical therapy assistant.
• Participates in staff and Agency development activities.
• Prepares an assessment of the patients condition and periodic evaluation and summaries, develops a plan of care and problem list, and writes clinical/progress notes on the date of the visit and incorporates same in the patient record no less than weekly.
• Participates in the development and periodic revision of the physician’s Plan of Care
• Assumes responsibility for supervising the Physical Therapy Assistant at least every 30 days.

Critical Demands:

• Must be able to meet the physical demands of providing physical therapy services, such as ambulating patients, transferring patients, assisting with exercise, etc.
• Must be able to transfer patients as needed according to proper techniques of body mechanics to promote patient and staff safety and well-being

Qualifications:

• Graduate of a Physical Therapy school approved by the American Physical Therapy Association; or The Council of Medical Education of Hospitals for the American Medical Association; or The Council on Medical Education of Hospitals for the American Medical Association
• Licensed or registered by the State
• Preference of at least one (1) year of institutional experience
• CPR certification preferred, not required