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Description
Essential Responsibilities:
- Tests and evaluates the extent of a members impairments, functional limitations, participation barriers and/or disabilities to ensure proper treatment using various tests and procedures.
- Plans therapy program, establishes treatment goals; and administers treatment to improve and/or remove impairments to minimize functional impairments to provide full participation in activities of daily living and reduce disability.
- Includes members/families/caregivers in establishing goals and obtains members informed consent as necessary.
- Provides members/families/caregivers with treatment plan and instructions for home exercise programs.
- Upgrades treatment plan and goals as member progresses.
- Regularly assesses clinical signs and symptoms to determine effectiveness of treatment, progress of the member towards goals, and the need for modifying goals and treatment.
- Discharges member from Physical Therapy when the member has received maximum benefit from Physical Therapy.
Qualifications:
- Minimum three (3) years of full time practice as a licensed Physical Therapist in a clinical setting required.
- Graduate of an accredited physical therapy curriculum for a bachelors, masters, or doctoral degree with certification in physical therapy or a foreign-trained equivalent required.