Mount Sinai Medical Center
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Description
Responsibilities:
- Initiates and/or completes patient assessment, following time frames established in departmental guidelines, to determine treatment required and completes documentation as observed by supervisor or during chart review.
- Performs thorough assessment of patient’s functional conditions to set plan of treatment with appropriate short and long-term goals.
- Updates patient’s progress and goals, as evidenced by appropriate documentation.
- Documents charges with each initial evaluation and daily treatment as appropriate and as observed by supervisor and other department personnel.
- Completes Outcome Measure scores for admission, goal setting and discharge within departmental policies and procedures in a timely manner.
- Modifies treatment approach based on patient’s reaction to it and reassesses outcome as observed by supervisor.
- Fits, trains and educates patients in use of assistive devices, DME/adaptive equipment and ensures that all equipment is ordered, received and measured to fit each patient as observed by supervisor and as documented in the chart.
- Provides written instructions, training and education as needed to all patients/family member/caretakers, in a timely manner, as evidenced by documentation of such in the patient’s chart.
Qualifications:
- Current Florida State PT License. CPR Certification.
- Graduate of an accredited Physical Therapy Program in accordance with state licensing requirements. Taken or is willing to take postgraduate education.
- 12 months of clinical work experience or graduate of a doctorate degree program; working towards approved project or at least 12 CEHs per year in specialty area (Neuro, Cardiac, Ortho).