Physical Therapist

Duties:

• Responsible for evaluation, planning, directing, and administering physical therapy modalities of treatment as prescribed by a licensed physician.
• Coordinates, delegates, and supervises responsibilities assigned to supportive staff (RCNA, PTA, PTLA, etc.).
• Participates in operational aspects of the department, maintains performance improvement activities within the department and participates in CQI activities.
• Provides input in formulating budget, assists in evaluating department performance versus budget controls and takes appropriate action to remain in budget guidelines.

Requirements:

• Knowledge of physical medicine, physical therapy modalities, anatomy, and physiology.
• Knowledge of physical therapy machine operation, maintenance, and repairs of same.
• Responsible for direction of the Physical Therapy Department certified staff, including Physical Therapy Assistants and Physical Therapy Aides and Restorative CNAs.
• Able to evaluate a patient’s condition and devise an individualized physical rehabilitation and treatment plan to enhance strength, flexibility, range of motion, motor control, and reduce any pain, discomfort and swelling the patient is experiencing.
• Ability to observe and evaluate treatment effect, recommends change to physician as needed.
• Ability to perform an appropriate assessment on all patients as related to the therapy requested and provided and reassessments as per policy. This includes neonate, pediatric, adolescent, geriatric patients and the general patient population.
• Able to assess patient pain interfering with optimal level of function or participation in rehabilitation; makes appropriate physician contact for intervention.
• Administers treatments and physical agents as prescribed by a referring physician to restore function and prevent disability following injury, disease or physical disability.