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Description
Responsible for the physical therapy management of patients under the direction and supervision of the Rehabilitation Services Director.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Evaluates patients and interprets evaluation findings to determine the nature and extent of dysfunction. Establishes treatment goals and plans treatment to achieve established goals.
- Initiates discharge planning from physical therapy.
- Implements the treatment program through direct treatment of the patient, may delegate a portion of the treatment plan to appropriate supportive personnel, and coordination of the treatment plan with other health care personnel as appropriate.
- Provides advice and education to patient and family.
- Regularly assesses clinical signs and symptoms to determine effectiveness of treatment, progress of patient towards goals, and the need for modifying goals and treatment.
- Discharges patient from physical therapy when the patient has received maximum benefit from physical therapy.
- Provides accurate, timely documentation of physical therapy patient management.
- Demonstrates progress toward meeting the criteria for professional practice.
Requirements:
- Graduate of an accredited physical therapy curriculum with a bachelors or masters or doctoral degree with certification in physical therapy or foreign-trained equivalent by date of hire.
- Physical Therapist License (California) required at hire.
- National Provider Identifier required at hire.
- Basic Life Support required at hire.