Job Overview
Physical Therapist (Outpatient Rehab) - Develop individualized plans of care for patients, outlining the patients' goals and the expected outcomes of the plans. Use exercises, stretching maneuvers, hands-on therapy, and equipment to ease patients' pain, help them increase their mobility, prevent further pain or injury, and facilitate health and wellness.
Tasks include:
- Administer manual exercises, massage and/or traction to help relieve pain, increase the patient's strength, and decrease or prevent deformity and crippling.
- Discharge patient from physical therapy when goals or projected outcomes have been attained and provide for appropriate follow-up care or referrals.
- Evaluate effects of treatment at various stages and adjust treatments to achieve maximum benefit.
- Identify and document goals, anticipated progress and plans for reevaluation.
- Inform the patient when diagnosis reveals findings outside their scope and refer to an appropriate practitioner.
- Instruct patient and family in treatment procedures to be continued at home.
- Plan, prepare and carry out individually designed programs of physical treatment to maintain, improve or restore physical functioning, alleviate pain and prevent physical dysfunction in
- patients.
- Record prognosis, treatment, response, and progress in patient's chart or enter information into computer.
- Review physician's referral and patient's medical records to help determine diagnosis and physical therapy treatment.
- Must be a Licensed Physical Therapist in the State of Florida is required.
- Neurologic rehab experience/ NCS certification/ Neurologic residency.
- GCS/ Geriatric Certification.
- Vestibular experience/ and or certification.
- Lymphedema Certification.
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