Pain Physical Therapist

Posterity Group LLC • New York, NY

7d • Onsite

About The Position

Posterity Group LLC is seeking Pain Physical Therapists to staff the VA New York Harbor Healthcare System. The Physical Therapist will work out of either the Margaret Cochran Corbin VA Campus in New York, NY, or the Brooklyn VA Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY. This role involves assessing patients, developing and implementing treatment plans, providing therapeutic interventions, applying evidence-based behavioral strategies, monitoring progress, and educating patients and their families. The Physical Therapist will exercise autonomous clinical decision-making through Direct Access.

Requirements

• A minimum of 2,000 hours of clinical practice directly in chronic pain physical therapy within the past two to five years; or
• Board Certification in a specialty area recognized by the ABPTS; or
• Completion of a fellowship program in a related specialty; or
• An additional advanced degree in a related field.
• A minimum of two years of hospital or ambulatory care experience, or equivalent experience in chronic pain management.

Responsibilities

• Assess the patient prior to development of treatment plans and goals, exercising autonomous clinical decision-making through Direct Access.
• Implement plans in accordance with initial evaluation findings for treatment aimed at prevention, reducing disability or pain, restoring lost function, and increasing participation.
• Provide therapeutic interventions at each visit, which may focus on: posture, wheelchair mobility, gait, transfers, strength, endurance, balance, coordination, joint mobility and flexibility, functional tasks, and pain neuroscience education.
• Apply evidence-based behavioral strategies to identify and address fear-avoidance presentations and adapt physical therapy approaches for patients with co-occurring severe mental and physical disabilities.
• Monitor the extent to which services have met therapeutic goals relative to the initial and all subsequent assessments at each visit.
• Determine the degree to which improvement occurs and, when appropriate, revise the treatment plan at each visit.
• Provide education to patients, families, and/or significant others regarding deficits incurred and interventions to reduce the existing deficit, and management of any residual deficit in resumption of life roles in the home and community at each visit.
• Perform chart review prior to each scheduled appointment and obtain a subjective history of assigned patients.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed