Signature Bend Home Health | PRN PT | Bend, OR
About The Position
The Physical Therapist provides curative, rehabilitative, and/or preventive services to home health patients. The role includes evaluating patients’ functional levels, contributing to and revising treatment plans, providing skilled therapy, documenting services, and advising families and agency personnel. The therapist works as part of a multidisciplinary team while also being able to work independently in patients’ homes. The position requires adherence to agency standards, policies, confidentiality requirements, safety procedures, and applicable laws and professional standards. The therapist maintains clinical competence through required education and participates in staff meetings, in-service programs, and assigned orientation or student preceptorship activities. The work takes place in patients’ homes and involves driving throughout the service area. Conditions may include cluttered or poorly maintained homes, pests, secondhand smoke, inadequate ventilation or temperature control, and difficult driving conditions. The role involves assisting dependent patients with positioning, transfers, ambulation, and other care as appropriate to the therapist’s training and license.
Requirements
- Graduate of an accredited physical therapy school.
- Current Washington physical therapy license.
- Current approved CPR certification: BLS for healthcare providers.
- Current Washington driver’s license or transportation available to cover the entire service area without advance notice.
- Current minimum automobile insurance coverage as required by law.
- Interest in working with ill, elderly, and/or disabled clients.
- Able to read, write, and communicate verbally effectively in English.
- Able to drive up to 150 miles in one day and tolerate congested driving conditions and frequent schedule changes.
- Able to climb stairs; lift, push, and pull at least 40 pounds without assistance; and bend, squat, or kneel to provide patient care.
- Able to provide physical care to dependent patients, including positioning, transfers, and ambulation, including up to total assistance.
- Able to perform fine motor tasks such as IV care, wound dressings, catheter care, and range of motion, as appropriate to training and license or certification.
Nice To Haves
- At least one year of recent experience in a clinical setting is preferred.
Responsibilities
- Make the initial evaluation visit when nursing is not involved in the plan of care at its inception.
- Assist the physician in evaluating patients’ levels of function.
- Develop, contribute to, and revise the plan of treatment as appropriate.
- Prepare clinical and progress notes on the day of service.
- Advise and consult with families and other agency personnel.
- Participate in in-service programs and required staff meetings.
- Provide skilled therapy services.
- Follow agency policies, maintain patient and staff confidentiality, and comply with applicable laws, rules, and standards.
- Complete required annual safety, infection-control, and other mandatory education and document completion.
- Use appropriate safety precautions and follow emergency procedures in patients’ homes and while driving.
- Work cooperatively as a member of a multidisciplinary team and contribute to positive communication and support.
- Organize work, manage time, meet productivity expectations, and document services accurately and legibly.
- Work independently, use sound judgment, ask questions when assignments are unclear, and notify the supervisor or office of delays or absences as required.
- Help orient new employees and precept students as assigned.
- Report actual or suspected fraud or operational abuse of laws, regulations, and standards as appropriate.
