Per Diem Physical Therapist

Summit Health CityMD•Stamford, CT

About The Position

The Physical Therapist evaluates patients, identifies problems, determines diagnoses, and develops individualized treatment programs to maintain, improve, or restore physical functioning, alleviate pain, and prevent dysfunction. The role includes evaluating treatment outcomes, adjusting care as needed, documenting patient progress, and coordinating with patients, families, physicians, insurance companies, and supportive personnel. The position also provides education on physical therapy, injury prevention, ergonomics, and health promotion, and arranges discharge, home treatment instructions, follow-up care, or referrals as appropriate.

Requirements

Doctorate in Physical Therapy.
New York State Physical Therapy License and Registration.
BLS Certification.
Ability to communicate effectively with patients, insurance companies, and coworkers.
Knowledge of EMR, MS Word, Excel, and physical therapy billing codes.
Knowledge of manual physical therapy treatments and the use of modalities and physical therapy exercise equipment.

Responsibilities

Perform and document initial examinations, evaluate findings, identify problems, and determine diagnoses before intervention.
Inform patients when findings are outside the scope of physical therapy and refer them to appropriate practitioners.
Record prognosis, treatment, patient response, and progress in the patient chart or EMR.
Plan, prepare, and carry out individualized physical treatment programs, including modalities, manual treatment, and therapeutic exercise.
Evaluate treatment effects at various stages and adjust treatments to achieve maximum benefit.
Direct, supervise, assess, and communicate with supportive personnel.
Provide education about physical therapy, injury prevention, ergonomics, and ways to promote health.
Discharge patients when treatment goals or projected outcomes have been attained and arrange appropriate follow-up care or referrals.
Instruct patients and families in treatment procedures to continue at home.
Communicate with physicians continuously regarding patient care.