Physical Therapist Home Health
About The Position
The Physical Therapist helps patients rebuild or maintain physical wellbeing, function at their best level, reduce pain, and improve quality of life. The role performs initial evaluations, develops and updates individualized plans of care, and provides a variety of direct treatments. The Physical Therapist is expected to meet patient care productivity standards, collaborate with the interdisciplinary team and families, and promote a positive customer service environment. Success requires age-appropriate competency skills, excellent communication, and a collaborative, patient-centered approach to care. The role also requires demonstrating competency during clinical supervisor field observation, completing documentation according to established guidelines, ensuring physician orders are present and correctly written, documenting follow-up on identified problems, and reviewing and documenting clinical progress toward goals.
Requirements
- Complete an accredited physical therapy degree program.
- Be board eligible and able to obtain a California Physical Therapist license within six months, or already hold a California Physical Therapist license.
- Previous experience as a Physical Therapist or Physical Therapist student/intern.
- California Physical Therapist license within six months of hire.
- Basic Life Support (CPR) certification upon hire.
- California driver’s license upon hire.
- Auto insurance upon hire.
- Strong age-appropriate competency skills.
- Excellent communication abilities.
- A collaborative, patient-centered approach to care.
Responsibilities
- Perform initial patient evaluations.
- Develop and update individualized plans of care.
- Provide a variety of direct treatments.
- Meet the discipline-specific patient care productivity standard.
- Demonstrate competency in patient care during field observation by the clinical supervisor.
- Complete and submit documentation according to established guidelines.
- Ensure physician orders are present and written correctly.
- Document follow-up of identified problems.
- Review and document clinical progress toward goals.
- Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team and patients’ families.
- Promote a positive customer service environment.
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Job Type
Full-time
