Physical Therapist

FirstLight Home Care of Northern Colorado•Greeley, CO

36d

About The Position

At FirstLight® Home Care, we’re dedicated to hiring the kind of people we would trust with our own families. We’re currently searching for quality caregivers who are committed to making a difference in the lives of others. For these folks, caregiving is not just a job – it’s a calling. When we find these amazing professionals, we believe in taking really good care of them because extraordinary caregivers are the heart and soul of our company. They help us live out our mission every day by providing first-class personal service to our clients so that they may enjoy warmth, independence, and relaxed comfort in the place they call home. Job Summary: ● Ongoing interdisciplinary assessment of the patient. ● Develops, initiates, and evaluates the plan of care in partnership with the patient, representative (if any), and caregiver (s). ● Provides skilled therapy services per physician orders, the patient’s plan of care, agency policies and professional standards. ● Performs all aspects of patient/client care in an environment that optimizes safety. ● Ensures that changes in patients’ clinical status are communicated to other healthcare team members and agency office staff in a timely manner. ● Obtains all necessary physician orders and collaborates with the physician as the patient's needs dictate. Communicates with all physicians involved in the plan of care and other health care practitioners (as appropriate) related to the current plan of care. ● Coordinate patient care and participate in case conferences to discuss multidisciplinary team patient progress, plans for continued care, new problems, etc. ● Educates and counsels patients, their families/caregivers, and other staff as appropriate, in appropriate speech therapy modalities. ● Provides, modifies, or discontinues physical therapy modalities based upon an ongoing assessment/reassessment of the patient’s clinical status and in accordance with physician orders. ● Assesses the patient for the need for durable medical equipment as well as other adaptive equipment needs. ● Develops appropriate home exercise programs tailored to the patient’s clinical status, needs and age. ● Documents all care and services provided according to professional standards and agency policy and procedures. ● Instructs patients in proper in-home exercises and therapies. ● Educates patients and their families about the recovery process and the challenges they will face. ● Identify and meet patients’ goals and needs ● Provide quality, personalized and evidence-based care and proven interventions ● Promote clients’ healthy lifestyle by improving strength, flexibility, balance, and coordination

Requirements

Proven work experience as a Physical Therapist
Intensive education and clinical expertise
Ability to manage patients with different types of personalities
Communication skills
Interpersonal skills
Pleasant bedside manner
Motivation skills
Time management
Complex problem-solving skills
Persuasion skills
Persistence
Service-oriented
Instructing and teaching skills
Basic computer skills
Licensed as a Physical Therapist
Graduate of a Physical Therapist curriculum approved by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy, or if educated outside the United States, graduated from an education program determined to be substantially equivalent to Physical Therapist Assistant entry-level education in the United States by a credential’s evaluation organization approved by the American Physical Therapy Association.
Two years’ experience as a Physical Therapist.
Masters and Doctorate of Physical Therapy (PT) from an accredited physical therapy (PT) program approved by the Council on Medical Education of the American Medical Association in collaboration with the American Physical Therapy Association
Current CPR Certification
Must maintain current driver’s license and auto insurance

Nice To Haves

Previous experience in the home care or outpatient therapy industry preferred.

Responsibilities

Ongoing interdisciplinary assessment of the patient.
Develops, initiates, and evaluates the plan of care in partnership with the patient, representative (if any), and caregiver (s).
Provides skilled therapy services per physician orders, the patient’s plan of care, agency policies and professional standards.
Performs all aspects of patient/client care in an environment that optimizes safety.
Ensures that changes in patients’ clinical status are communicated to other healthcare team members and agency office staff in a timely manner.
Obtains all necessary physician orders and collaborates with the physician as the patient's needs dictate. Communicates with all physicians involved in the plan of care and other health care practitioners (as appropriate) related to the current plan of care.
Coordinate patient care and participate in case conferences to discuss multidisciplinary team patient progress, plans for continued care, new problems, etc.
Educates and counsels patients, their families/caregivers, and other staff as appropriate, in appropriate speech therapy modalities.
Provides, modifies, or discontinues physical therapy modalities based upon an ongoing assessment/reassessment of the patient’s clinical status and in accordance with physician orders.
Assesses the patient for the need for durable medical equipment as well as other adaptive equipment needs.
Develops appropriate home exercise programs tailored to the patient’s clinical status, needs and age.
Documents all care and services provided according to professional standards and agency policy and procedures.
Instructs patients in proper in-home exercises and therapies.
Educates patients and their families about the recovery process and the challenges they will face.
Identify and meet patients’ goals and needs
Provide quality, personalized and evidence-based care and proven interventions
Promote clients’ healthy lifestyle by improving strength, flexibility, balance, and coordination