Physical Therapist

Springhill Medical Center•Springhill, LA

20d

About The Position

The Physical Therapist evaluates patients and develops, carries out, and adjusts individualized treatment programs to maintain, improve, or restore physical function, alleviate pain, and prevent dysfunction. The role includes documenting examinations, diagnoses, treatment plans, patient responses, progress, goals, and prognosis in patient records. The Physical Therapist educates patients and families about treatment procedures for home use, coordinates intervention plans with patients and medical practitioners, and provides appropriate follow-up care or referrals when discharging patients or identifying needs outside physical therapy.

Requirements

Master’s degree required.
Must hold a permanent Physical Therapist license from the State of Louisiana; the license must be active and in good standing.

Nice To Haves

Six or more months of experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Perform and document initial examinations, evaluate findings, identify problems, and determine a diagnosis before intervention.
Plan, prepare, and carry out individualized physical treatment programs to maintain, improve, or restore physical function, alleviate pain, and prevent dysfunction.
Record prognosis, treatment, patient response, and progress in patient charts or computer systems.
Identify and document goals, anticipated progress, and plans for reevaluation.
Administer manual exercises, massage, or traction to relieve pain, increase strength, and decrease or prevent deformity or disability.
Evaluate treatment effects at various stages and adjust treatments to achieve maximum benefit.
Test and measure strength, motor development and function, sensory perception, functional capacity, and respiratory and circulatory efficiency; record the data.
Instruct patients and families in treatment procedures to continue at home.
Consult with patients, medical practitioners, and appropriate others to plan, implement, and assess intervention programs.
Review physician referrals and patient medical records to help determine diagnosis and required physical therapy treatment.
Obtain patients’ informed consent to proposed interventions.
Discharge patients when goals or projected outcomes have been attained and provide appropriate follow-up care or referrals.
Explain proposed interventions, material risks, expected benefits, and reasonable alternatives to patients.
Inform patients when diagnostic findings are outside the scope of physical therapy and refer them to appropriate practitioners.
Refer clients to community resources and services.
Administer treatments involving physical agents, using equipment, moist packs, and ultrasound machines.
Perform other duties as assigned.