Home Health Physical Therapist

BAYADA Home Health Care•Easton, MA

6d•Onsite

About The Position

BAYADA Home Health Care is seeking a Physical Therapist for a full-time or part-time role providing home health and outpatient visits within senior living communities in Easton. The therapist will work with geriatric clients who live in assisted living and independent living communities, helping them optimize function and independence and age in place through evidence-based interventions. New graduates are encouraged to apply, and prior outpatient experience is a plus but not required. The Physical Therapist is an integral member of a multidisciplinary health care team. The role includes assessing clients, developing and revising individualized plans of care, providing therapy interventions, educating clients and those supporting them, and documenting care using a touch pad tablet.

Requirements

Current Massachusetts Physical Therapist license.

Nice To Haves

Outpatient experience is a plus but not required.
New graduate Physical Therapists are encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities

Make outpatient visits to clients in designated senior living communities.
Perform diagnostic tests and measurements, including assessments of joint mobility and range, transfer status, ambulation, muscle strength and endurance, balance, and safety.
Develop and implement individualized care plans, including therapeutic exercises, gait training, balance activities, and other interventions.
Continually assess and revise the Physical Therapy plan of care.
Participate in multidisciplinary care plan meetings, including with community staff as appropriate.
Educate and instruct clients, family members, and community staff in therapy services and activities that promote health, safety, and independent living.
Document observations, interventions, and evaluations related to client care management and services provided using a touch pad tablet.