Part-Time Physical Therapist (PT) for Beckley, WV

ODYSSEY REHABILITATION•Beckley, WV

About The Position

The Physical Therapist organizes and conducts physical therapy programs to facilitate rehabilitation. The role directs clients’ participation in selected tasks to restore, reinforce, and enhance performance; teaches skills and functions that promote independence and productivity; and directs activities to promote and maintain health. The Physical Therapist reports to the Clinical Manager. The position evaluates clients, develops treatment goals and methods, implements treatment plans, and completes related documentation. Therapy may address gait, ambulation, strength, coordination, endurance, mobility, posture, sensory awareness, sitting and standing skills, balance, and orientation. The Physical Therapist also designs and fits adaptive devices, trains clients in their use, selects appropriate physical agent modalities, consults with the rehabilitation team, and adapts programs to individual needs. The role promotes a safe environment, participates in client-care and staffing meetings, supervises supportive personnel, and contributes to training medical, nursing, and other personnel in physical therapy techniques and objectives. It includes ordering supplies and equipment and maintaining, cleaning, and reporting repair needs for equipment. The Physical Therapist is expected to provide caring, compassionate service that recognizes residents’ and families’ needs and rights.

Requirements

Graduate of a physical therapy curriculum accredited jointly by the Council on Medical Education of the American Medical Association and the American Physical Therapy Association.
Certified by the American Physical Therapy Association under its requirements.
Able and willing to practice physical therapy according to state guidelines.
Good organizational and time-management skills.
Good verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

Evaluate clients, develop treatment goals and methods, implement physical therapy treatment plans, and complete related documentation and records.
Apply therapeutic techniques addressing gait, ambulation, muscle strength, coordination, endurance, mobility, posture control, sensory awareness, sitting and standing skills, balance, and orientation.
Design and fit adaptive devices, including splints, orthotics, and prosthetics, and train clients in their use.
Select physical agent modalities suited to each client’s needs, physical capacity, mobility activities, and diagnosis.
Consult with rehabilitation team members to select appropriate therapeutic regimens for clients’ needs and capabilities.
Instruct clients in skills and techniques for mobility activities and evaluate their progress, attitudes, behavior, and rehabilitative potential.
Adapt programs to individual client needs.
Promote a safe environment and help eliminate fire and safety hazards.
Attend and contribute to client-care, staffing, and other related meetings.
Supervise supportive personnel in accordance with state and professional standards.
Conduct training programs and participate in training medical, nursing, and other personnel in physical therapy techniques and objectives.
Order supplies and equipment as necessary; clean and maintain equipment and identify and report repair needs.
Provide caring, compassionate customer service that recognizes residents’ and families’ needs and rights.