Physical Therapist PT Per Diem

Sterling Therapy Providers•Middleburg Heights, OH

About The Position

The Physical Therapist organizes and conducts physical therapy programs for the facility to facilitate rehabilitation. The role directs residents’ participation in selected tasks to restore, reinforce, and enhance performance, and facilitates learning the skills and functions needed to promote independence and productivity and to diminish or correct pathology. The Physical Therapist also directs activities to promote and maintain health. The position evaluates residents, develops treatment goals and plans, delivers and adapts therapy to individual needs, and documents services and progress. It includes selecting therapeutic modalities, working with the rehabilitation team, supervising and training supportive personnel, maintaining a safe environment and therapy equipment, and providing care in a compassionate manner that recognizes residents’ 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, and certified by the American Physical Therapy Association under its requirements.
Licensed or eligible for licensure as required by the state.
Good organizational and time-management skills.
Good verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

Evaluate residents, develop treatment goals and methods, implement treatment plans, and complete related documentation and recordkeeping.
Apply therapeutic techniques involving gait, ambulation, strength, coordination, endurance, mobility, posture, sensory awareness, sitting and standing skills, balance, and orientation.
Design and fit adaptive devices, including orthotics and prosthetics, and train residents to use them.
Select physical agent modalities suited to each resident’s needs, capacity, mobility activities, and diagnosis.
Consult with rehabilitation team members to select appropriate therapeutic regimens based on residents’ needs and capabilities.
Instruct residents in skills and techniques for mobility activities and evaluate their progress, attitudes, and behavior in relation to rehabilitation potential.
Adapt therapy programs to individual residents’ needs.
Promote a safe environment and enforce the elimination of fire and safety hazards.
Attend and contribute to resident-care and staffing conferences and other related meetings.
Supervise supportive personnel in accordance with state and professional standards.
Conduct training programs and train medical, nursing, and other personnel in physical therapy techniques and objectives.
Order supplies and equipment as needed.
Clean and maintain equipment, and identify and report equipment needing repair.
Ensure residents and families receive high-quality, compassionate service that recognizes individual needs and rights.
Interact with residents, families, visitors, and employees.
Carry out other requested tasks when hands-on intervention or participation may be required.