Physical Therapist - Home Healthcare

Presbyterian Healthcare Services • Pueblo, CO

6d • $37 - $57

About The Position

Join our Home Healthcare Department in a Rehab capacity! How you grow, learn and thrive matters here. • Educational and career development options, including tuition and certification reimbursement, scholarship opportunities • Staff Safety (a wearable badge that allows nurses to quickly and discreetly call for help when safety is a concern) • Differentials for night/weekend shifts, higher education, certifications and various lead roles (for eligible positions) • Malpractice liability insurance • Loan forgiveness through the New Mexico Higher Education Department • EPIC electronic charting system Sign on and relocation assistance to qualified candidates! The Physical Therapist acts as a care manager and is responsible for overseeing and ensuring a comprehensive rehabilitation program designed to meet the physical, psychosocial, and immediate environmental well-being of the patient. This includes promoting client/caregiver ability for self-determination and care, optimizing their participation in this process and optimizing outside resource utilization to achieve self-management. In this role you will be responsible for coordinating and communicating with various disciplines or services involved in client care and coordinating their efforts toward discharge goals established at onset and during course of care and will be a patient advocate.

Requirements

• Bachelors degree in Physical therapy Required
• Licensed as a Physical Therapist in New Mexico
• Meet requirements of Home Health Medicare Conditions of Participation if necessary.
• Need to have current NM drivers license as well as auto insurance.
• BLS Required at time of hire

Nice To Haves

• PhD in PT Preferred
• One year of experience in supervised clinical practice in acute care or rehab setting preferred.
• Basic typing competency preferred.

Responsibilities

• Evaluates patients, develops plans and goals, and implements treatment programs for improvement of physical or developmental dysfunction and independence in activities of daily living.
• Continuously reassess treatment plans and goals.
• Evaluates, observes and instructs patients on functional skills.
• Educates and instructs regarding home programs and preventive measures as appropriate to patient, family, and others.
• Leaves written instructions in the home.
• Must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span of patients served
• Initiates documentation in the home and completely records all care delivery as required by the profession and the department by the end of each day; this includes admissions.
• Communicates with patient, family, physician/Advanced Practice Clinician (APC), and other healthcare providers regarding patient care.
• Maintains established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, quality assurance program, safety, environmental and infection control standards.
• Participates in weekly team conferences, educational programs, in-services and other meetings as required.
• Participates on special project teams,
• Participates in agency continuous quality improvement activities as required
• Maintains a department defined productivity standard for visits and caseload management.
• Precepts newly hired therapists and students and serves as a resource person and professional role model as needed.
• Provides supervision and oversight of Physical Therapy Assistants and Home Health Aides/Certified Nurse Assistants as required by regulation.
• Responsible for holiday and weekend coverage for agency admissions and patient home visits as required on a rotating basis.
• Performs other functions as required.

Benefits

• Educational and career development options, including tuition and certification reimbursement, scholarship opportunities
• Staff Safety (a wearable badge that allows nurses to quickly and discreetly call for help when safety is a concern)
• Differentials for night/weekend shifts, higher education, certifications and various lead roles (for eligible positions)
• Malpractice liability insurance
• Loan forgiveness through the New Mexico Higher Education Department
• EPIC electronic charting system
• Sign on and relocation assistance to qualified candidates!
• Presbyterian employees have access to a fun, engaging and unique wellness program, including free on-site and community-based gyms, nutrition coaching and classes, mindfulness and meditation resources, wellness challenges and more.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time