HH Physical Therapist

LifeCare Home Health•Graham, TX

16h•Onsite

About The Position

Life Care Home Health Family provides skilled nursing, therapy, homecare, hospice, palliative care, and private duty services across Texas, Florida, Nevada, and Georgia. The company emphasizes a supportive, family-like team culture, competitive pay, and opportunities for career growth and continuing education. They utilize Nestmed AI Scribe to reduce charting time, allowing for more patient care. The Physical Therapist role involves providing coordinated care to clients of all age groups, planning, implementing, and evaluating care plans to restore or maintain patient well-being. This includes organizing and conducting physical therapy treatment based on medical referrals and evaluations, and interacting with patients of all ages in a clinical setting.

Requirements

Two (2) years experience as a PT in a clinical care setting.
Therapy skills as defined as generally accepted standards of practice.
Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to communicate effectively.
Demonstrates proven decision-making skills.
If required to make visits, Hepatitis profile.
Must read, write and comprehend English.
Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy from an American Physical Therapy Association approved program.
Current driver’s license in good standing.
Reliable transportation and auto liability insurance.
Current State professional license as a PT in any/all applicable states.
Current CPR.
On-going employment as a PT always requires maintenance of a valid PT license in the state which the therapist practices in and a valid CPR certificate.
It is the responsibility of the employee to renew these before they expire in order to continue employment.

Nice To Haves

Home health experience.

Responsibilities

Promote /exemplify Company mission, vision and values at all times.
Perform clinical assessments; identifies patient needs and appropriateness of client.
Document, prepare/revise and complete a Plan of Care (POC), progress notes, phone orders, and other clinical record documentation on an ongoing basis.
Apply concepts of infection control and universal precaution in coordination/performing client cares activities to protect both client and staff (OSHA).
Plan and provide appropriate treatment for neuro-muscular neurological and orthopedic disorders based on medical referral and therapy assessment.
Assist/instruct client/family in transfer techniques appropriate to client abilities.
Instruct on use of equipment.
Provides effective communication to clients, their families, team members, and other health care professionals.
Regular participation in Case Conference/Team Meetings.
Monitors assigned cases to ensure compliance with the requirements of third-party payers.
Completes appropriate documentation in a timely manner to assure compliance with company policy.
Demonstrates commitment and professional growth by participating in in-service programs and maintaining/improving competency.
Meet mandatory continuing education requirements of the Agency/licensing board.