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Provides direct patient care, evaluates functional needs and outcomes, and consults with other specialists as needed.
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Reviews patient’s functional needs and adjusts care plan as indicated to ensure optimal patient outcome.
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Designs and implements a plan of care for the patient based on a thorough assessment of potential development and incorporates participation by significant others whenever it seems possible.
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Conducts therapy practice within defined standards of care.
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Directs the assistance of support staff in order to achieve the patient’s functional goals.
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Communicates effectively with other professionals and support staff in order to achieve positive patient outcomes.
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Practices established hospital and departmental policies and procedures, objectives, quality improvement programs, safety, environmental, and infection control standards.
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Documents evaluations, treatment goals, and plans. Regularly updates documentation and maintains all required prescriptions and signatures.
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Enhances professional growth and development of self and other through participation in educational programs, in-service meetings, and workshops. Keeps up to date on current professional literature.
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Provides direction and leadership to staff and acts as a resource to promote physical therapy within the community.
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Maintain and educate physical therapist and physical therapy assistants on insurance requirements to optimize documentation and patient care.
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Collaborate with the director to address clinical issues related to patient care and patient complaints/grievances.
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Partner with the front office and billing staff to navigate insurance issues, referral triage, and problem solving.
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Create relationships with hospital departments and be a liaison for protocol development and future program development.
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Create schedules and optimize coverage for inpatient and outpatient therapy.
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Monitor provider schedules and assist front office staff in managing wait times for patients and optimize patient scheduling.
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Collaborate with the Director to build budgets, evaluate the need for equipment both minor and capital.
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Supervise and motivate other physical therapists’ and physical therapy assistants’ work performance to optimize high quality services and therapy for patients.
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Demonstrate excellent communication and leadership skills.
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Collaborate with the Director to manage performance evaluations for physical therapists and physical therapy assistants at 90 days and annually.
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Develop a relationship and act as a liaison with contracted organizations and overseeing physicians.
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Other duties as assigned.
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Location: Indoors
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Regularly exposed to the risk of blood borne disease and other infectious diseases.
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Contact with patients under a wide variety of circumstances, including their home environment.
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May be exposed to/occasionally exposed to patient elements, accidents, injuries, and illnesses.
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Subject to varying and unpredictable situations; potentially violent or angry patients and families; emergencies and crisis situations.
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Occasionally subjected to irregular hours/shifts.
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Subjected to a variety of elemental exposures and driving conditions.
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Frequently required to function competently with multiple demands and tasks.
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Maybe exposed to environmental hazards in patient homes.
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Maybe exposed to noxious and potentially hazardous fumes.
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Outside: With precautions, small amount of fall risk enroute to & from car when on off-site service (i.e., group homes, Adult Day Health, schools).