Job DetailsJob Location: Head Quarters - Chattanooga, TN 37404Position Type: Full TimeEducation Level: 4 Year DegreeSalary Range: $70,000.00 - $75,000.00 Salary/yearJob Shift: FlexibleJob Category: Health CarePosition: Physical Therapist

Job Summary Flexible hours to be consistent with providing support to individuals with developmental disabilities in their natural environments: home, day program, and community. To work as an interdisciplinary team member to implement support plans that facilitate clients in reaching their full potential. To promote professional development in the ICF/IID department. To provide critical competency based teaching to direct care management and staff to facilitate continuity of care.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities • Function as a member of the comprehensive assessment process for clients supported in the ICF/IID department, providing data collection, analysis, and functional recommendations for at risk individuals with comprehensive needs. Maintain appropriate documentation of follow through on recommended actions. • Perform direct therapy for individuals. • Based upon assessment and determination of need, develop a treatment plan for each individual, which describe the purpose and proper procedure relating to all positioning, mobility, and orthotic devices. • Implement treatment plans by providing competency based training to residential and day program staff. • Required participation in all client Interdisciplinary Team (IDT) meetings, to include: Planning and ISP meeting documentation required to complete support plan, presentation of physical therapy assessment, development of appropriate goals as part of an interdisciplinary team. • Coordinate with each individual’s IDT to procure and maintain in good repair all positioning, mobility, and orthotic devices which are appropriate for those individuals. • Perform and document quarterly preventative maintenance checks on all equipment. Coordinate any needed repairs or replacement of equipment. • Attend with individuals, as appropriate, doctor appointments, clinic visits, and meetings with equipment vendors. • Provide Physical Therapy Supervision for Physical Therapist Assistants. • Provide 24/7 on-call service for all PT equipment and other PT emergencies for ICF individuals. • Assist with Orientation instruction of Challenges in Physical Management. • Maintain written, electronic and verbal confidentiality, in compliance with HIPAA guidelines, for individuals served. • Participate in continuing education to further professional skills related to physical therapy practice in the field of developmental disabilities, and for licensure renewal. • Other duties as assigned. QualificationsQualifications

Education: Minimum Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy from approved program. 
Experience: Previous experience in the developmental disabilities field of service.
Physical Requirements: Health must be adequate to allow for efficient accomplishment of assigned duties and responsibilities.
Professional Skills: Licensed or eligible for license in Tennessee. Able to function independently and as a team member. Able to teach and train in a variety of settings and to people with a variety of educational backgrounds and literacy levels. Able to communicate well both verbally and in writing.
Supervisory Structure: Reports to the ICF/IID Senior Assistant Director of Quality Supports
Job Requirements: 90-Day Evaluation Period. All Orange Grove Center required training and orientation.

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