Senior Living Physical Therapist

Senior Living Physical Therapist with Sign-On Bonus at Apex Health and Rehab Carrollton summary:
As a Senior Living Physical Therapist, you evaluate patients to create individualized treatment plans and set short- and long-term goals to promote rehabilitation. You use safe treatment techniques and equipment, maintain equipment logs, and adhere to medical regimens and safety precautions. The role offers career growth, continuing education, and fosters trusted therapist-patient relationships within a supportive community-focused environment.
We are hiring for Physical Therapist to join our team in Senior Living.
At LHC Group, we embrace a culture of caring, belonging, and trust and enjoy the meaningful connections that come from it: for the whole patient, their families, each other, and the communities we serve—it truly is all about helping people.
​As a Physical Therapist, you can expect:​

• the ability to build in-person trusted therapist-patient relationships

• continuing education and tuition reimbursement opportunities

• independence and autonomy

• career growth possibilities

• Evaluates the patient to determine rehab potential, identifies needs, establishes an individualized treatment plan of care, and sets goals to be used in the team plan of care.

• Sets initial STG's and LTG's.

• Utilizes equipment in a proper and safe manner, maintains equipment inspection, maintenance and cleaning logs, reports broken or faulty equipment.

• Maintains equipment logs for required equipment in the outpatient clinic.

• Follows medical regimen developed for the patient. Is aware of and adheres to precautions (THR, TKR, Cardiac, Wound, etc.).

• Utilizes the following safe treatment techniques: transfers, positioning, feeding, splinting, paraffin bath, cryotherapy, ultrasound, electrical stimulation, etc.

• Completes D/C summary on each patient on their final visit to outpatient PT.

• Current Physical Therapist licensure in state of practice.

• Current CPR certification required.

• Current driver's license, vehicle insurance, and access to a dependable vehicle, or public transportation.
Keywords:
physical therapy, rehabilitation, patient care, treatment planning, senior living, equipment maintenance, therapist-patient relationships, continuing education, cardiac precautions, therapy techniques