Physical Therapist Home Care

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Base pay range: $72,000.00/yr - $/yr

Greater Purpose and Core Values: Athletico’s Greater Purpose is to empower people, inspire hope and transform lives. We accomplish this by providing exceptional, progressive, and cost-effective fitness, performance and rehabilitative services through personalized care that emphasizes education and prevention of future injury. This is accomplished through building on our Core Values of one team, understanding our business, recognition, people-focused, accountability, continuous innovation and trust and integrity, which are the foundation for our unique culture.

Position Summary: At Athletico, the Physical Therapist’s role is to evaluate, design and implement a patient’s plan of care. Each Plan of Care is created to increase, maintain or restore function, minimize or prevent disability, and assist patients in reaching their maximum performance levels.

The below is not an exhaustive list of duties and you will be expected to perform different tasks as necessitated by your changing role within the organization and the overall business objectives of the organization.

• Assess and screen patient s daily living/work-related skills and develop therapeutic retraining programs with measurable outcomes
• Administer and interpret diagnostic and prognostic tests of function to patients in their homes or other settings to assist the physician in evaluating the patient s level of function
• Confer with the patient s physician and other health care team members and participate in development/revision of the Plan of Care
• Provide therapeutic treatment and instruction to patients in accordance with physician orders to improve/restore strength, coordination, range-of-motion and function or teach compensation
• Review/expand the treatment programs in a manner consistent with the functional goals of each patient and within the guidelines of the rehabilitation program
• Report patient status and progress to the physician, rehabilitation staff, patient and family
• Participate in care coordination and discharge planning activities and act as a resource to other health care personnel in meeting patient s needs
• Recommend and/or design special adaptive equipment for clients to improve residence or working environments or improve their participation in the rehabilitation program and/or community
• Train family members and caregivers to carry out the treatment including dressing, feeding, grooming and hygiene skills, participate in team and family educational meetings
• Accurately and thoroughly document patients  care observations, interventions and evaluation on the day services are provided; ensure interim (verbal) orders are documented and implemented and submit evaluation, treatment plans and discharge summary within 24 hours

• Education:
  
  Degree from an accredited Physical Therapy Program
• Work Experience:
  
  A minimum of 5 year physical therapy experience preferred;
  Home Health experience preferred
• Certification/Licensure:
  Current Physical Therapist licensure in good standing
• Knowledge and Technical
  
  Skills:
  
  Current CPR certification;
  Proof of a negative TB test recommended;
  Exceptional organizational and communication skills;
  Current and valid driver’s license;
  Current and valid automobile insurance

• Ability to read, write and speak English proficiently

The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential function.

• Specific vision requirements include the ability to see at close range, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to speak and understand
• Possess the ability to fulfill any office activities normally expected in an office setting, to include: remaining seated…