Physical Therapist

Job Requirements

• Credentialed graduate of an accredited Physical Therapy program and licensed in the state where practicing.
• Prior experience in physical therapy preferred.
• Ability to lift 50 pounds, with frequent lifting and/or carrying of objects weighing up to 10 pounds.
• Travel within a local area as needed for patient treatment.
• Ability to work inside with exposure to some disagreeable conditions.
• Communicate effectively with residents, other therapy staff, and facility staff in general.
• Must be capable of executing all terms and conditions set forth in the Employee Handbook.

Responsibilities

• Review and evaluate physician referrals and patient/resident medical records to determine physical therapy treatment required.
• Plan and prepare written treatment program based on evaluation of available patient/resident data.
• Confer with physician and other health practitioners to obtain additional patient/resident information, suggest revisions in treatment program, and integrate physical therapy treatment with other aspects of patient/resident care.
• Record patient/resident treatment, response, and progress.
• Absorb and motivate patients/residents in non-manual exercises, such as active regimes, isometric and progressive-resistive and functional activities, such as gait training, transfer training.
• Utilize weights, exercise machines, mats, steps, incline surfaces, assistive and supportive devices such as walkers, canes, crutches, parallel bars, orthoses, and prostheses.
• Consult with physician and/or nursing in the event of adverse reaction.
• Administer manual therapeutic exercises to improve or maintain muscle function, applying precise amounts of manual force and guiding patient/resident body parts through patterns and degrees of movement.
• Administer treatments involving application of physical agents using equipment such as hydrotherapy tanks, moist heat packs, cold packs, ultraviolet and infrared lamps, ultrasound, and electrical stimulation units.
• Evaluate effects of treatments at various intensities and durations and adjust treatment to achieve maximum benefit.
• Administer treatments involving application of physical agents using equipment such as hydrotherapy tanks, moist heat packs, cold packs, ultraviolet and infrared lamps, ultrasound, and electrical stimulation units.
• Evaluate effects of treatments at various intensities and durations and adjust treatment to achieve maximum benefit.
• Think and act calmly and logically to meet unusual occurrences of the job without being thrown off stride.
• Follow established infection control precautions, adhere to Universal Blood and Body Fluid precautions following policy and center specific infection control policies and procedures.