Physical Therapist/PT Clinical Specialist, Inpatient
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We need to preserve all substantive info, remove boilerplate. The posting includes purpose, description (multiple sentences), qualifications, schedule details, pay range. Also mentions "Current BLS For PT Clinical Specialist, must meet all qualifications noted above, as well as the following: Additional Duties And Responsibilities ..." This seems like a subsection for Clinical Specialist? Actually the text: "Current BLS For PT Clinical Specialist, must meet all qualifications noted above, as well as the following: Additional Duties And Responsibilities Serves as a clinical resource for rehabilitation staff in a focused area of clinical expertise; plans and conducts treatment programs for patients.Assists management in the planning, development, organization and supervision of the specified clinical specialty area.Documentation of Specialist Certification." This seems like extra duties for Clinical Specialist role. We should incorporate that into responsibilities perhaps.
We need to avoid duplication. Let's parse:
Purpose of Position: To organize and conduct medically prescribed treatment programs for adult and pediatric patients to help restore function and prevent disability according to the principles and practices of physical therapy.
Description: Evaluates new patients, sets objective measurable treatment goals for functional outcome, establishes appropriate treatment programs, and provides documentation of same. Administers diagnostic muscle, nerve, joint and functional ability tests to determine the extent of the patient’s impairment and the prognosis for improvement. Carries out appropriate treatment modalities, and re-evaluates the patient as needed, modifying the treatment plan based on patient progress. Provides objective, analytic documentation of patient care, patient/family education, and communication with other caregivers. Communicates effectively with medical/allied health personnel, regarding patient progress, needs, and discharge planning. Provides instruction in therapeutic procedures to be continued by patient and family. Assists in training new personnel as requested by manager. Provides guidance and direction to Physical Therapist Assistants, Aides, and affiliating students. Maintains established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, quality assessment programs, quality improvement initiatives, and safety, environmental and infection control standards. Attends meetings as required. Enhances professional growth and development through participation in approved education programs, current literature, in-service meetings and workshops. Maintains daily statistical records of patient activity and charges. Performs other work related duties as assigned or requested. Consistently provides service excellence to all patients, family members, visitors, volunteers and co-workers in a manner that reflects Cape Cod Hospital’s commitment to CARES: compassion, accountability, respect, excellence and service.
Qualifications: Able to read, write, and communicate effectively in English. Bachelor’s degree in Physical Therapy from an accredited Physical Therapy Program Licensed to practice in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Current BLS For PT Clinical Specialist, must meet all qualifications noted above, as well as the following: Additional Duties And Responsibilities Serves as a clinical resource for rehabilitation staff in a focused area of clinical expertise; plans and conducts treatment programs for patients. Assists management in the planning, development, organization and supervision of the specified clinical specialty area. Documentation of Specialist Certification.
Schedule Details: 24 hours per week, Rotating Days/Eves, 8a-4p, 8:30a-4:30p, 9a-5p, 9:30a-5:30p, 10a-6p, Rotating weekends and holidays
Organization: Cape Cod Hospital Primary Location: Massachusetts-Hyannis Department: CCH-Physical Therapy Annual/Hourly: Hourly Hiring Pay Range: 39.68 - 57.29
We need sections: About the role (purpose+description maybe), Responsibilities (list of duties), Qualifications (list), Skills (maybe not present), Benefits (none, so omit), Pay (we have range), Schedule (we have details). Also maybe include "Requirements" but we have qualifications.
We must not create sections with filler like "not specified". So only include sections where we have real content.
Thus sections: About the role (purpose+description), Responsibilities (list of duties), Qualifications (list), Pay (range), Schedule (details). Possibly also "Additional Duties" could be part of responsibilities.
We need to format as HTML fragment: use
for each heading. Use - for lists. Use
for prose.
We need to avoid repeating job title. No markdown.
Let's craft:
About the role
Purpose: To organize and conduct medically prescribed treatment programs for adult and pediatric patients to help restore function and prevent disability according to the principles and practices of physical therapy.
Evaluates new patients, sets objective measurable treatment goals for functional outcome, establishes appropriate treatment programs, and provides documentation of same. Administers diagnostic muscle, nerve, joint and functional ability tests to determine the extent of the patient’s impairment and the prognosis for improvement. Carries out appropriate treatment modalities, and re-evaluates the patient as needed, modifying the treatment plan based on patient progress. Provides objective, analytic documentation of patient care, patient/family education, and communication with other caregivers. Communicates effectively with medical/allied health personnel, regarding patient progress, needs, and discharge planning. Provides instruction in therapeutic procedures to be continued by patient and family. Assists in training new personnel as requested by manager. Provides guidance and direction to Physical Therapist Assistants, Aides, and affiliating students. Maintains established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, quality assessment programs, quality improvement initiatives, and safety, environmental and infection control standards. Attends meetings as required. Enhances professional growth and development through participation in approved education programs, current literature, in-service meetings and workshops. Maintains daily statistical records of patient activity and charges. Performs other work related duties as assigned or requested. Consistently provides service excellence to all patients, family members, visitors, volunteers and co-workers in a manner that reflects Cape Cod Hospital’s commitment to CARES: compassion, accountability, respect, excellence and service.
But we might split purpose and description into separate paragraphs; that's fine.
Now Responsibilities: Could list bullet points from description plus additional duties. However we already used description as prose; we could still have responsibilities as a list summarizing duties. But we need to avoid duplication? The instruction: "Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail." If we put responsibilities as a list, we need to include all duties; we could keep description as prose and also have responsibilities list? That would duplicate. Better to have either description as prose under About the role, and Responsibilities as a list of duties (maybe same content). But that would duplicate info. The instruction says preserve all substantive information; duplication is not prohibited but might be considered redundant. However they said "do NOT invent or summarize away detail." Duplication is okay but maybe not ideal. However they also said "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So maybe we should combine purpose and description into About the role (prose) and then have Responsibilities as a list of specific duties (maybe we can extract bullet points). But that would be repeating the same info in two formats. Might be considered summarizing away detail? Not exactly; it's just representing same detail in list form. Could be okay but might be considered redundant. However they didn't forbid duplication. But they said "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." Having both About the role (prose) and Responsibilities (list) might be two sections; still okay.
Alternatively we could make About the role just purpose, and Responsibilities list all duties (including those from description). That would avoid duplication. Let's do that: About the role: purpose only. Responsibilities: list of duties (including evaluation, goal setting, etc.) plus additional duties for Clinical Specialist. Qualifications: list.
Thus we preserve all info.
Let's extract duties from description:
- Evaluates new patients
- Sets objective measurable treatment goals for functional outcome
- Establishes appropriate treatment programs
- Provides documentation of same
- Administers diagnostic muscle, nerve, joint and functional ability tests to determine the extent of the patient’s impairment and the prognosis for improvement
- Carries out appropriate treatment modalities
- Re-evaluates the patient as needed, modifying the treatment plan based on patient progress
- Provides objective, analytic documentation of patient care, patient/family education, and communication with other caregivers
- Communicates effectively with medical/allied health personnel, regarding patient progress, needs, and discharge planning
- Provides instruction in therapeutic procedures to be continued by patient and family
- Assists in training new personnel as requested by manager
- Provides guidance and direction to Physical Therapist Assistants, Aides, and affiliating students
- Maintains established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, quality assessment programs, quality improvement initiatives, and safety, environmental and infection control standards
- Attends meetings as required
- Enhances professional growth and development through participation in approved education programs, current literature, in-service meetings and workshops
- Maintains daily statistical records of patient activity and charges
- Performs other work related duties as assigned or requested
- Consistently provides service excellence to all patients, family members, visitors, volunteers and co-workers in a manner that reflects Cape Cod Hospital’s commitment to CARES: compassion, accountability, respect, excellence and service
Additional duties for Clinical Specialist:
- Serves as a clinical resource for rehabilitation staff in a focused area of clinical expertise; plans and conducts treatment programs for patients
- Assists management in the planning, development, organization and supervision of the specified clinical specialty area
- Documentation of Specialist Certification
We could combine these into responsibilities list.
Now Qualifications:
- Able to read, write, and communicate effectively in English
- Bachelor’s degree in Physical Therapy from an accredited Physical Therapy Program
- Licensed to practice in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- Current BLS (for PT Clinical Specialist) (maybe we phrase as "Current BLS certification")
- For PT Clinical Specialist, must meet all qualifications noted above, as well as the following: (but that's basically same as above plus additional duties; we already captured additional duties in responsibilities). So qualifications list includes the first three plus BLS.
We could also include "Current BLS" as qualification.
Now Pay: Hiring Pay Range: 39.68 - 57.29 (hourly). We'll put in maybe.
Schedule: 24 hours per week, Rotating Days/Eves, 8a-4p, 8:30a-4:30p, 9a-5p, 9:30a-5:30p, 10a-6p, Rotating weekends and holidays.
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Now we need to output only HTML fragment.
Let's structure:
About the role
To organize and conduct medically prescribed treatment programs for adult and pediatric patients to help restore function and prevent disability according to the principles and practices of physical therapy.
Responsibilities
- Evaluates new patients
- Sets objective measurable treatment goals for functional outcome
- Establishes appropriate treatment programs
- Provides documentation of same
- Administers diagnostic muscle, nerve, joint and functional ability tests to determine the extent of the patient’s impairment and the prognosis for improvement
- Carries out appropriate treatment modalities
- Re-evaluates the patient as needed, modifying the treatment plan based on patient progress
- Provides objective, analytic documentation of patient care, patient/family education, and communication with other caregivers
- Communicates effectively with medical/allied health personnel, regarding patient progress, needs, and discharge planning
- Provides instruction in therapeutic procedures to be continued by patient and family
for prose. We need to preserve all substantive info, remove boilerplate. The posting includes purpose, description (multiple sentences), qualifications, schedule details, pay range. Also mentions "Current BLS For PT Clinical Specialist, must meet all qualifications noted above, as well as the following: Additional Duties And Responsibilities ..." This seems like a subsection for Clinical Specialist? Actually the text: "Current BLS For PT Clinical Specialist, must meet all qualifications noted above, as well as the following: Additional Duties And Responsibilities Serves as a clinical resource for rehabilitation staff in a focused area of clinical expertise; plans and conducts treatment programs for patients.Assists management in the planning, development, organization and supervision of the specified clinical specialty area.Documentation of Specialist Certification." This seems like extra duties for Clinical Specialist role. We should incorporate that into responsibilities perhaps. We need to avoid duplication. Let's parse: Purpose of Position: To organize and conduct medically prescribed treatment programs for adult and pediatric patients to help restore function and prevent disability according to the principles and practices of physical therapy. Description: Evaluates new patients, sets objective measurable treatment goals for functional outcome, establishes appropriate treatment programs, and provides documentation of same. Administers diagnostic muscle, nerve, joint and functional ability tests to determine the extent of the patient’s impairment and the prognosis for improvement. Carries out appropriate treatment modalities, and re-evaluates the patient as needed, modifying the treatment plan based on patient progress. Provides objective, analytic documentation of patient care, patient/family education, and communication with other caregivers. Communicates effectively with medical/allied health personnel, regarding patient progress, needs, and discharge planning. Provides instruction in therapeutic procedures to be continued by patient and family. Assists in training new personnel as requested by manager. Provides guidance and direction to Physical Therapist Assistants, Aides, and affiliating students. Maintains established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, quality assessment programs, quality improvement initiatives, and safety, environmental and infection control standards. Attends meetings as required. Enhances professional growth and development through participation in approved education programs, current literature, in-service meetings and workshops. Maintains daily statistical records of patient activity and charges. Performs other work related duties as assigned or requested. Consistently provides service excellence to all patients, family members, visitors, volunteers and co-workers in a manner that reflects Cape Cod Hospital’s commitment to CARES: compassion, accountability, respect, excellence and service. Qualifications: Able to read, write, and communicate effectively in English. Bachelor’s degree in Physical Therapy from an accredited Physical Therapy Program Licensed to practice in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Current BLS For PT Clinical Specialist, must meet all qualifications noted above, as well as the following: Additional Duties And Responsibilities Serves as a clinical resource for rehabilitation staff in a focused area of clinical expertise; plans and conducts treatment programs for patients. Assists management in the planning, development, organization and supervision of the specified clinical specialty area. Documentation of Specialist Certification. Schedule Details: 24 hours per week, Rotating Days/Eves, 8a-4p, 8:30a-4:30p, 9a-5p, 9:30a-5:30p, 10a-6p, Rotating weekends and holidays Organization: Cape Cod Hospital Primary Location: Massachusetts-Hyannis Department: CCH-Physical Therapy Annual/Hourly: Hourly Hiring Pay Range: 39.68 - 57.29 We need sections: About the role (purpose+description maybe), Responsibilities (list of duties), Qualifications (list), Skills (maybe not present), Benefits (none, so omit), Pay (we have range), Schedule (we have details). Also maybe include "Requirements" but we have qualifications. We must not create sections with filler like "not specified". So only include sections where we have real content. Thus sections: About the role (purpose+description), Responsibilities (list of duties), Qualifications (list), Pay (range), Schedule (details). Possibly also "Additional Duties" could be part of responsibilities. We need to format as HTML fragment: use
for each heading. Use - for lists. Use
for prose.
We need to avoid repeating job title. No markdown.
Let's craft:
About the role
Purpose: To organize and conduct medically prescribed treatment programs for adult and pediatric patients to help restore function and prevent disability according to the principles and practices of physical therapy.
Evaluates new patients, sets objective measurable treatment goals for functional outcome, establishes appropriate treatment programs, and provides documentation of same. Administers diagnostic muscle, nerve, joint and functional ability tests to determine the extent of the patient’s impairment and the prognosis for improvement. Carries out appropriate treatment modalities, and re-evaluates the patient as needed, modifying the treatment plan based on patient progress. Provides objective, analytic documentation of patient care, patient/family education, and communication with other caregivers. Communicates effectively with medical/allied health personnel, regarding patient progress, needs, and discharge planning. Provides instruction in therapeutic procedures to be continued by patient and family. Assists in training new personnel as requested by manager. Provides guidance and direction to Physical Therapist Assistants, Aides, and affiliating students. Maintains established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, quality assessment programs, quality improvement initiatives, and safety, environmental and infection control standards. Attends meetings as required. Enhances professional growth and development through participation in approved education programs, current literature, in-service meetings and workshops. Maintains daily statistical records of patient activity and charges. Performs other work related duties as assigned or requested. Consistently provides service excellence to all patients, family members, visitors, volunteers and co-workers in a manner that reflects Cape Cod Hospital’s commitment to CARES: compassion, accountability, respect, excellence and service.
But we might split purpose and description into separate paragraphs; that's fine.
Now Responsibilities: Could list bullet points from description plus additional duties. However we already used description as prose; we could still have responsibilities as a list summarizing duties. But we need to avoid duplication? The instruction: "Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail." If we put responsibilities as a list, we need to include all duties; we could keep description as prose and also have responsibilities list? That would duplicate. Better to have either description as prose under About the role, and Responsibilities as a list of duties (maybe same content). But that would duplicate info. The instruction says preserve all substantive information; duplication is not prohibited but might be considered redundant. However they said "do NOT invent or summarize away detail." Duplication is okay but maybe not ideal. However they also said "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So maybe we should combine purpose and description into About the role (prose) and then have Responsibilities as a list of specific duties (maybe we can extract bullet points). But that would be repeating the same info in two formats. Might be considered summarizing away detail? Not exactly; it's just representing same detail in list form. Could be okay but might be considered redundant. However they didn't forbid duplication. But they said "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." Having both About the role (prose) and Responsibilities (list) might be two sections; still okay.
Alternatively we could make About the role just purpose, and Responsibilities list all duties (including those from description). That would avoid duplication. Let's do that: About the role: purpose only. Responsibilities: list of duties (including evaluation, goal setting, etc.) plus additional duties for Clinical Specialist. Qualifications: list.
Thus we preserve all info.
Let's extract duties from description:
- Evaluates new patients
- Sets objective measurable treatment goals for functional outcome
- Establishes appropriate treatment programs
- Provides documentation of same
- Administers diagnostic muscle, nerve, joint and functional ability tests to determine the extent of the patient’s impairment and the prognosis for improvement
- Carries out appropriate treatment modalities
- Re-evaluates the patient as needed, modifying the treatment plan based on patient progress
- Provides objective, analytic documentation of patient care, patient/family education, and communication with other caregivers
- Communicates effectively with medical/allied health personnel, regarding patient progress, needs, and discharge planning
- Provides instruction in therapeutic procedures to be continued by patient and family
- Assists in training new personnel as requested by manager
- Provides guidance and direction to Physical Therapist Assistants, Aides, and affiliating students
- Maintains established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, quality assessment programs, quality improvement initiatives, and safety, environmental and infection control standards
- Attends meetings as required
- Enhances professional growth and development through participation in approved education programs, current literature, in-service meetings and workshops
- Maintains daily statistical records of patient activity and charges
- Performs other work related duties as assigned or requested
- Consistently provides service excellence to all patients, family members, visitors, volunteers and co-workers in a manner that reflects Cape Cod Hospital’s commitment to CARES: compassion, accountability, respect, excellence and service
Additional duties for Clinical Specialist:
- Serves as a clinical resource for rehabilitation staff in a focused area of clinical expertise; plans and conducts treatment programs for patients
- Assists management in the planning, development, organization and supervision of the specified clinical specialty area
- Documentation of Specialist Certification
We could combine these into responsibilities list.
Now Qualifications:
- Able to read, write, and communicate effectively in English
- Bachelor’s degree in Physical Therapy from an accredited Physical Therapy Program
- Licensed to practice in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- Current BLS (for PT Clinical Specialist) (maybe we phrase as "Current BLS certification")
- For PT Clinical Specialist, must meet all qualifications noted above, as well as the following: (but that's basically same as above plus additional duties; we already captured additional duties in responsibilities). So qualifications list includes the first three plus BLS.
We could also include "Current BLS" as qualification.
Now Pay: Hiring Pay Range: 39.68 - 57.29 (hourly). We'll put in maybe.
Schedule: 24 hours per week, Rotating Days/Eves, 8a-4p, 8:30a-4:30p, 9a-5p, 9:30a-5:30p, 10a-6p, Rotating weekends and holidays.
We'll put in
.
Now we need to output only HTML fragment.
Let's structure:
About the role
To organize and conduct medically prescribed treatment programs for adult and pediatric patients to help restore function and prevent disability according to the principles and practices of physical therapy.
Responsibilities
- Evaluates new patients
- Sets objective measurable treatment goals for functional outcome
- Establishes appropriate treatment programs
- Provides documentation of same
- Administers diagnostic muscle, nerve, joint and functional ability tests to determine the extent of the patient’s impairment and the prognosis for improvement
- Carries out appropriate treatment modalities
- Re-evaluates the patient as needed, modifying the treatment plan based on patient progress
- Provides objective, analytic documentation of patient care, patient/family education, and communication with other caregivers
- Communicates effectively with medical/allied health personnel, regarding patient progress, needs, and discharge planning
- Provides instruction in therapeutic procedures to be continued by patient and family
for prose. We need to avoid repeating job title. No markdown. Let's craft:
About the role
Purpose: To organize and conduct medically prescribed treatment programs for adult and pediatric patients to help restore function and prevent disability according to the principles and practices of physical therapy.
Evaluates new patients, sets objective measurable treatment goals for functional outcome, establishes appropriate treatment programs, and provides documentation of same. Administers diagnostic muscle, nerve, joint and functional ability tests to determine the extent of the patient’s impairment and the prognosis for improvement. Carries out appropriate treatment modalities, and re-evaluates the patient as needed, modifying the treatment plan based on patient progress. Provides objective, analytic documentation of patient care, patient/family education, and communication with other caregivers. Communicates effectively with medical/allied health personnel, regarding patient progress, needs, and discharge planning. Provides instruction in therapeutic procedures to be continued by patient and family. Assists in training new personnel as requested by manager. Provides guidance and direction to Physical Therapist Assistants, Aides, and affiliating students. Maintains established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, quality assessment programs, quality improvement initiatives, and safety, environmental and infection control standards. Attends meetings as required. Enhances professional growth and development through participation in approved education programs, current literature, in-service meetings and workshops. Maintains daily statistical records of patient activity and charges. Performs other work related duties as assigned or requested. Consistently provides service excellence to all patients, family members, visitors, volunteers and co-workers in a manner that reflects Cape Cod Hospital’s commitment to CARES: compassion, accountability, respect, excellence and service.
But we might split purpose and description into separate paragraphs; that's fine. Now Responsibilities: Could list bullet points from description plus additional duties. However we already used description as prose; we could still have responsibilities as a list summarizing duties. But we need to avoid duplication? The instruction: "Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail." If we put responsibilities as a list, we need to include all duties; we could keep description as prose and also have responsibilities list? That would duplicate. Better to have either description as prose under About the role, and Responsibilities as a list of duties (maybe same content). But that would duplicate info. The instruction says preserve all substantive information; duplication is not prohibited but might be considered redundant. However they said "do NOT invent or summarize away detail." Duplication is okay but maybe not ideal. However they also said "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So maybe we should combine purpose and description into About the role (prose) and then have Responsibilities as a list of specific duties (maybe we can extract bullet points). But that would be repeating the same info in two formats. Might be considered summarizing away detail? Not exactly; it's just representing same detail in list form. Could be okay but might be considered redundant. However they didn't forbid duplication. But they said "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." Having both About the role (prose) and Responsibilities (list) might be two sections; still okay. Alternatively we could make About the role just purpose, and Responsibilities list all duties (including those from description). That would avoid duplication. Let's do that: About the role: purpose only. Responsibilities: list of duties (including evaluation, goal setting, etc.) plus additional duties for Clinical Specialist. Qualifications: list. Thus we preserve all info. Let's extract duties from description: - Evaluates new patients - Sets objective measurable treatment goals for functional outcome - Establishes appropriate treatment programs - Provides documentation of same - Administers diagnostic muscle, nerve, joint and functional ability tests to determine the extent of the patient’s impairment and the prognosis for improvement - Carries out appropriate treatment modalities - Re-evaluates the patient as needed, modifying the treatment plan based on patient progress - Provides objective, analytic documentation of patient care, patient/family education, and communication with other caregivers - Communicates effectively with medical/allied health personnel, regarding patient progress, needs, and discharge planning - Provides instruction in therapeutic procedures to be continued by patient and family - Assists in training new personnel as requested by manager - Provides guidance and direction to Physical Therapist Assistants, Aides, and affiliating students - Maintains established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, quality assessment programs, quality improvement initiatives, and safety, environmental and infection control standards - Attends meetings as required - Enhances professional growth and development through participation in approved education programs, current literature, in-service meetings and workshops - Maintains daily statistical records of patient activity and charges - Performs other work related duties as assigned or requested - Consistently provides service excellence to all patients, family members, visitors, volunteers and co-workers in a manner that reflects Cape Cod Hospital’s commitment to CARES: compassion, accountability, respect, excellence and service Additional duties for Clinical Specialist: - Serves as a clinical resource for rehabilitation staff in a focused area of clinical expertise; plans and conducts treatment programs for patients - Assists management in the planning, development, organization and supervision of the specified clinical specialty area - Documentation of Specialist Certification We could combine these into responsibilities list. Now Qualifications: - Able to read, write, and communicate effectively in English - Bachelor’s degree in Physical Therapy from an accredited Physical Therapy Program - Licensed to practice in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Current BLS (for PT Clinical Specialist) (maybe we phrase as "Current BLS certification") - For PT Clinical Specialist, must meet all qualifications noted above, as well as the following: (but that's basically same as above plus additional duties; we already captured additional duties in responsibilities). So qualifications list includes the first three plus BLS. We could also include "Current BLS" as qualification. Now Pay: Hiring Pay Range: 39.68 - 57.29 (hourly). We'll put inmaybe. Schedule: 24 hours per week, Rotating Days/Eves, 8a-4p, 8:30a-4:30p, 9a-5p, 9:30a-5:30p, 10a-6p, Rotating weekends and holidays. We'll put in
. Now we need to output only HTML fragment. Let's structure:
About the role
To organize and conduct medically prescribed treatment programs for adult and pediatric patients to help restore function and prevent disability according to the principles and practices of physical therapy.
Responsibilities
- Evaluates new patients
- Sets objective measurable treatment goals for functional outcome
- Establishes appropriate treatment programs
- Provides documentation of same
- Administers diagnostic muscle, nerve, joint and functional ability tests to determine the extent of the patient’s impairment and the prognosis for improvement
- Carries out appropriate treatment modalities
- Re-evaluates the patient as needed, modifying the treatment plan based on patient progress
- Provides objective, analytic documentation of patient care, patient/family education, and communication with other caregivers
- Communicates effectively with medical/allied health personnel, regarding patient progress, needs, and discharge planning
- Provides instruction in therapeutic procedures to be continued by patient and family