Physical Therapist -Rehabilitative Care Specialist 2026-00717

About the role

The Wyoming Life Resource Center (WLRC) operates a Skilled Nursing Facility and an Intermediate Care Facility for residents with intellectual disabilities, brain injuries, and mental health challenges. This position focuses on long-term functional mobility.

Responsibilities

• Acts as an active member of an interdisciplinary team for a caseload of residents.
• Performs therapeutic evaluations of residents to include, but not limited to, the evaluation of assistive and adaptive devices, environmental barriers, ergonomics, body mechanics, gait, locomotion and balance, motor function, muscle control, etc.
• Provide assessments, document intervention plans, and track progress.
• Evaluate each individual on the caseload on an ongoing basis and develop and implement therapeutic treatment programs based on evaluation findings.
• Provide therapeutic activities that will improve daily living skills, vocational skills, and leisure skills and enhance functional performance.
• Evaluate individual needs for therapeutic adaptive equipment and assist in the design and/or purchase.
• Train and monitor its use.
• Monitor equipment for repair, modifications, replacement, or discontinuation.
• Train, educate, and monitor staff in therapeutic skills and activities that support the established intervention plan.
• Consult with medical providers, family members, case managers, and direct care staff regarding resident needs.
• Assist in the design and implementation of specific therapeutic programs, such as aquatic therapy.
• Train staff in safe handling and positioning of clients.
• In conjunction with medical providers, designate individuals to be seen at specialty orthotic clinics.
• Consult with orthotics and monitor orthotic use.
• Recommend and obtain modified footwear to meet individual needs and assist in getting repairs to footwear as needed.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor's Degree (typically in Physical Therapy)
• Experience: 0-3 years of progressive work experience (typically in Physical Therapy)
• Certifications, Licenses, Registrations: Licensure or eligible for licensure in the State of Wyoming as a Physical Therapist.