Physical Therapist For Home Health Visits

Physicians Choice Home Health is recruiting for a Physical Therapist to join our Home Healthcare Team. In this role, you will be responsible for providing quality home health visits to our patients in the comfort of their home. You will be joining a team of compassionate and dedicated healthcare professionals who are committed to providing the highest level of care to our members.

Physicians Choice Home Health is an Obran Cooperative Company. Obran Health is building the largest worker-owned home-based healthcare company in the US. We know the frustrations that come when working at a traditional healthcare employer - we've been there. That is why we created Obran Health. Obran Cooperative businesses give voice, power, and a share of the profits to each of our employee members. We are recruiting for healthcare professionals that want the chance to really own their work and have a say in the organization where they work.

Objectives:

• Provides physical therapy services to patients according to a written physician's plan of care. This may include, but will not be limited to:

• Assessing and evaluating therapeutic/rehabilitative/functional status, and participation in the development of the total plan of care. Evaluates home environment.

• Assessing for muscle strength, mobility, gait, ROM-potential for rehab.

• Directing physical therapy treatment.

• Instructing patients and families/caregivers in the use and care of therapeutic appliances.

• Determining priority needs for physical therapy.

• Reporting to physician patient's reaction to treatment or changes in condition.

• Initiates physical therapy program and instructs other personnel and/or family/caregiver members in certain phases of physical therapy with which they may work with a patient, as well as instructing them as to the goals of the physical therapy program for the patient by participating in case conferences.

• May train patient in the use of prosthetic device.

• Identifies patient and family/caregiver needs for other home health services and refers as necessary.

• Prepares and submits clinical and progress summaries based on the attainment of goals.

• Participates in discharge planning for patient.

• Prepares and submits a clinical progress summary based on the attainment of goals as directed by Physicians Choice Home Health policy.

• Provides physical therapy consultation to home families/caregivers when indicated.

• Provides inservice education programs for nursing organization personnel as needed.

• Participates in peer consultation process.

• Supervises physical therapy assistants according to Physicians Choice Home Health policy and state regulations.

• When therapy is the only skilled service, instructs, supervises and evaluates home health aide care every two (2) weeks.