Job Description
Job Description
Responsibilities:
Provides physical therapy services to patients according to physician orders. This may include, but will not be limited to:
- Assessing and evaluating therapeutic/rehabilitative/functional status and participation in the development of the care plan.
- Evaluate home environment and design home exercise program.
- Direct physical therapy treatment and instruct patients, families and caregivers in the home exercise program.
- Recommends and/or provides assistive equipment for use in the patient's home.
- Determining priority needs for physical therapy
- Administers manual exercises; instructing, encouraging and assisting patients in performing physical activities, ambulatory functional activities and daily living activities.
- Evaluates effects of physical therapy treatments and fit of prosthetic and orthotic devices by observing, noting and evaluating patient's progress; recommending adjustments and modifications.
- Identifies patient and family/caregiver needs for other home health services and refers as necessary.
- Instructs other personnel and/or family/caregiver of areas of treatment that they may assist patient, as well as instructing them on the goals for the patient.
- Prepares and submits clinical and progress summaries based on the attainment of goals.
- Participates in discharge planning for the patient.
- Provides in-service education programs for home health personnel as needed.
- Supervises physical therapy assistants every 30 days when re-evaluation of patient is done.
- When therapy is the only skilled service, instructs, supervises and evaluates home health aide care every 2 weeks.