Physical Therapist - Amedisys

Physical Therapist- High Acuity Care

Schedule- Days (M-F) 9a-5p (1 weekend day per month)

Area of operation; Hershey and surrounding areas

Responsible for helping patients maintain, restore, and improve movement, activity, and function thereby enabling optimal performance and enhancing health, well-being, and quality of life. Under a physician approved plan of care, this position is responsible for providing interventions, conducting reexaminations, modifying interventions as necessary, and performing discharge planning.

• Provides a comprehensive patient examination / evaluation at the initial visit upon receipt of referral and develops a patient centered physical therapy plan of care in collaboration with the physician.
• Ensures the plan of care addresses all problems identified in the assessment or documents rationale if identified problems are not addressed in the plan of care.
• Reassesses the patient weekly at a minimum, in preparation for physician rounding.
• Makes necessary revisions to the patient's plan of care in conjunction with the physician and documents the patient's continued care needs.
• Provides physical therapy patient/client management that require the skills of a physical therapist, including interventions in accordance with the physician approved plan of care.
• Provides physical therapist assistant supervision per State Practice act and administrative laws.
• Provides documentation of each visit according to the APTA Documentation Guidelines and accepted regulatory standards for inclusion in the patient's clinical record.
• Provides coordination of care by participating in interdisciplinary team and by observing, recording, and reporting the patient's response to treatment and any change in the patient's condition to the team.
• Participates in interdisciplinary team coordination of care during weekly rounding, patient care conferences, and as needed based on patient needs identified.
• Identifies the patient's need for other disciplines and services and initiates the appropriate referrals.
• Provides resources for future therapy needs and promotes wellness and prevention.
• Acts as a consultant to other care providers as needed.
• Participates in in-services, chart audit activities, quality improvement activities including OBQI and OBQM, and peer-review activities.
• Maintains confidentiality of information relating to the physical therapist-client relationship.
• Makes recommendations for follow-up care in coordination with the care center that admitted the patient and utilizes other care center care providers to assist with referrals to community resources.
• Keeps abreast of physical therapy trends and knowledge for the service provision, documentation, and care coordination.
• Complies with policies, procedures and regulatory mandates including but not limited to abiding to the terms of the Amedisys Compliance Program.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Required:

• Current, unencumbered license to practice physical therapy specific to that state the employee is assigned to work by the Company.
• Graduate from an accredited physical therapy educational program as set by the Commission on Accreditation of Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE).
• One (1+) year related physical therapy experience for PTs entering home health care to ensure that knowledge and skills are sufficient to safely provide physical therapy services to patients.
  • If less than one (1) year experience, then approval from regional clinical leaders required as well as appropriate mentoring and/or residency program established.
• Current CPR certification.

Amedisys is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified employees and applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, pregnancy, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, disability, military status, sexual orientation, genetic predisposition or carrier status or any other legally protected characteristic.

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