Responsible for the physical therapy management of patients under the direction and supervision of the rehabilitation services Director.
Essential Functions:
- Evaluate patients and interpret evaluation findings to determine the nature and extent of dysfunction.
- Establish treatment goals and plan treatment to achieve established goals. Initiates discharge planning from physical therapy.
- Implement the treatment program through direct treatment of the patient, may delegate a portion of the treatment plan to appropriate supportive personnel; and coordination of the treatment plan with other health care personnel as appropriate.
- Provide advice and education to patient and family.
- Regularly assess clinical signs and symptoms to determine effectiveness of treatment, progress of patient towards goals, and the need for modifying goals and treatment.
- Discharge patient from physical therapy when the patient has received maximum benefit from physical therapy.
- Provide accurate, timely documentation of physical therapy patient management.
- Demonstrate progress toward meeting the criteria for professional practice.
Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications:
- Graduate of an accredited physical therapy curriculum with a bachelors' or masters' or doctoral degree with certification in physical therapy OR foreign-trained equivalent.
- Licensure to practice physical therapy by the state of California.
- American Heart Association approved BLS.
- National Provider Identifier (NPI) required.
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management partnership environment.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Manual therapy skills/background, understanding of various neuro-orthopedic protocols & pathways and knowledge of/ability to employ manual therapy approaches such as: Maitland, McKenzie, Mulligan, Cyriax, etc.
- Skill set to utilize computer based documentation system.
Notes:
- Varied hours and days; may include weekend shift assignments in the IP/OP setting
- Position may require some weekend Inpatient or Outpatient coverage.
- Provides Outpatient Physical Therapy evaluations and treatment at the various PT/OT facilities within the San Diego Service Area (Kearny Mesa, El Cajon, Otay Mesa, San Marcos, San Diego Medical Center).
- Responsibilities include oversight of support staff, both clinical and non-clinical, daily documentation, care planning, and treatment progression for neuro-orthopedic patient population.
External hires must pass a background check/drug screen.
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