Minimum Requirements:
Key Responsibilities:
Provides direct patient care, evaluates functional needs and outcomes, and consults with other specialists as needed.
Reviews patient's functional needs and adjusts care plan as indicated to ensure optimal patient outcome.
Designs and implements a plan of care for the patient based on a thorough assessment of potential development and incorporates participation by significant others whenever it seems possible.
Conducts therapy practice within defined standards of care.
Directs the assistance of support staff in order to achieve the patient's functional goals.
Communicates effectively with other professionals and support staff in order to achieve positive patient outcomes.
Practices established hospital and departmental policies and procedures, objectives, quality improvement programs, safety, environmental, and infection control standards.
Documents evaluations, treatment goals, and plans. Regularly updates documentation and maintains all required prescriptions and signatures.
Enhances professional growth and development of self and other through participation in educational programs, in-service meetings, and workshops. Keeps up to date on current professional literature.
Provides direction and leadership to staff and acts as a resource to promote physical therapy within the community.
Maintain and educate physical therapist and physical therapy assistants on insurance requirements to optimize documentation and patient care.
Collaborate with the director to address clinical issues related to patient care and patient complaints/grievances.
Partner with the front office and billing staff to navigate insurance issues, referral triage, and problem solving.
Create relationships with hospital departments and be a liaison for protocol development and future program development.
Create schedules and optimize coverage for inpatient and outpatient therapy.
Monitor provider schedules and assist front office staff in managing wait times for patients and optimize patient scheduling.
Collaborate with the Director to build budgets, evaluate the need for equipment both minor and capital.
Supervise and motivate other physical therapists' and physical therapy assistants' work performance to optimize high quality services and therapy for patients.
Demonstrate excellent communication and leadership skills.
Collaborate with the Director to manage performance evaluations for physical therapists and physical therapy assistants at 90 days and annually.
Develop a relationship and act as a liaison with contracted organizations and overseeing physicians.
Other duties as assigned.
Physical Demands:
Environmental Considerations:
Location: Indoors
Regularly exposed to the risk of blood borne disease and other infectious diseases.
Contact with patients under a wide variety of circumstances, including their home environment.
May be exposed to/occasionally exposed to patient elements, accidents, injuries, and illnesses.
Subject to varying and unpredictable situations; potentially violent or angry patients and families; emergencies and crisis situations.
Occasionally subjected to irregular hours/shifts.
Subjected to a variety of elemental exposures and driving conditions.
Frequently required to function competently with multiple demands and tasks.
Maybe exposed to environmental hazards in patient homes.
Maybe exposed to noxious and potentially hazardous fumes.
Outside: With precautions, small amount of fall risk enroute to & from car when on off-site service (i.e., group homes, Adult Day Health, schools).
| Location | Moscow, ID |
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