Physical Therapist

Job Description:

• Examines patients with impairment, functional limitation, and disability or other health-related conditions to determine a diagnosis, prognosis, and intervention.
• Performs and documents initial exams, evaluates data to clarify and substantiate patient complaints, problems, and functional limitations to determine a diagnosis prior to intervention.
• Plans, prepares, or carries out individually designed programs of physical treatment to maintain, improve, or restore physical functioning, alleviate pain, or prevent physical dysfunction in patients.
• Records prognosis, treatment, response, and progress in patient's chart. Identifies and documents goals, anticipated progress, and plans for reevaluation.
• Evaluates effects of treatment at various stages and adjust treatments to achieve maximum benefit.
• Tests and measures patient's strength, motor development and function, sensory perception, functional capacity, or respiratory or circulatory efficiency and record data. Instructs and educates patients on a plan of care to be continued on their own.
• Alleviates impairment and functional limitation by designing, implementing, and modifying therapeutic interventions.

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications:

• Diploma/transcripts to support graduation with Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) degree from an accredited program.
• Current, valid, unrestricted license as a PT issued by the Arizona State Board of Physical Therapy.
• Current, completed PSV from the Arizona State Board of Physical Therapy.
• Current, completed fit testing for N95 particulate respirators.
• Minimum one year of past work experience in this position.