Description
Join our team as a Physical Therapist and play a vital role in helping clients/patients/residents recover and improve their mobility, relieve pain, increase strength and prevent deformities.
As a Physical Therapist at St. Peter Home Care, you will conduct examinations, evaluations, and interventions for clients/patients/residents affected by injury or disease. You will utilise tools and techniques to administer physical therapy interventions following safeguards, document client information, establish therapeutic plans, and modify them if necessary.
You will educate clients/patients/residents and their family members about treatment plans/schedules and self-exercises to be continued at home. You will also demonstrate knowledge of current research into daily treatment of clients/patients/residents.
This role may involve treating individuals of all ages with varying diagnoses and disorders. You will demonstrate documentation in accordance with departmental guidelines and meet all regulatory requirements.
As a Physical Therapist at St. Peter Home Care, you will be expected to participate in activities to promote the department, Good Samaritan Society, and Sanford Health. You will interact with individuals outside of the department, including providers, case managers, third-party payers, public organisations, companies/contractual partners, etc.
You may be asked to supervise assistants, aides, and students as they provide client/patient/resident care, treatment, or other services. You will be expected to provide ongoing education and training to peers in the area(s) of expertise as determined by the department leadership.
Based on facility needs and assigned locations, you may focus on those receiving intervention in the post-acute, long-term care, and home health care environments.
Qualifications
- Appropriate education level required in accordance with state licensure.
- Must be licensed in the state(s) of practice as a Physical Therapist.
- When applicable, may require valid driver's license.
- Obtains and subsequently maintains required department-specific competencies and certifications.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) for healthcare providers required or within the first 60 days of employment.