Physical Therapist - Home Health Care

The Home Health Physical Therapist:

• Provides a variety of physical therapy services to clients in their place of residence in accordance with physician's authorized plan of care.
• Assists the physician in assessing the patient's level of functioning and the development (and revision, as needed) of the plan of care by applying appropriate tests for physical therapy evaluation.
• Demonstrates broad base knowledge of accepted disease/post surgical intervention specific physical therapy evaluation, rehabilitative exercise, treatments, and teaching techniques.
• Assures coordination and continuity of plan of care by maintaining lines of  communication with other health care professionals assigned to the same patient.
• Attends patient care conferences, and initiates patient care conferences for complex and/or multidisciplinary patients whenever needed to insure good coordination of care.
• Evaluates and regularly reevaluates the physical therapy needs of the patient; initiates, develops, implements and makes necessary revisions to the patient's plan of care.
• Demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and compassion necessary to provide care to the geriatric population.
• Able to assess data reflective of a patient's status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his/her age-specific needs.
• Additional administrative, management and leadership duties as required.

• Must have positive attitude and excellent bedside mannor.
• License to practice as a physical therapist in the State of Michigan.
• Current Michigan Operator's License.
• Has reliable transportation and willing to drive in all kinds of weather.
• Skills necessary to be successful using paperless documentation system.

Corporate office is located in Lapeer, MI and position is located in Midland, MI.