Title: Perm – PT – Home Health (Days) Fort Dodge, IA

Description:
Hourly Rate: *** – ***
20% Placement Fee

Home Care Physical Therapist

Job
Description

• Area of Interest: Therapy
• FTE/Hours per pay period: 1.0
• Department: SN
  Visits- HC- FD
• Shift: Monday-Friday
  8am-4:30pm
• Job ID: 127722

Overview

***K Sign on
bonus (external candidates)

Physical
Therapist – Ft Dodge Home Health

Full-time,
Daytime hours 8am-4:30pm

The Physical
Therapist (PT) uses clinical expertise, physical assessment, teaching and
skilled therapy interventions to deliver high quality patient care in the
patient’s place of residence. The PT develops or contributes to the development
of the home health plan of care under the direction of the physician and
facilitates appropriate interdisciplinary involvement to ensure the best
outcome for each patient. The PT delivers therapy intervention and treatment
directed by the physician as established in the home health plan of care that
is consistent with clinical best practices and results in high quality,
improved outcomes and exceptional patient experience.

Responsibilities

Patient
Care/Care Coordination

·Makes visits
to the homes of patients requiring home health physical therapy services and
assumes responsibility for an ongoing interdisciplinary assessment of the
patient.

·Performs
initial and comprehensive assessments on all patients in accordance with agency
policies and procedures.

·Evaluates and
assesses the patient’s level of functioning by applying appropriate tests.

·Treats clients
to relieve pain, develop and restore function and maintain maximum performance
using appropriate physical therapy treatments, modalities and procedures as
stated in the physical therapy plan of care.

·Initiates
diagnostic, preventative and rehabilitative procedures as appropriate to the
patient’s care delivery

·Ensures
quality and safe delivery of services to patients according to the care plan.

·Uses equipment
and supplies safely, effectively, and efficiently.

·Promotes
patient independence by teaching patients and family members to understand the
following as well as any additional education needs identified by the assessing
clinician and/or physician:

oTreatment and
disease management

oMedications
purpose, use, side effects, potential adverse effects

oProper use,
safety hazards, and infection control issues related to the use and maintenance
of any equipment provided

oPatient plan
of care

oEmergency
preparedness

oPhases of
physical therapy in which they may assist and use of prosthetic and orthotic
devices and medical and adaptive equipment

·Provides the
services that are ordered by the physician as indicated in the plan of care.

·Provides
patient, caregiver and family counseling and education as indicated in the plan
of care.

·Develops and
continually updates a plan of care that specifies the care and services
required to meet patient-specific needs determined during the comprehensive
assessment and includes measureable outcomes that will occur as a result of
implementing and coordinating the plan of care.

·Develops and
updates patient’s discharge plan on every visit ensuring patient and caregiver
education and training is facilitating timely discharge and measureable goals
and outcomes are attainable, realistic and up-to-date.

·Includes the
patient, representative and caregiver in all plan of care decisions.

·Assesses the
need for plan of care updates and every visit and includes the patient and
family in care planning decisions and communicates care plan revisions to the
patient, representative, caregiver and all physicians issuing orders for the
home health plan of care.

·Maintains
accurate and timely documentation of clinical records and time/travel entries.

·Receives,
relays and documents verbal orders in accordance with state and federal
regulations and in a timely manner to prevent adverse patient outcomes.

·Is responsible
for obtaining physician orders prior to initiation of care and notifying the
physician of any changes in the patient’s condition.

·Communicates
with all physicians involved in the plan of care and other health care
practitioners related to the current plan of care.

·Identifies
patient’s risks for hospitalization and/or emergency department use and
proactively intervenes to prevent adverse events.

·Supervises
home health aide and physical therapy assistant staff and documents supervision
in the patient medical record.

Home Care
Performance Criteria

·Delivers
quality care and completes clear, concise and accurate clinical documentation
of care provision in accordance with home health conditions of participation
(CoPs), various payer home health coverage criteria, accreditation standards,
professional standards for discipline/credential and the home health plan of
care.

·Maintains
competence in OASIS data collection and documentation and submits all initial
and corrected assessments according to CMS guidance and agency policies and
procedures.

·Participates
in clinical review of records to monitor quality and accuracy, appropriate
utilization, appropriate involvement of interdisciplinary team members,
appropriate referrals and coordination of care.