Physical Therapist

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• A bachelor's degree, master's degree preferred.
• Have or eligible for New Mexico licensure in Physical Therapy.
• Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable.
  
  

JOB GOAL: To evaluate students, plan and implement corrective / preventative

measures to assist in the motor skill and sensory motor

development of children with disabilities.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Demonstrates foresight, examines issues, and takes initiative to improve the quality of education.
• Embraces and encourages the acceptance of diversity.
• Uses effective people skills to communicate.
• Effectively manages the resources for which he/she is responsible.
• Attend any in or out of District trainings or meetings as appropriate for
  
  

maintaining current skills.

• Complies with all Board policies and administrative regulations.
• Knowledge of handicapping conditions and their effects on sensory, motor, psychosocial, and cognitive development of students with disabilities.
• Knowledge of major theories, treatment procedures, and research relevant
  
  

to providing physical therapy services for children with disabilities.

• Knowledge of local, federal, and state regulations and procedures
  
  

pertaining to the provision of physical therapy services in the school

setting.

• Ability to select, administer, and interpret appropriate assessment
  
  

instruments and procedures taking into consideration the student's age,

developmental level, disability, and educational needs.

• Ability to assess the functional performance of students with disabilities
  
  

within the school environment.

• Ability to engage in consensus decision making as a member of the IEP
  
  

team.

• Ability to plan and implement intervention strategies using direct therapy,
  
  

monitoring and consultation.

• Ability to communicate effectively (orally and in writing) with education
  
  

personnel, administrators, parents and community members.

• Ability to explain the role of physical therapy within the educational setting.
• Ability to document assessment and intervention strategies and correlate this information to the educational goals of the student.
• Ability to develop, implement, evaluate, and modify according to a physical therapy program within a school setting.
• Order and maintain equipment and expendable supplies used in the physical therapy setting, including inventory and placement sites of that equipment.
• Direct therapeutic services aimed at the prevention of increased disability
  
  

where possible.

• Develop compensatory motor skills.
• Identification, adaptation, and adjustment of equipment as needed.
• Provide instructional recommendations to be carried out in the classroom.
• Assess students progress toward mastery of goals/objectives established in
  
  

the IEP.

• Provide supervision to any Licensed Physical Therapist Assistant providing services in the schools.
• Conduct assessment of students referred through the evaluation process.
• Project an over-all concern for personal appearance as it relates to job
  
  

performance.

• Participate in the IEP Process and provide written results to initial
  
  

evaluations and annual reviews and reevaluations to the members of the

team.

• Involve parents in the decision making process and the delivery of service.