Sunrise PTA

Key Deliverables

• Assists the physician in evaluating the patient's level of function.
• . Assess patient's home environment for safety hazards and architectural barriers identify equipment needs.
• Identifies functional problems and establishes goals and a plan of care designed to improve the patient’s functional status (revising as necessary),
• Performs patient tests, measurements, and evaluations, such as range of-motion and manual muscle tests, gait and functional analysis, and body parts measurement, and recor.ds and evaluates findings to
  
  

aid establishing or revising specifics of treatment programs.

• Performs and completes start-of-care, and ongoing assessments and associated paperwork in accordance to agency policy.
• Periodically reevaluates and upgrades the patient's program to maximize functional improvement.
• Administers the exercise program utilizing specialized therapeutic exercise techniques and equipment.
• Plans and administers prescribed physical therapy treatment programs for patients to restore function,
  
  

relieve pain and prevent disability following disease, injury, or loss of body parts,

• Recommends prosthetic/orthotic devices for patients or evaluates their devices and makes minor adjustments or recommends modifications by the prosthetist/orthotist.
• Confers with the family, referring physician, and other agency professional staff to obtain information to promote coordinated, efficient, and quality patient care.
• Performs and submits required documentation of patient's evaluations, plan of care, clinical notes, and progress reports, summaries along with changes in orders.
• All patient visit notes must be turned in the next scheduled workday, not to exceed forty-eight (48)
• hours.
  
  

Performance Responsibilities

Although each position has its own unique duties and responsibilities, the following listing applies to every employee. All employees of the organization:

• Will exercise necessary cost control measures.
• Will strive to maintain positive internal and external customer service relationships.
• Must be able to demonstrate effective leadership skills.
• Must demonstrate effective communication skills by conveying necessary information accurately, listening effectively and asking questions when clarification is needed.
• Must be able to be depended upon to plan and organize work effectively and ensure its completion.
• Must be able to demonstrate reliability by arriving to work on time and taking breaks in expected time frames.
• Will be expected to meet all productivity requirements.
• Must be able to demonstrate team behavior and must be willing to promote a team-oriented environment.
• Is expected to represent the organization professionally at all times.
• Must be able to demonstrate initiative, strives to continually improve processes and relationships.
  
  

Tactical Deliverables

• Notifies patient/clients prior to the visit and communicates further visits scheduled.
• Drives responsibly and safely to and from the client's home.
• Schedules own time-based on priorities and maintain productivity utilizing time management.
• Provides appropriate and thorough service to patients/clients, ensuring proper completion of services in an accurate and timely manner and in accordance with agency policy.
• Makes the initial patient/client Start of Care (SOC) assessment within appropriate time as scheduled by the agency.
• Demonstrates respectable customer service and professionalism at all times.
• Establishes Home Bound Status and document.
• Provides skilled services and/or supervises, requiring substantial knowledge and skills in accordance with the Plan of Care (POC) and accepted standards of professional practice.
• Determines discipline frequencies according to physician order and/or assessed needs.
• Implement and adhere to physician's orders.
• Obtains physician order or verbal orders for Start of Care (SOC) or Resumption of Care (ROC) or Recertification (RECERT) within twenty-four (24) to forty-eight (48) hours from the time of service.
• Notify physician with any changes with the initial plan of care (POC) and obtain any appropriate orders.
• Provide teaching to patient/client and answer health-related questions and document patient/client/caregiver understanding of education.
• Complete Home Health Nursing Aide care plan and make supervisory visits on Home Health Aides and PTAs at least every fourteen days (14).
• Document patient's/client's care using appropriate agency forms and submit to agency within appropriate timeline.
• Assess any medication changes with each Re-visit and update the Medication Profile Form in the home and in the agency's medical record.
• Notifies physician with any change in client condition, abnormal findings and new medications. Obtains orders as Indicated with the appropriate form and submit in a timely manner.
• Completes Discharge Oasis and Discharge Summary when patient/client is discharged.
• Complete Recertification Oasis every sixty (60) days while on service and obtain new orders for a new plan of care.
• Communicate with the staffing coordinator with any scheduling concerns and/or changes in patient/client assignment.
• Communicate all Start of Cares (SOC), Resumption of Care (ROC) or Recertification (RECERT) to the clinical support division within twenty-four (24) hours of completion.
• Maintain continuity of care and document communications with others within the health care team.
• Demonstrate work that meets quality standards. Assisi in periodic auditing of paperwork of self/peers.
• Assisi in training of new personnel for field duty.
• Communicates regularly with the Director of Nursing and Clinical Supervisor with all patient/client concerns or ideas for better patient/client outcomes.
• Adheres to Agency Code of Conduct, Standards of Practice, and Patients/Clients Rights/ Responsibilities.
• Demonstrates professionalism in appearance, adhering to Agency dress code.
• Accessible transportation to and from patients/clients visits.
• Ability to lift 30 pounds, move intermittently throughout the workday, inclusive of sitting, standing and bending, pushing, pulling or moving objects and patients/clients.
  
  

Qualifications

Education and Experience: Must be a graduate from an accredited Physical Therapy program and licensed by the state of Arizona.