Physical Therapist

Job description

Notes about this role:

• $10,000 sign on bonus, to be paid out quarterly.
• Salary is negotiable based on experience.
• Eligible for bi-weekly productivity bonus which includes mileage.
• Use WellSky (formerly Kinnser) software for documentation time savings.
• Move your visits Monday through Friday without having to call office.
• Company owned by clinicians.

About Us

The mission of Commonwealth Home Care is to provide compassionate, high quality, evidence-based care to clients in their homes in order to assist them in achieving the highest level of function, safety, and independence possible.

We aim to provide evidence-based high quality in home care from caring and compassionate clinicians. Our patients benefit from innovative programs designed by clinicians with decades of real life experience. Our team is focused on assisting our patients to manage their condition while they recover in the comfort of wherever they call home.

Benefits

Here at Commonwealth Home Care we offer a package that helps support our staff’s financial, medical, and retirement planning needs. This package includes:

Full Time and Part Time Benefits-

Comprehensive medical coverage including prescription drug and emotional health coverage as well as teladoc services

Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, supplemental health protection plans (accident, disability, voluntary life insurance, and critical illness insurance)

Paid Time Off

We offer a Bring Your Own Device Program for qualified staff members

Monthly internet/MIFI allowance

Monthly cell phone allowance

All Staff Benefits-

A generous retirement plan with company matching component

A competitive employee referral program

Toll reimbursement

Mileage reimbursement

An orientation experience based on your knowledge of the home health field

Company car available upon request

Job Summary

As a Physical Therapist (PT), you are key to helping us provide patient care to geriatric patients in the comfort of their own homes. You will be supported in your efforts to further develop your clinical skills as we work to provide exceptional, evidence-based Physical Therapy services. Our goal is for our patients to improve functional independence and reside at home as long as safely possible.

We are looking for a team player who is eager to learn, passionate about providing quality care, and has a proven track record of compassionate care.

What you will do in this role:

Provide initial and ongoing comprehensive assessments of the client’s needs, including Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) assessments

Establish a treatment plan in consultation with the physician and revise it with the approval of the physician as necessary

Assist in development and implementation of the interdisciplinary client care plan as it pertains to Physical Therapy

Perform Physical Therapy evaluations specific to your patients clinical and functional characteristics

Treat clients to relieve pain, develop or restore functional and maintain maximum performance, using physical means, such as exercise

Consult and familiarize staff regarding the established plan

Teach, supervise, and counsel the family and client in the physical therapy program

Instruct client in care and use of wheelchairs, braces, crutches, canes and prosthetic and orthotic devices

Provide the equipment required to carry out the plan. Arrange for out‐client service for procedures which cannot be given at home

Record on a timely basis all evaluation data, treatments, and client's response to therapy intervention; Also records quality assurance data

Prepare an assessment of the client's condition and periodic evaluations and summaries. Supervise Physical Therapy Assistants and paraprofessionals as per agency policy

Record and report to the physician the client's reaction to treatment and /or any changes in the client's condition

Communicate with the physician at least every 30 days or whenever changes occur regarding the client’s status and obtain additional orders, if necessary.

Communicate with other team members (including Home attendants) and, when appropriate, instructs them in certain phases of physical therapy that they may use while working with the client

Write clinical/progress notes on the date of the visit and incorporate the same in the client's record within 72 hours.

Participate in case conferences, physical therapy staff meetings, agency activities and in‐service programs as necessary

Qualifications

Must be licensed in Virginia as a Physical Therapist

Must have current CPR certification (or be willing to immediately seek CPR certification)

Working knowledge of Medicare regulations and guidelines is a plus

You must be able to pass OIG checks, Virginia State Police background check, and national background checks, and able to verify employment eligibility with necessary documentation

Reliable transportation, proof of valid car insurance, and a valid driver’s license

Commonwealth Home Care

“The Standard of Care from People Who Care”

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, PRN

Pay: $85,000.00 - $110,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Continuing education credits
• Dental insurance
• Disability insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• License reimbursement
• Life insurance
• Opportunities for advancement
• Paid time off
• Referral program
• Retirement plan
• Travel reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Work Location: On the road

Salary : $85,000 - $110,000