What are the responsibilities and job description for the PRN Physical Therapist position at San Carlos Healthcare Corporation?
Provides direct patient care to individuals with physical disabilities and/or functional limitations in a clinic, inpatient, outpatient and/or outreach program/setting
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Develop plan of care for patients with neuromusculoskeletal disorders based on and in collaboration with physician orders.
- Administers appropriate physical agents within physician protocols, patient’s medical history and therapist’s knowledge of indications and contra-indications including Electrotherapy, sound energy, heat/cold therapy, hydrotherapy and JOBST compression
- Prescribes exercise plan and provides demonstration, instruction, and cues for active and passive exercises, muscle reeducation, gait/functional training; performs therapeutic exercise with and without equipment
- Adapts conventional techniques to meet patient needs; educates patients and family members
- Performs manual therapy techniques utilizing hands on and tool assisted techniques with understanding of indications and contraindications and precautions and including, but not limited to: soft tissue mobilization, extremity and joint mobilization, medical exercise therapy, myofascial release and craniosacral therapy
- Establishes plan of care and documents progress, treatments, assessment, and discharge summary.
- Maintains equipment through implementation of preventive maintenance and repair
- Evaluates, records and reports on patient’s progress for review by other members of the multidisciplinary treatment team
- Develops regularly schedule and not scheduled in-services for sharing knowledge and information and techniques with other clinicians
- Instructs patients and families in appropriate home exercise programs.
- Participates in departmental orientation, on the job training and quality assurance programs/initiatives
- Participates in a variety of department and hospital educational programs to maintain current skills and competency levels; identifies and discusses performance or training needs with Supervisor
Performs all other duties as requested