Home Health Physical Therapist (PT) - Full Time

A locally owned and operated home health agency is looking to add therapists to its current long-term and experienced therapy team. Operating in the Valley since 2013, Valley Regional Care has been a leading provider with 500 patient census.  With a leading management team fully focused on employee growth, company benefits and great professional culture, we are excited to add full-time therapists to continue our goals to serve our community.  

Hourly pay structure that allows therapists to make more income than on a per visit basis. 

Paid drive time, chart time and patient care time allow our hard-working full-time therapists to make as much as an annually in the upwards of $200,000 per year. Due to the pay structure overtime pay is often exercised for the pay. 

Position Qualifications: 

• Licenses to practice as a physical therapist within the State 

• One year of appropriate experience as a physical therapist. 

• Demonstrates good verbal and written communication and organization skills. 

• Possesses and maintains current CPR certification. 

• Must be a licensed driver with an automobile that is insured in accordance with state/or organization requirements and is in good working order. 

Benefits: 

• 9 Medical plans to choose from
• Dental coverage
• Paid Birthday Leave
• Vision coverage
• Critical Illness coverage
• Short-term Disability coverage
• Accident insurance
• Life Insurance
• Competitive 401K plan w/ Safe Harbor Matching 
  

Company Culture: 

• Excellent Support Staff: Our home office is dedicated to clinical support and answering questions. We are available by phone, email or even CHAT to assist our employees with anything they may need. 

• Positive Company Culture: We love hosting BBQs, Potlucks and recognizing our employees whether it’s for a job well done or an ‘Employee of the Month! We acknowledge our team as humans, not robots, and we know how stressful it can be to work in the healthcare industry. 

• Employee Wellbeing surveys: Quarterly anonymous employee surveys analyze what factors are working well and what are not: Relationships at work, Personal Motivators, Happiness, and Company Motivators are all a part of this survey. We also like to take action by responding to these surveys and acknowledging what can be improved in the future. 
  

Essential Job Functions/Responsibilities 

• Provides physical therapy services to patients according to a written physician's plan of care. This may include, but will not be limited to: 

• Assessing and evaluating therapeutic/rehabilitative/functional status, and participation in the development of the total plan of care. Evaluates home environment. 

• Assesses for muscle strength, mobility, gait, ROM—potential for rehab. 

• Directing physical therapy treatment. 

• Instructing patients and families/caregivers in the use and care of therapeutic appliances. 

• Determining priority needs for physical therapy 

• Reporting to physician patient’s reaction to treatment or changes in condition. 

• Initiates physical therapy program and instructs other personnel and/or family/caregiver members in certain phases of physical therapy with which they may work with a patient, as well as instructing them as to the goals of the physical therapy program for the patient by participating in case conferences. 

• May train patients in the use of prosthetic devices. 

• Identifies patient and family/caregiver needs for other home health services and refers as necessary. 

• Prepares and submits clinical and progress summaries based on the attainment of goals. 

• Participates in discharge planning for patients. 

• Prepares and submits a clinical progress summary based on the attainment of goals as directed by Organization policy. 

• Provides physical therapy consultation to home families/caregivers when indicated. 

• Provides or participates in in-service education programs for nursing organization personnel as needed. 

• Participates in peer consultation process. 

• Supervises Physical Therapy Assistants according to organization policy and state regulations. 

• When therapy is the only skilled service, instructs, supervises and evaluates home health aide care every two (2) weeks. 

The above statements are intended to be a representative summary of the major duties and responsibilities performed by incumbents of this job. The incumbents may be requested to perform job related tasks other than those stated in this description. 

Salary : $68 - $72