Description:

We are looking for an able and dedicated pediatric physical therapist to treat musculoskeletal problems and improve the mobility of infants, children, and adolescents facing various health conditions. Your main responsibility as a pediatric physical therapist will be to improve children's motor development, strength, range of motion, endurance, balance, coordination, gait difficulties, heart and lung endurance, and delayed motor development.

To be successful as a pediatric physical therapist, you should be able to work under stress and alleviate the frustrations of your patients and their families. You should be patient and have strong physical endurance and manual dexterity.

Duties Include:

• Evaluation of children using physical examinations to diagnose the source of children's movement difficulties.
• Creating unique, individualized treatment plans that outline the treatment goals and methods to be used.
• Helping children to learn to move their bodies correctly, make their movements less painful, abd increase the functions of their body.
• Assessing patients and monitoring their progress.
• Coordinating a child's care with other healthcare professionals.
• Providing expert consultations to schools and daycares.
• Teaching children and their families about safety and home exercises.