What are the responsibilities and job description for the Home Health Physical Therapist Role position at BAYADA Home Health Care?
About the Position
We are seeking a highly skilled and compassionate Home Health Physical Therapist to join our team at BAYADA Home Health Care.
As a member of our interdisciplinary health care team, you will play a vital role in providing rehabilitative care and skilled nursing services to clients in their homes throughout York County, PA.
- Responsibilities:
- Make home visits to clients in designated geographic territories.
- Perform diagnostic tests and measurements, such as mobility/range of joints, transfer status, stability, patterns and appearance of ambulation, strength and endurance of muscles, balance testing, and safety assessments.
- Implement integumentary protective interventions to prevent wound formation and promote wound repair utilizing evidence-based dressings and topical agents.
- Develop and implement appropriate individualized care plans, including manual therapeutic exercises, gait training, balance, and other interventions.
- Continually assess and revise the Physical Therapy - PT care plan, and participate with nursing in the multidisciplinary care plan, as appropriate.
- Educate and instruct clients, family members, or other client representatives, in rehabilitative care and activities necessary to promote the client's health, safety, and independent living.
- Accurately document observations, interventions, and evaluations pertaining to client care management and services provided, utilizing a state-of-the-art touch pad tablet.
