What are the responsibilities and job description for the Home Health Rehabilitation Therapist position at BAYADA Home Health Care?
Job Description
BAYADA Home Health Care is seeking a skilled home physical therapy provider to deliver exceptional rehabilitative care to adult and geriatric patients in their homes.
- Specialty: Physical Therapist
- Discipline: Therapy
- Duration: Ongoing
- Employment Type: Staff
About the Role
As a home health physical therapist, you will be an integral member of a multi-disciplinary healthcare team that provides skilled nursing and rehabilitative care to clients.
Responsibilities include:
- Making visits to clients in their homes.
- Performing 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.
- Developing and implementing appropriate individualized care plans, including manual therapeutic exercises, gait training, balance and other interventions.
- Continually assessing and revising the physical therapy care plan and participating with nursing in the multidisciplinary care plan, as appropriate.
- Educating and instructing clients, family members or other client representatives, in rehabilitative care and activities necessary to promote the client's health, safety and independent living.
- Accurately documenting observations, interventions and evaluations pertaining to client care management and services provided, utilizing a touch pad tablet.
Qualifications
Qualifications include:
- A current license as a Physical Therapist in Massachusetts.
