Supervisory Responsibilities: none

Duties/Responsibilities:

· Provides direct patient care, evaluates functional needs and outcomes, and consults with other specialists. Reviews patients’ functional needs and adjusts care plans to ensure optimal patient outcomes.

· Designs and implements a plan of care for patients based on a thorough assessment of potential development and incorporates participation by significant others whenever it seems appropriate.

· Conducts therapy practice within defined standards of care.

· Directs the assistance of support staff to achieve patients’ functional goals.

· Communicates effectively with other professional and support staff to achieve positive patient outcomes.

· Documents evaluations, treatment goals, and plans. Regularly updates documentation and maintains prescriptions and signatures. Utilizes WebPT.

· Provides direction and leadership to staff and acts as a resource to promote physical therapy in the community.

Required Skills/Abilities:

· Knowledge and skills to care for the physical and developmental needs of adult patients of all ages.

· Ability to remain calm in emergency or crisis situations.

Education and Experience:

· Graduate of an American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) approved physical therapy program. DPT strongly preferred.

· Current Maryland state PT license.

Physical Requirements:

· Duties require extensive standing and walking.

· Requires lifting, positioning, pushing, and/or transferring patients.

· Duties require frequent reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling, and crouching.