Community Physiotherapist
3 days ago
Shift : Monday-Friday, 8am – 5pm, flexible schedule
The Home Health Physical Therapist (PT) Case manager is a professional therapist who coordinates and directs the home care patient’s services based on individual patient needs. The PT Case manager is responsible for independent management of the Home Health patient population requiring the use of advanced assessment, teaching and decision-making skills. The PT is responsible for ensuring that appropriate referrals to other services are made, interdisciplinary conferencing takes pace regularly, and appropriate documentation is completed. The PT Case manager cares for a caseload of home health patients requiring therapy as the primary service by evaluating the patient for appropriateness of home health and developing the home care plan in conjunction with the physician. S/he educates patients, families, caregivers and community providers to safely perform care. S/he provides follow up by evaluating effectiveness of the home care plan, and monitoring patient/family’s response to the plan to achieve patient/family goals and top decile outcomes. The PT Case manager also identifies performance improvement and home health standard of care initiatives and assists to design or implement programs to address needed changes.Coordinates and directs the care of a caseload of home patients requiring physical therapy as the primary skill. Provides comprehensive assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation for that caseload as the primary Case manager.Sets priorities of home care caseload adapting to the changing needs of the home care patients and families. li>Performs an evaluation, assessing function using a method which objectively measures activities of daily living such as, but not limited to, eating, swallowing, bathing, dressing, toileting, walking, climbing stairs, using assistive devices and mental and cognitive factors, documenting the measurement results in the clinical record.Utilizing assessment data, formulates a patient specific plan of care along with the patient, family and physician which is feasible within the physical, financial and emotional resources of the family. Establishes individualized, realistic, measurable patient centered goals in consultation with the patient, family and other health care providers including goals to improve or stabilize patient’s medical condition, functional abilities and promote independence. Considers the physical, cultural, psychosocial, spiritual, age specific and educational needs of the patient when developing the plan of care.Minimum of one-year relevant clinical physical therapy experience Graduated from an approved physical therapy curriculum as required by the state which issued the license Current Physical Therapy License in State of Practice Valid Driver’s License and current car insurance
This facility is an equal opportunity employer and complies with federal, state and local anti-discrimination laws, regulations and ordinances. p>Category: Home Care
Organization: AdventHealth Waterman Home Health
Schedule: Full-time
Shift: 1 - Day
We are an equal opportunity employer and do not tolerate discrimination based on race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, age or disability/handicap with respect to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion, wages, benefits and other terms and conditions of employment.
