Physical Therapist Job

Physical Therapist is needed to perform the following duties:

• Plan, prepare, or carry out individually designed programs of physical treatment to maintain, improve, or restore physical functioning, alleviate pain, or prevent physical dysfunction in patients.
• Perform and document an initial exam, evaluating data to identify problems and determine a diagnosis prior to intervention.
• Evaluate effects of treatment at various stages and adjust treatments to achieve maximum benefit.
• Test and measure patient's strength, motor development and function, sensory perception, functional capacity, or respiratory or circulatory efficiency and record data.
• Review physician's referral and patient's medical records to help determine diagnosis and physical therapy treatment required.
• Obtain patients' informed consent to proposed interventions.
• Administers physical therapy treatments by giving massages, manual therapy, strengthening and stretching exercise, applying physical agents like moist packs, TENS, electric stimulation, and ultrasound machines; directing treatments given by aides, technicians, and assistants.
• Record prognosis, treatment, response, and progress in patient's chart or enter information into computer.
• Inform patients and refer to appropriate practitioners when diagnosis reveals findings outside physical therapy.
• Discharge patient from physical therapy when goals or projected outcomes have been attained and provide for appropriate follow-up care or referrals.
• Advising the patient and family about in-home treatment options and exercises
• Maintains patient confidence and protects medical record by keeping information confidential.

Bachelor's degree in Physical Therapy or Physiotherapy + active State License