Home Health Physical Therapist

• Communicates changes in schedule and physician orders to the office on the day the changes are made.
• Implements teaching appropriate to the client's needs and within the context of his/her environment and learning ability.
• Assesses knowledge level of client and identifies learning needs.
• Plans, teaches, supervises, and counsels clients about their physical therapy needs to promote improvement or recovery, symptom management of disease process, and community resources.
• Evaluates the effectiveness of the teaching plan and establishes care plan for others to follow in teaching the client.
• Attends and actively contributes to interdisciplinary team or other required meetings.
• Shares areas of expertise among and between teams.
• Initiates interdisciplinary referrals.
• Participates in discharge planning and documents this in client record.
• Assists in the development, implementation, and evaluation of the ongoing quality improvement process.

Serves on the Clinical Record Review Committee. Uses OASIS assessment tool and outcome reports to improve therapy services and client outcomes. Participates with interdisciplinary team to assure consistency in data collection methods.

Promotes personal safety and a safe environment for clients and coworkers.

Demonstrates knowledge of safety/infection control practices by compliance with agency policies and procedures. Recognizes and responds to potentially unsafe situations. Demonstrates safe practice in the use of equipment. Assesses safety of environment and takes initiative to help prevent accidents and promote safety.

Supervises applicable home care team members.

Performs in-home supervision of home health aides and physical therapy assistants as directed and according to Agency policy. Evaluates employee performance and provides timely reviews as delegated.

Performs other related duties and responsibilities as deemed necessary. Performs job in compliance with Agency policies and procedures and professional and community standards.

Provides services in accordance with applicable state, federal, CHAP, and Joint Commission standards. Attends meetings and required educational programs. Accepts responsibility for personal and professional development and identifies learning/developmental needs to supervisor.

Supervision of Physical Therapy Assistants

• Instructs and supervises Physical Therapy Assistants in certain phases of the physical therapy services they may provide to clients.
• Available by telephone to the Physical Therapy Assistant at all times when a Physical Therapy Assistant is providing treatment to a client.
• Supervises on-site while the Physical Therapy Assistant is rendering client care, every four (4) to six (6) visits, minimally once every two (2) months.
• Supervision does not constitute treatment.
• Completes an on-site functional assessment, review, and revision of the Plan of Care, and an assessment of utilization of community resources.