Home Health Physical Therapist

The Physical Therapist is a member of a multidisciplinary team at Sunrise Health Services. The home health physical therapist's goals are to rehabilitate and educate the patient to regain and retain their independence in their home setting. Further, the purpose of the physical therapist is to restore the patient's function, alleviate pain, and prevent disabilities by planning and administering medically prescribed physical therapy.

Key Deliverables :

• Assists the physician in evaluating the patient's level of function.
• Assess patient's home environment for safety hazards and architectural barriers identify equipment needs.
• Identifies functional problems and establishes goals and a plan of care designed to improve the patient's functional status (revising as necessary).
• Performs patient tests, measurements, and evaluations, such as range of motion and manual muscle tests, gait and functional analysis, and body parts measurement, and records and evaluates findings to aid in establishing or revising specifics of treatment programs.
• Performs and completes start-of-care, and ongoing assessments and associated paperwork in accordance to agency policy.
• Periodically re-evaluates and upgrades the patient's program to maximize functional improvement.
• Administers the exercise program utilizing specialized therapeutic exercise techniques and equipment.
• Plans and administers prescribed physical therapy treatment programs for patients to restore function, relieve pain and prevent disability following disease, injury, or loss of body parts.
• Recommends prosthetic / orthotic devices for patients or evaluates their devices and makes minor adjustments or recommends modifications by the prosthetist / orthotist.
• Confers with the family, referring physician, and other agency professional staff to obtain information to promote coordinated, efficient, and quality patient care.
• Performs and submits required documentation of patient's evaluations, plan of care, clinical notes, and progress reports, summaries along with changes in orders.
• All patient visit notes must be turned in the next scheduled workday, not to exceed forty-eight (48) hours.

Performance Responsibilities

Although each position has its own unique duties and responsibilities, the following listing applies to every employee. All employees of the organization :

Education and Experience :

Must be a graduate from an accredited Physical Therapy program and licensed by the state of Arizona.

Compensation : $75,000.00 - $95,000.00 per year

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.