Physical Therapist- Acute Care

SUMMARY

The Physical Therapist is responsible for assessing and identifying patient care needs and priorities for care through evaluation, assessment, planning, providing treatment and delegating care for patients with physical and / or cognitive disabilities to improve functional independence. This process focuses on patient / family needs and assessing the patient's response to care and progress toward outcomes.

RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO :

• Commits to the mission, vision, beliefs and consistently demonstrates our core values.
• Performs and documents an initial patient evaluation and assesses the data to identify problems.
• Establishes, documents and provides a plan of care with functional, measurable, SMART (specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, timely) goals based on evaluation of the examination data and patient needs.
• Provides or delegates and supervises physical therapy patient interventions in a safe, predictable manner consistent with the established data evaluation and the plan of care.
• Provides and documents patient / family education regarding current condition and plan of care, including home program / discharge instructions.
• Performs and documents patient re-examination, re-evaluates the data, and modifies and documents the plan of care.
• Communicates relevant patient care information with other health care professionals.
• Maintains current clinical competency per department guidelines.

QUALIFICATIONS :

Graduation from a Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE) and Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) school of Physical Therapy with a minimum of a Bachelor's degree. Current licensure in the State of Nebraska required. Certification in Basic Life Support (CPR) required.