Physical Therapist •, Per Visit - Home Health Care, Nassau & Suffolk locations

Job Description

NYU Langone Hospital-Long Island is a 591-bed university-affiliated medical center, which offers sophisticated diagnostic and therapeutic care in virtually every specialty and subspecialty of medicine and surgery. We are a major regional healthcare resource with a deep commitment to medical education and research, offering a full complement of inpatient and outpatient services. At NYU Langone Health, equity, diversity, and inclusion are fundamental values. We strive to be a place where our exceptionally talented faculty, staff, and students of all identities can thrive. We embrace diversity, inclusion, and individual skills, ideas, and knowledge. For more information, go to nyulangone.org, and interact with us on LinkedIn, Glassdoor, Indeed, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Instagram.

Position Summary :

We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Physical Therapist, Per Visit - Home Health Care, Nassau & Suffolk locations.

In this role, the successful candidate provides safe therapeutic age appropriate physical therapy to promote the improvement of functional mobility and physical ability and quality of life. Uses clinical expertise to plan the delivery of care through examination evaluation planning implementation and re assessment.

Job Responsibilities :

• Educates patient and family regarding patient's functional status and plan of care. Provides a home exercise program and instruct on home safety factors.
• Re-assesses patient progress toward short term / long term goals and modifies the plan of care accordingly.
• Completes and maintains accurate, complete and timely documentation reflecting the assessment, examination, diagnosis, prognosis, plan of care, education, intervention and evaluation according to Federal, Department of Health (DOH) and The Joint Commission (TJC) requirements.
• Assists Agency leadership with achieving corporate goals, improving quality of patient care outcomes and patient satisfaction. Participates in Agency quality assessment / performance improvement initiatives.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Performs an objective functional evaluation and re-assessment of patient including the use of appropriate tests and measures, patient safety issues and home environment factors and establishes a plan of care with measurable and functional short term / long term goals.
• Implements and modifies appropriate interventions / treatments as indicated based on the patient's functional status, diagnosis, age, patient response and status in conjunction with the plan of care.
• Interacts and collaborates with other members of the healthcare team to optimize patient outcomes and health care goals.

Minimum Qualifications :

To qualify, you must have a Bachelor's Degree Physical Therapy. NYS Registered or APTA Accredited Physical Therapy Program. Current and valid NYS Physical Therapy license and registration. 1 - 2 years Hospital Inpatient or Orthopedic Outpatient or Pediatric setting. Excellent communication both oral and written critical thinking and customer service skills. Basic computer skills.

Preferred Qualifications :

Master's Degree in Physical Therapy from a NYS Registered or APTA Accredited Physical Therapy Program. Post Doctoral / Doctorate in Physical Therapy DPT Physical Therapy. NYS Registered or APTA Accredited Physical Therapy Program. 1 - 2 years Home Care experience.

Qualified candidates must be able to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization.

NYU Langone Hospital-Long Island provides its staff with far more than just a place to work. Rather, we are an institution you can be proud of, an institution where you'll feel good about devoting your time and your talents.

NYU Langone Hospital-Long Island is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer committed to diversity and inclusion in all aspects of recruiting and employment. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration without regard to race, color, gender, gender identity or expression, sex, sexual orientation, transgender status, gender dysphoria, national origin, age, religion, disability, military and veteran status, marital or parental status, citizenship status, genetic information or any other factor which cannot lawfully be used as a basis for an employment decision. We require applications to be completed online.

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NYU Langone Health provides a salary range to comply with the New York state Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for the role is $65.00 - $65.00 Hourly. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, specialty, education, and hospital need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses / incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.

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