Physical Therapist PT Home Health

The Home Health Physical Therapist (PT) Care Manager is a professional therapist who coordinates and directs the home care patient's services based on individual patient needs.

• Coordinates and directs the care of a caseload of home patients requiring physical therapy as the primary skill.
• Provides comprehensive assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation for that caseload as the primary Care Manager.
• Sets priorities of home care caseload adapting to the changing needs of the home care patients and families.
• Performs an evaluation, assessing function using a method which objectively measures activities of daily living such as, but not limited to, eating, swallowing, bathing, dressing, toileting, walking, climbing stairs, using assistive devices and mental and cognitive factors, documenting the measurement results in the clinical record.
• Utilizing assessment data, formulates a patient specific plan of care along with the patient, family and physician which is feasible within the physical, financial and emotional resources of the family.
• Establishes individualized, realistic, measurable patient centered goals in consultation with the patient, family and other health care providers including goals to improve or stabilize patient's medical condition, functional abilities and promote independence.
• Considers the physical, cultural, psychosocial, spiritual, age specific and educational needs of the patient when developing the plan of care.
• Periodically reassess the patient every 30 days: provide the ordered therapy service, functionally reassess the patient and compare the resultant measurement to prior assessment measurements.
• Document the measurements in the clinical record along with the therapist's determination of the effectiveness or therapy or lack thereof.
• Observes and records activities and findings in the clinical record and reports to the physician the patient's reaction to treatment and any changes in patient's condition, or when there are deviations from the plan of care.

• Bachelor's in Physical Therapy
• Master's Degree in Physical Therapy
• 1 year relevant clinical physical therapy experience
• Physical Therapy in State of Practice
• Valid in state Driver's License with current car insurance
• Active American Heart Association BLS

• Paid Days Off from Day One
• Career Development
• Whole Person Wellbeing Resources
• Mental Health Resources and Support

AdventHealth is a faith-based health care organization that provides individualized, holistic care.