Pathfinder Home Health is a family owed company that has served the Henderson County and the surrounding counties, for greater than 18 years. Our agency is growing and seeking Physical Therapist and Physical Therapy Assistants to join our great team of professionals!

Job Summary:

A Home Health Physical Therapist evaluates, directs and supervises physical therapy services approved by the supervising physician and/or non-physician practitioner.

PT services are part of a constellation of rehabilitative services designed to improve or restore physical functioning as well as to prevent injury, impairments, activity limitations, participation restrictions and disability following disease, injury or loss of a body part. Impairments, activity limitations and disabilities are addressed by the examination, evaluation and development of a plan of care that may include implementation of therapeutic interventions tailored to the specific needs of the individual patient to achieve specific goals and outcomes. The specific interventions that may be utilized are therapeutic exercises to strengthen muscles, maintain or restore motion, protection techniques, training or retraining an individual to perform the activities of daily living.

Responsibilities:

• Reviews Physician's referral (prescription) and patient's condition and medical records to determine physical therapy treatment required.
• Tests and measures patient's strength, motor development, sensory perception, functional capacity, and respiratory and circulatory efficiency, and records findings to develop or revise treatment programs.
• Plans and prepares written treatment program based on evaluation of patient data.
• Administers manual exercises to improve and maintain function.
• Instructs, motivates, and assists patient to perform various physical activities and in use of assistant and supportive devices such as crutches, canes, and prostheses.
• Administers treatments involving application of physical agents.
• Evaluates effects of treatment at various stages and adjusts treatments to achieve maximum benefit.
• Records treatment, response, and progress in patient's chart or enters information into computer.
• Instructs patient and family in treatment procedures to be continued at home.
• Confers with Physician and other practitioners to obtain additional patient information, suggest revisions in treatment program, and integrate physical therapy treatment with other aspects of patient's health care.
• Orients, instructs, and directs work activities of Assistants.

Requirements

• Degree from an Accredited College or University in Physical Therapy
• Texas State Physical Therapy License
• Valid Texas Driver's License
• Reliable Transportation
• Automobile Liability Insurance
• Current CPR Certification
• TB Screening
• Ability to work independently and maintain a positive, courteous attitude
• Continued education is contingent on successfully maintaining current required certification(s) and/or license(s)

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