Physical Therapist - MT - Home Health

Physical Therapist

The Physical Therapist is responsible for evaluation and rehabilitation intervention in the home setting, including management and supervision of patient care and patient and family education. Essential duties and responsibilities include evaluating and establishing a plan of care to meet patients' needs in the home environment, coordinating care with other disciplines, providing direct patient care based on the established care plan and physician orders, applying knowledge of physical therapy evidence-based practice guidelines, Medicare regulations, and Conditions of Participation in evaluations, re-evaluations, and treatment techniques, modifying treatment as appropriate, including frequency and duration of care, mastering scoring of the CMS required OASIS and working with the quality team to collaborate needed adjustments, acquiring and maintaining a basic understanding of the insurance requirements in home health, being willing to perform interventions allowed under the physical therapy practice act, participating in multidisciplinary conferences to establish appropriate patient relevant care plans, communicating appropriately with physicians and other staff members, practicing point of care documentation in all direct patient care settings, documenting all skilled services provided to patients, adverse events, and relevant communications in the medical record, taking part in Quality Assurance Performance Improvement initiatives to assist the agency in meeting its goals, managing and meeting productivity standards in line with the agency's standards, maintaining accurate time logs and mileage, following agency policies for start and end of day commuting and logging of mileage, communicating with scheduler on each day worked, maximizing continuity of care and efficient travel routes when preparing schedules, overseeing services provided by the Physical Therapist Assistant and performing supervisory visits within the required time frame, taking supervision of CNA when RN is no longer involved in the care plan, participating in relevant care conferences, appropriately planning admissions, OASIS time points, and discharges throughout the patient's episode of care, maintaining requirements of physical therapy licensure, including continuing education standards, practicing with expected standards of ethical behavior as defined by the physical therapy licensure board and Partners in Home Care policy, participating in agency provided educational opportunities as scheduled, and performing other duties as assigned by supervisor.

Minimum qualifications include a BS degree or better from an accredited Physical Therapy program with current license to practice in the State of Montana, valid driver's license, and appropriate auto insurance. Two years of previous PT experience preferred.