Graduate Physiotherapist

The compensation range listed reflects the range Northern Light Health anticipates relying on in setting the wages for the position. Northern Light Home Care and Hospice
Department: Home Health - South Portland
Work Type: PRN
The Physical Therapist is responsible for exercising independent judgment in directing and supervising the provision of physical therapy services to a designated group of patients in their homes, with accountability if such care is not rendered correctly or appropriately by those whom he/she directs and supervises. The Physical Therapist assesses, plans, implements, evaluates, and exercises independent judgment in coordinating the home care course of treatment and assigning significant overall duties to subordinate personnel. The Physical Therapist implements a specific treatment plan to limit physical disability, bodily malfunction, and pain from injury and/or disease. The Physical Therapist confers and collaborates with physicians, patients, and family as well as the multidisciplinary team, using evidence-based practice to achieve optimal results and improvement during implementation of the home care treatment plan. The Physical Therapist responsibly directs and supervises Physical Therapist Assistants, PT students and Home Health Aides. The Physical Therapist adheres to the State of Maine Physical Therapist Practice Act as well as the Northern Light Health Standards of Care/Practice, policies, and procedures. The incumbent acts in accordance with the physical therapy core values and code of ethics as set forth by the American Physical Therapy Association.
Performs and documents an initial exam, evaluating data to identify problems and determine a therapy diagnosis prior to intervention while identifying and documenting goals, anticipated progress and plans for reevaluation.
Performs complete, accurate and timely documentation including billing within the electronic medical record.
Maintains a safe environment complying with NLH policies and procedures; reports and directly addresses environmental hazards and violations of patient safety policy and/or protocol when involved or observed.
Provides clinical supervision for home health aides, students, and graduate PT/PTA.
Current licensure to practice as a Physical Therapist in the State of Maine
BLS for Healthcare Providers certification is required to be obtained prior to independent visits.
Valid driver's license with reliable transportation and agency required auto liability insurance. Successfully prioritizes multiple projects and duties as needed.
is flexible in their approach with changing priorities and ambiguity. Demonstrates Emotional Intelligence: Listens, speaks and writes appropriately, using clear language. Expresses ideas and views clearly to others and has ability to adjust use of language to the audiences' level.
Does not react too quickly or slowly. Balances facts, goals, and potential approaches taking the appropriate criteria into account. Human Capital, Supply Chain and Financial Software.
Ability to understand the language used to precisely describe the human body including its components, processes, conditions affecting it, and procedures performed upon it.
Email application with the ability to manage email as well as calendars, managing tasks and contacts, note taking, journaling, and web browsing.
Presentation software with the ability to create presentations with the ability to incorporate animation, audio, video, time delays, as well as designing themes and variants with animations and effects.
Word process application with the ability to create and edit documents, format, use tables, apply footnoting, create table of contents and mail merge techniques.
Multi-line phone, scanner, photocopier, fax, and internet.
Promotes Health and Safety: Advocates and models healthy physical and mental health behaviors even in challenging circumstances. Sets high quality standards and strives for continuous improvement and quality assurance by reporting and encouraging others to report near misses and safety issues.
Provides Patient-Centered Care: Demonstrates understanding of patient care quality and service as organizational priority. Exhibits the ability and willingness to find out what the patient wants and needs and to act accordingly, taking the organizational and outside resources into account. Cooperates, collaborates, communicates, and integrates care within and between teams to ensure that care is continuous and reliable.
Handles conflicting interests diplomatically and helps to solve them. Wound Care
Fosters Accountability: Creates and participates in a work environment where people hold themselves and others accountable for processes, results and behaviors. Demonstrates understanding that we all work as a team and the quality and timeliness of work impacts everyone involved.
Practices Compassion: Exhibits genuine care for people and is available and ready to help; Required Physical Therapist
Required Bachelor's DegreeDoctoral degree preferred

Potential exposure to hazardous materials.
Need to travel to perform responsible duties
Work with computers, typing, reading or writing.
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