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Advanced Medical Personnel Services, Inc.
Physical Therapy Job Description
- Plan, prepare and carry out individually designed programs of physical treatment to maintain, improve or restore physical functioning, alleviate pain and prevent physical dysfunction in patients.
- Perform and document an initial exam, evaluating the data to identify problems and determine a diagnosis prior to intervention.
- Evaluate effects of treatment at various stages and adjust treatments to achieve maximum benefit.
- Administer manual exercises, massage and/or traction to help relieve pain, increase the patient's strength, and decrease or prevent deformity and crippling.
- Instruct patient and family in treatment procedures to be continued at home.
- Confer with the patient, medical practitioners and appropriate others to plan, implement and assess the intervention program.
- Review physician's referral and patient's medical records to help determine diagnosis and physical therapy treatment required.
- Record prognosis, treatment, response, and progress in patient's chart or enter information into computer.
- Obtain patients' informed consent to proposed interventions.
- Discharge patient from physical therapy when goals or projected outcomes have been attained and provide for appropriate follow up care or referrals.
- Test and measure patient's strength, motor development and function, sensory perception, functional capacity, and respiratory and circulatory efficiency and record data.
- Identify and document goals, anticipated progress and plans for reevaluation.
- Provide information to the patient about the proposed intervention, its material risks and expected benefits and any reasonable alternatives.
- Inform the patient when diagnosis reveals findings outside their scope and refer to an appropriate practitioner.
- Direct and supervise supportive personnel, assessing their competence, delegating specific tasks to them and establishing channels of communication.
- Other duties as assigned.
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- Therapy:(as defined by Webster dictionary)
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- the treatment of disease or disorders, as by some remedial, rehabilitating, or curative process: speech therapy.
- a curative power or quality.
- psychotherapy.
- any act, hobby, task, program, etc., that relieves tension.
When your on the road as a traveler wouldn't you like to know that you have a whole staff working towards your success to give you the time to treat your patients. Being a travel PT, OT, or SLP Therapist can be a wonderful experience with so many places to visit and friends to make, but do you really want to worry about your travel therapy company? Travel for a company that takes care of the little things and gives you the pay you deserve, our account managers work hard to get the most competitive rates for our travelers, and our housing director personally makes sure your housing is comfortable and everything you need is provided, just show up and enjoy your new surroundings. What makes our company special is we are a therapist founded company and only focus on therapy which helps our staff in specializing in licensing, and getting you the assignment you want in your desired location. Doing business nationwide gives us the ability to search and find you the job you want!
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