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Job Opening
Physical Therapist
Job Purpose:
Restores patient's function, alleviates pain, and prevents disabilities by planning and administering medically prescribed physical therapy.
Duties:
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Meets the patient's goals and needs and provides quality care by assessing and interpreting evaluations and test results; determining physical therapy treatment plans in consultation with physicians or by prescription.
- Helps patient accomplish treatment plan and accept therapeutic devices by administering manual exercises; instructing, encouraging, and assisting patients in performing physical activities, such as non manual exercises, ambulatory functional activities, and daily-living activities and in using assistive and supportive devices, such as crutches, canes, and prostheses.
- Administers physical therapy treatments by giving massages; initiating traction; applying physical agents; moist packs, and ultrasound machines; directing treatments given by aides, technicians, and assistants.
- Evaluates effects of physical therapy treatments and fit of prosthetic and orthotic devices by observing, noting, and evaluating patient's progress; recommending adjustments and modifications.
- Completes discharge planning by consulting with physicians, nurses, social workers, and other health care workers; contributing to patient care conferences.
- Assures continuation of therapeutic plan following discharge by designing home exercise programs; instructing patients, families, and caregivers in home exercise programs; recommending and/or providing assistive equipment.
- Documents patient care services by charting in patient and department records.
- Maintains patient confidence and protects office operations by keeping information confidential.
- Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations.
- Protects patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols.
- Develops physical therapy staff by providing information; developing and conducting in-service training programs.
- Complies with federal, state, and local legal and professional requirements by studying existing and new legislation; anticipating future legislation; enforcing adherence to requirements; advising management on needed actions.
- Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
Skills/Qualifications:
Physiological Knowledge, Health Promotion and Maintenance, Creating a Safe, Effective Environment, Motivating Others, Legal Compliance, Quality Focus, Clinical Skills, Pain Management and Persistence.
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- Ifeanyi C. Obiakor, MD, Chairman/CEO
- Angela Meikle, MBA, MD, Obstetrics & Gynecology
- Shazia Amar, DPM, Podiatrist
- Henry Sardar, DO
- Tauqeer Ahmad, MD
- Ofem Ajah, MD, Gastroenterologist
- Ioanis Atoynatan, MD, FACPeds, Pediatrician
- Oluyemi Badero, MD, FACC, Cardiologist
- Andrew Dawson, MD, Neurologist
- Robert Dorfman, DO, FACOG. Obstetrics & Gynecology
- Eric Goldberg, MD
- Kelvin Jack, MD, FACOG. Obstetrics & Gynecology
- Ankuware Ketosugbo, MD, MA, FACS, Vascular Surgeon
- Daniel Khodadadian, MD, Ophthalmologist
- Jerald Korman, MD
- Michael Mizhiritsky, MD, FAAPM&R, physiatrist
- Leone Popovitz, MD, Orthopedic Surgeon
- Zewge Shiferaw-Deribe, MD, MD, Endocrinology
- Tamara M. Simpson, MPH, RD, CDN
- Steven M. Weissman, MD, FAAD, Dermatologist
- Marian Williams, RDMS, RDCS, Chief Sonographer
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