Job Type: Contract / Full-time

Job Description:

• Conduct Physical Therapy assessments in our facility and in the home to define the Physical Therapy care needs, preferences, and goals of the participants.
• Actively participate in IDT meetings to develop participant care plans.
• Deliver and document Physical Therapy interventions in accordance with physician orders and/or as agreed upon in the participants’ care plans.
• Provide active and passive exercise, muscle re-education, gait, and functional training of ADLs; treatments such as massage, heat, sound, water light or electricity.
• Supervise the Therapy Assistants, including providing training, instruction and guidance needed to implement Functional Maintenance Programs (FMP).
• Providing training and instructions to staff, participants, and caregivers/families in the use and care of therapeutic equipment.

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Physical Therapy plus five (5) years of Physical Therapy experience.
• Master’s Degree in Physical Therapy or Doctorate in Physical Therapy preferred.
• Valid California Physical Therapy License, or proof of License eligibility.
• Two (2) years of Physical Therapy experience in a clinical setting with a frail or elderly population preferred.
• The qualifying physical therapy degree earned outside of the US must be evaluated to the US equivalent to a degree in physical therapy.
• Possess and maintains current CPR certification preferred.