Physical Therapist (PD)
Core
Evaluates, plans, and performs treatments to alleviate physical dysfunction using manual, functional, and physical agent modality techniques for physically, cognitively, developmentally, and/or functionally disabled patient populations.
Role type
Physical Therapist
Builds
Individualized treatment plans to prevent, restore, remediate, or compensate for movement dysfunction
Domain
Healthcare / Rehabilitation
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Manual therapy, therapeutic exercises, neuromuscular education, functional mobility training, wound care, physical agent modalities, patient assessment, differential diagnosis, treatment planning, patient education, discharge planning, supervision of therapist assistants, quality improvement
Preferred skills
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Technologies
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Responsibilities
Administers therapy evaluations and develops treatment plans; Analyzes and interprets data to assess functional ability and makes differential diagnoses; Provides individualized treatment plans including therapeutic exercises and manual therapy; Educates patients, families, and caregivers; Completes departmental statistics and assists with inventory; Delegates caseload to therapist assistants; Participates in quality improvement activities; Supervises students according to Practice Standards.
Seniority
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