Seasonal Physical Therapist- Baton Rouge Rehab Hospital

## Overview # **Seasonal Outpatient Physical Therapist** **Start Date: April 1st** Come join our amazing **Outpatient Therapy Team**! We are seeking a dedicated and patient‑centered **Seasonal Physical Therapist** to support our outpatient clinic. This is a great opportunity to work with a dynamic, collaborative, and highly skilled therapy team while making a meaningful impact on patient outcomes. ### **Position Highlights** - **Start Date:** April 1st - **Setting:** Outpatient Therapy - **Team Environment:** Supportive, experienced colleagues committed to excellent patient care If you're passionate about helping patients achieve their goals and want to work in a positive, engaged clinic environment, we’d love to meet you! ## Description JOB PURPOSE OR MISSION: Provide Physical Therapy services to all patients at a level consistent with Baton Rouge Rehabilitation Hospital (BRRH) mission, vision, and values. JOB FUNCTIONS ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS include, but are not limited to: 1. Completes patient assessments and treatments. PERFORMANCE STANDARDS: • Assesses patient, plans, and implements treatment, periodically re-evaluates patient's progress toward goals adjusting treatment plan appropriately. • Utilizes Standardized testing to document a patient’s current levels and progress. • Formulates plan based on evaluation results, patient input, discharge goals, interdisciplinary team goals, all available technology and resources, age related norms and evidence based best practices. • Provides patient and family with hands-on training including all transfers, mobility, functional independence needs and exercises specific to that patient’s needs. A hard copy of the home exercise program is provided to patient/family. • Provides safe, effective individualized treatment focused on functional tasks to improve endurance, strength and range using therapeutic exercise as an adjunct only. • Adapts patient’s environment in and outside of therapy to facilitate patient's progress. • Provide age specific direct and indirect patient care for school age (6-12), Adolescent (12-18) adult (18-65) and elderly ( 65+) • Utilizes technology effectively to maximize patient gains. • Assess and recommends equipment in time frame to obtain for training and/or discharge. • Assess, recommend, plan and provide home evaluations, family training, and community reentry as appropriate to maximize patient outcomes. 2. Documents care provided PERFORMANCE STANDARDS: • Documents all aspects of therapeutic patient care in thorough and timely manner according to departmental, Medicare and Joint commission documentation standards. • Upholds ethical principles via accurate documentation and charging 3. Promotes Team Approach PERFORMANCE STANDARDS: • Works cooperatively by collaborating with team members to assure a comprehensive interdisciplinary patient program. • Is present, prepared, and participatory for interdisciplinary team conferences, patient related conferences and meetings. • Assesses and implements discharge planning activities including appropriate recommendations regarding discharge needs, family training, home evaluations and equipment. • Works with outside vendors and case managers to order patient specific equipment when funding has been verified. • Provides staff training to promote individual patient progress re: equipment, transfers, mobility, etc. • Communicates information for authorizations in timely manner to decrease disruption in care. 4. Promotes education and participates department tasks. PERFORMANCE STANDARDS: • Self-initiates continuing education and learning for licensure requirements and stays abreast of current/new treatment approaches and/or equipment. • Is present, prepared and participatory in all mandatory meetings. • Participates in department management tasks; supervises, trains, mentors and orients PRN, licensed assistants, rehab tech, students, hospital staff, and volunteers. • Completes assigned projects by due date. • Self-Init…