Physical Therapist-Elk Grove-CA-Pay Negotiable
Job Description
Job Description
Job Title: Physical Therapist (PT)
**Job Summary:**
We are seeking a compassionate and skilled Physical Therapist (PT) to provide high-quality, patient-centered rehabilitation services in a healthcare setting. The Physical Therapist is responsible for evaluating patients, developing individualized treatment plans, implementing therapeutic interventions, and monitoring patient progress to restore mobility, reduce pain, improve function, and enhance overall quality of life. The PT collaborates with physicians, nurses, and interdisciplinary healthcare teams to ensure safe, effective, and evidence-based patient care.
**Requirements:**
* Active Physical Therapist (PT) license in the state of practice.
* Current Basic Life Support (BLS/CPR) certification preferred or required based on facility policy.
* Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) degree or equivalent educational requirements as required by state regulations.
* Previous experience in acute care, outpatient, inpatient rehabilitation, skilled nursing, home health, or specialty-specific settings preferred.
* Strong clinical assessment, communication, documentation, and patient education skills.
* Ability to work independently and collaboratively within an interdisciplinary healthcare team.
**Key Responsibilities:**
* Evaluate patients and develop individualized treatment plans based on functional needs and physician referrals.
* Provide therapeutic interventions to improve mobility, strength, balance, flexibility, coordination, pain management, and functional independence.
* Monitor patient progress, modify treatment plans as appropriate, and document all evaluations, treatments, and outcomes accurately.
* Educate patients, families, and caregivers regarding treatment plans, home exercise programs, injury prevention, and discharge recommendations.
* Collaborate with physicians and interdisciplinary healthcare teams to coordinate patient care and achieve optimal rehabilitation outcomes.
* Maintain accurate and timely clinical documentation in accordance with facility policies and regulatory requirements.
* Ensure compliance with patient safety, infection prevention, and quality assurance standards.
* Treat patients across assigned care settings and age groups as required by the facility.
* Perform other job-related duties as assigned.
**Apply Now!**
Qualified candidates are encouraged to submit their resume for immediate consideration.
Licensure/Certification:
Current Occupational Therapist (OT) license in the state of practice.
Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification, if required by the facility.
Experience:
Previous Occupational Therapy experience preferred.
Experience in one or more settings including outpatient, inpatient, acute care, rehabilitation, skilled nursing, long-term care, home health, pediatrics, geriatrics, or school-based therapy may be preferred depending on the assignment.
Experience treating orthopedic, neurological, pediatric, geriatric, or medically complex patients is preferred for applicable positions.
Essential Functions
Evaluate patients' physical, cognitive, sensory, developmental, and functional abilities.
Develop individualized treatment plans based on physician orders, patient goals, and clinical findings.
Implement evidence-based occupational therapy interventions to improve activities of daily living (ADLs), instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs), mobility, upper extremity function, coordination, cognition, sensory integration, and functional independence.
Educate patients, families, and caregivers regarding treatment plans, home exercise programs, adaptive equipment, safety techniques, and discharge recommendations.
Recommend, fabricate, or train patients in the use of adaptive equipment, splints, braces, and assistive devices as appropriate.
Monitor patient progress, reassess functional status, modify treatment plans as needed, and document outcomes accurately.
Collaborate with physicians, physical therapists, speech therapists, nursing staff, case managers, educators, and other interdisciplinary team members to coordinate patient care.
Maintain accurate, timely, and compliant clinical documentation in the electronic medical record (EMR).
Follow all facility policies, infection prevention guidelines, patient safety standards, HIPAA regulations, and professional practice standards.
Participate in discharge planning, patient education, quality improvement initiatives, and interdisciplinary meetings as appropriate.
Supervise Occupational Therapy Assistants (COTAs), rehabilitation aides, students, or support personnel when applicable and in accordance with state regulations.
Perform other job-related duties as assigned.