<p>Job Summary:</p> <p>Provides physical therapy evaluation, management, and treatment services to patients referred by physician departments. Provides services in a manner that is consistent with the departments mission statement and responsive to unique needs of customers including favorable clinical outcomes, quality of service and access, and fiscal accountability.</p> <p>Essential Responsibilities:</p> <ul> <li>Evaluates patients, families and home environment on admission to home health and subsequent home visits. </li><li>Determines if home environment is safe and appropriate for provision of home health services. </li><li>Assesses patients physical, functional and psychosocial status. </li><li>Establishes reasonable/measurable goals. </li><li>Develops and/or revises an appropriate plan of care. </li><li>Communicates and coordinates plan of care with physician, patient, caregivers, and other health care providers. </li><li>Determines whether other services such as nursing, OT, SLP, HCA or MSW are indicated. </li><li>Establishes discharge planning in conjunction with the care planning process. </li><li>Provides physical therapy services as prescribed by patients physician . </li><li>Evaluates patient response to interventions. </li><li>Recognizes and interprets significant physiological and behavioral changes in patients condition. </li><li>Modifies/updates/changes plan of care when indicated by patients condition and/or physicians orders. </li><li>Determines, in conjunction with physician, when patient care needs to be shifted to another setting and/or patient denial of home health, if warranted. </li><li>Provides case management. </li><li>Coordinates all necessary services to be provided to patients. </li><li>Documents according to Home Health standards, Federal and State regulations. </li><li>Maintains medication profile (as case manager). </li><li>Documents communication in care planning/coordination. </li><li>Completes daily visit log. </li><li>Supervises care provided by Home Care Aide (HCA) and Physical Therapy Assistant (PTA). Reevaluates patient per Home Health standards; performs and documents supervisory visits. </li><li>Understands and applies infection control procedures. </li><li>Maintains clean and safe environment for patient care supplies and/or equipment. </li><li>Identifies and presents improvement opportunities to the organization and implements the Quality Improvement process (es). </li><li>Assists with development and implementation of departments work plan. </li><li>Prepares weekly schedule of patient visits. </li><li>Follows all applicable laws, rules and recommendations for safe driving while on duty. </li></ul>