Weekend Home Health Physical Therapist

The role

The Physical Therapist provides care to adult and geriatric patients in their homes. You will be an integral member of a multi-disciplinary health care team providing skilled nursing and rehabilitative care.

What you will do

• Making visits to clients in their homes
• Perform diagnostic tests and measurements, such as the mobility/range of joints, transfer status, stability, patterns and appearance of ambulation, strength and endurance of muscles, balance testing a
• Develop and implement appropriate individualized care plans, including manual therapeutic exercises, gait training, balance and other interventions
• Continually assess and revise the Physical Therapy care plan and participate with nursing in the multidisciplinary care plan, as appropriate
• Educate and instruct clients, family members or other client representatives, in rehabilitative care and activities necessary to promote the client's health, safety and independent living
• Accurately document observations, interventions and evaluations pertaining to client care management and services provided, utilizing a state-of-the-art touch pad tablet

Required qualifications

• A current license as a Physical Therapist in Massachusetts
• A minimum of one year of recent clinical experience as a licensed Physical Therapist

Nice to have

• Home Health experience strongly preferred

Benefits

• Paid holidays
• vacation and sick leave
• vision, dental and medical health plans
• employer paid life insurance
• 401k with company match
• direct deposit
• employee assistance program

About the company

BAYADA Home Health Care is an accredited, regulated, certified, and licensed home health care provider. The company is celebrating 50 years of compassion, excellence, and reliability.