Weekend Home Health Physical Therapist

The role

This person will provide 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

• Prior home health experience

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 celebrating 50 years of compassion, excellence, and reliability.