Home Health Physical Therapist

BAYADA Home Health Care; North Plymouth (MA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid holidays, vacation and sick leave

Vision, dental and medical health plan

Employer paid life insurance

401k with company match

Direct deposit

Employee assistance program

Job summary

BAYADA Home Health Care is seeking a Full-Time Physical Therapist to provide skilled care to adult and geriatric patients in their homes in Plymouth, Carver and surrounding towns. Prior home health experience is not required, but a current Massachusetts PT license is required.

You will join a multidisciplinary team, perform diagnostic tests, develop care plans, educate families, and document care on a touch pad tablet, with travel to assigned cases and a focus on compassionate, evidence-based

Qualifications

• Current Massachusetts Physical Therapist license.
• Minimum of one year of recent clinical experience as a licensed PT.
• Ability to travel to cases as assigned.

Responsibilities

• Making visits to clients in their homes.
• Perform diagnostic tests and measurements (mobility, range of joints, balance, gait, strength).
• Implement wound care and protective interventions using evidence-based dressings.
• Develop and implement individualized care plans with manual therapy, gait training and balance interventions.
• Assess and revise the PT care plan in collaboration with nursing and the multidisciplinary team.
• Educate clients, families, and caregivers in rehabilitative care to promote independence.
• Document observations, interventions and evaluations in the care management system.

Skills

Licensed Physical Therapist

Home health care flexibility

Ability to Travel

Education

Massachusetts PT license

Job description

Full-Time Physical Therapist - Home Health

BAYADA Home Health Care is currently seeking an experienced Physical Therapist to provide exceptional care to adult and geriatric patients in their homes in Plymouth, Carver and surrounding towns. Prior home care experience is not required. As a home health Physical Therapist you will be an integral member of a multi-disciplinary health care team that provides skilled nursing and rehabilitative care to clients, affording them the opportunity to receive the medical care required to maintain their independence.

Flexible Schedule Options and Work/Life Balance!

As an accredited, regulated, certified, and licensed home health care provider, BAYADA complies with all state/local mandates.

BAYADA is celebrating 50 years of compassion, excellence, and reliability. Learn more about our 50th anniversary celebration.

Responsibilities include:

• 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 and safety assessments.
• Implement integumentary protective interventions to prevent wound formation and promote wound repair utilizing evidence-based dressings and topical agents.
• 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 touch pad tablet.

Qualifications include:

• A current license as a Physical Therapist in Massachusetts
• A minimum of one year of recent clinical experience as a licensed Physical Therapist
• Ability to travel to cases as assigned

Why Choose BAYADA?

• BAYADA offers a comprehensive benefits plan that includes the following: Paid holidays, vacation and sick leave, vision, dental and medical health plans, employer paid life insurance, 401k with company match, direct deposit and employee assistance program
• Base Pay: $64.00 - $70.00 per point depending on qualifications

BAYADA Home Health Care, Inc., and its associated entities and joint venture partners, are Equal Opportunity Employers. All employment decisions are made on a non-discriminatory basis without regard to sex, race, color, age, disability, pregnancy or maternity, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, military status, or any other similarly protected status in accordance with federal, state and local laws. Hence, we strongly encourage applications from people with these identities or who are members of other marginalized communities.