Impactful Physical Therapist (PRN) – Long-Term Care

Crown Point HC; Crown Point (IN); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Part time

Job summary

Crown Point HC in Hobart, Indiana is seeking a part-time Physical Therapist to support residents recovering from surgery or illness and regain independence. You will assess, plan, and guide therapy to help patients resume daily activities.

Responsibilities include collaborating with physicians and families, demonstrating exercises, and documenting progress for care teams. Indiana PT license required; compassionate, patient-focused approach preferred.

Qualifications

• Active Indiana professional license for Occupational Therapy.
• Compassionate and patient.
• Strong interpersonal skills for delivering sensitive information to patients and families.
• Ability to think critically under pressure.
• Leadership and supervisory ability and the willingness to work harmoniously with other personnel.
• Ability to make independent decisions concerning job duties.
• Tactful interaction with residents, families, staff, and the public.
• Knowledgeable of admissions, nursing, and medical practices and the laws within long-term care.

Responsibilities

• Review patients' medical history and assess their condition and needs.
• Evaluate patients' ability to perform tasks and develop a treatment plan with goals and tasks.
• Confer with physicians, patients, families, nurses, therapists, social workers, and other care team members.
• Guide patients to perform tasks to meet goals and relieve pain.
• Demonstrate exercises to help patients perform daily tasks.
• Evaluate a patient's home or workplace and identify potential improvements.
• Educate patients' families on how to help care for and accommodate them.
• Recommend and teach patients how to use adaptive equipment for daily living.
• Assess patients' progress against goals and prepare reports for healthcare providers and insurers.

Skills

Compassionate and patient

Interpersonal skills

Critical thinking under pressure

Leadership and supervisory ability

Independent decision making

Tactful communication

Regulatory knowledge (long-term care)

Education

Active Indiana professional license for Occupational Therapy

Job description

Crown Point HC in Hobart, Indiana is seeking a part-time Physical Therapist to support residents recovering from surgery or illness and regain independence. You will assess, plan, and guide therapy to help patients resume daily activities.

Responsibilities include collaborating with physicians and families, demonstrating exercises, and documenting progress for care teams. Indiana PT license required; compassionate, patient-focused approach preferred.