Kinesiotherapist

Posterity Group; Derwood (MD); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Posterity Group LLC, a veteran-owned federal contractor based in Rockville, MD, is staffing a Kinesiotherapist to support a WARP Multidisciplinary Clinic for veterans at our Rockville headquarters. The role involves evaluating functional mobility, developing progressive therapeutic exercise programs, and coordinating with PT, OT and other medical staff.

Ideal candidates hold a Bachelor’s degree in kinesiotherapy or related field, are registered Kinesiotherapists in good standing, and have

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in kinesiotherapy or related field meeting COPS-KT standards.
• Current Registered Kinesiotherapist status in good standing with supervised clinical training.
• Current BLS certification.
• Experience with Veterans, amputee rehabilitation, adaptive sports or chronic-disease conditioning.
• ACSM clinical exercise credential or related specialty certification.
• Experience with cardiopulmonary, neurological or geriatric rehabilitation.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate exercise tolerance, mobility, posture, strength, endurance and reconditioning needs.
• Develop progressive therapeutic-exercise and conditioning programs.
• Provide mobility, balance, flexibility, cardiovascular and strength interventions.
• Support limb-loss rehabilitation, adaptive sports and prosthetic conditioning.
• Provide health education, behavior-change coaching and sustainable wellness programming.
• Monitor physiological responses to exercise and modify interventions appropriately.
• Coordinate with PT, OT, medical providers, prosthetists and behavioral-health staff.
• Lead individual and group reconditioning programs.
• Assist patients transitioning from skilled rehabilitation to community fitness.
• Document evaluations, treatment response, outcomes and discharge recommendations.

Skills

Exercise assessment

Program development

Patient education

Group instruction

Education

Bachelor’s degree in kinesiotherapy or related field meeting COPS-KT standards

Job description

Description

Posterity Group LLC is a veteran owned, service-disabled small business, headquartered in Rockville, MD, that specializes in federal government contracting and staffing. We are cultivating a WARP Multidisciplinary Clinic and looking to staff Kinesiotherapist to provide their services to veterans in our Rockville, MD headquarters. The Kinesiotherapist is expected to perform the following:

• Evaluate exercise tolerance, functional mobility, posture, strength, endurance and reconditioning needs.
• Develop progressive therapeutic-exercise and conditioning programs.
• Provide mobility, balance, flexibility, cardiovascular and strength interventions.
• Support limb-loss rehabilitation, adaptive sports and prosthetic conditioning.
• Provide health education, behavior-change coaching and sustainable wellness programming.
• Monitor physiological responses to exercise and modify interventions appropriately.
• Coordinate with PT, OT, medical providers, prosthetists and behavioral-health staff.
• Lead individual and group reconditioning programs.
• Assist patients transitioning from skilled rehabilitation to community fitness.
• Document evaluations, treatment response, outcomes and discharge recommendations.

Requirements

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in kinesiotherapy, kinesiology or exercise science meeting COPS-KT standards.
• Current Registered Kinesiotherapist status in good standing.
• Completion of required s upervised clinical training.
• Current BLS certification.

COPS-KT registration generally requires an approved educational pathway and at least 1,000 hours of supervised clinical experience. Kinesiotherapist registration requirements

Preferred qualifications

• Experience with Veterans, amputee rehabilitation, adaptive sports or chronic-disease conditioning.
• ACSM clinical exercise credential or related specialty certification.
• Experience with cardiopulmonary, neurological or geriatric rehabilitation.

Performance indicators

• Improvement in strength, endurance and mobility.
• Exercise-program adherence.
• Transition to independent wellness activity.
• Adverse-event rate.
• Functional-goal attainment.
• Documentation timeliness