Physical Therapist,(Casual) UPMC at Home

UPMC; Pennsylvania; On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Part time

Job summary

UPMC Home Health in Pennsylvania seeks a Physical Therapist for a casual, part-time role delivering age-appropriate home-based therapy. Responsibilities include admissions, evaluations, and treatment to maximize functional outcomes, with daily 8:00 am–4:30 pm hours and a focus on compassionate patient care.

The role requires collaboration with the care team, thorough documentation, and ongoing professional development. On-call rotation and PTA supervision are expected per regulations.

Responsibilities

• Adheres to system-wide competencies and policies.
• Provides age-appropriate PT care in home settings, including admission visits, evaluation, and treatment.
• Maintains prompt, accurate documentation including visit notes, OASIS/485 as applicable.
• Collaborates with physicians and inter-disciplinary team to ensure optimal patient care.
• Supervises Physical Therapy Assistant per State Board guidelines.
• Participates in on-call coverage rotation.
• Engages in ongoing continuing education to advance professional skills.

Job description

UPMC Home Health is hiring a Physical Therapist for a casual position.

Daylight hours: 8:00 am-4:30 pm

Purpose:

Provide age-sensitive professional physical therapy care in the home setting, including admission visits, evaluation, instruction, and treatment to patients to maximize functional abilities and ensure optimal care.

Responsibilities:

• Standard Responsibilities: Performs in accordance with system-wide competencies/behaviors. Performs other duties as assigned.
• Attends compliance training and adheres to the organization's standards of conduct, policies, and procedures.
• Focuses on customer service and continually strives to perform the duties of their job in a manner that will result in optimal satisfaction.
• Identifies, develops, and participates in process improvement opportunities within the home health agency that will enhance the quality of services we provide.
• Performs duties and job responsibilities in a fashion which coincides with the service management philosophy of UPMC Home Healthcare towards patients, visitors, staff, peers, physicians and other departments within the organization.
• Continually develops professional skills by assuming responsibility for ongoing continuing education.
• Participates in on-call coverage rotation for the agency.
• Assigns and supervises the Physical Therapy Assistant according to the guidelines of the State Board of Physical Therapy.
• Advises and consults with the family, inter-intradisciplinary team members, physicians, and other professionals, as appropriate, to ensure optimal patient care.
• Data syncs (transmits) information the same day.
• Maintains and completes all documentation promptly and accurately, including visit assessment, OASIS, 485, and Verbal Orders on the laptop device or in written documentation while in the patient's home and within the agency and regulatory standards.
• Establishes the plan of care in collaboration with the physician, patient, and UM professional in accordance with the physician's orders and patient needs and follows the admission process.
• Evaluates, plans, and treats patients in an effective physical therapy program utilizing diagnostic, muscle, nerve, joint, and functional ability testing within the standards of Physical Therapy Practice. Makes recommendations and orders necessary DME when indicated.