Physical Therapist (Fee For Service)

Metropolitan Jewish Health System; New York (NY); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Metropolitan Jewish Health System in New York seeks a Physical Therapist to deliver advanced clinical services to home care patients. This role involves conducting assessments, managing patient care, and documenting treatment outcomes.

Ideal candidates will hold a Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy and be licensed in New York. Applicants should have at least one year of experience, preferably in home care, and be able to provide their own transportation for home visits.

Qualifications

• Minimum of one year experience as a Physical Therapist in a healthcare setting.
• Registered and Licensed as a PT in NYS.
• Must provide own transportation for patient visits.

Responsibilities

• Conduct initial and routine home visit assessments.
• Manage care and services for assigned patients.
• Document clinical findings and patient responses accurately.
• Provide physical therapy treatment to home care patients.

Skills

Patient assessment

Medication management

Physical therapy knowledge

Case management

Education

Bachelor of Science Degree in Physical Therapy

Job description

Fee-For-Service Rate: $82 per visit

Orientation daily rate: $250 per day

MJHS is a large not-for-profit health system in the Greater New York area. Our range of health services include home care, hospice and palliative care for adults and children, rehabilitation and nursing care at Menorah, and the research based MJHS Institute for Innovation and Palliative Care. We also offer Elderplan/HomeFirst: health plans for Medicare and dual-eligible individuals. As a not-for-profit organization, many of our programs and services are made possible through the generosity of grateful families, corporate donors and grants, as well as our own employees.

MJHS Home Care provides advanced clinical services and emotional support to patients recovering from illness, injury, or surgery. With a comprehensive range of services supported by an integrated health system, patients can recover in the familiar surroundings of their home.

Someone with your depth of compassion, clinical insight and strong decision-making capabilities is the ideal person to map out and oversee the process of a patient's recovery from illness, injury or surgery at home.

You will provide a full range of advanced clinical home care services, including patient assessment, medication management and patient/family education.

In this role, you will be sponsible for direct patient care, providing physical therapy treatment to home care patients. You will be responsible for coordinating plan of care with Rehab management and submitting appropriate paperwork on timely basis and abiding by all agency, state and federal rules, regulations, policies and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Conducts Start of Care (SOC,) initial and routine home visit assessments and evaluations of patient’s therapy and healthcare needs and establishes an inclusive care plan
• Effectively case manages the care and services for assigned patients resulting in positive clinical outcomes
• Accurately and objectively documents comprehensive clinical findings and patient response to treatment
• Demonstrates expert knowledge unique to the practice of physical therapy

Qualifications

• Minimum of Bachelor of Science Degree in Physical Therapy from an accredited institute of learning
• Registered and Licensed as a PT in NYS
• Must have a minimum of one year experience as a Physical Therapist in a health care setting; Home Care experience highly preferred
• Must be able to provide own transportation in order to make visits in assigned area(s); vehicle/drivers license may be required