Physical Therapist - Outpatient In Home Therapy

Atrium Health Enterprise; Hemby Bridge (NC); Remote; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Atrium Health is expanding its care delivery with a new at-home program serving the Northern Charlotte area. The role provides high-quality, one-on-one outpatient physical therapy in patients' homes to improve mobility, function, and independence.

Clinicians will develop individualized treatment plans, collaborate with physicians and the care team, and use technology to manage a caseload across a defined geographic area while maintaining strong patient outcomes and satisfaction.

Qualifications

• Evaluates patients and establishes appropriate care plans based on holistic assessment.
• Documents evaluations, progress notes, and discharge planning as required.

Responsibilities

• Delivers high-quality, one-on-one outpatient physical therapy in patients' homes.
• Develops individualized treatment plans and collaborates with physicians, caregivers, and the interdisciplinary team.
• Uses technology and flexible scheduling to manage a caseload across a defined geographic area.
• Communicates patient progress to clinicians and coordinates schedules and discharge planning.
• Provides supervision of PTA and Rehab Tech/Aide as required for licensure.

Job description

This position is part of a new at home program that will serve outpatient therapy across the Northern Charlotte area.

• Deliver high-quality, one-on-one outpatient physical therapy services in patients‘ homes, helping improve mobility, function, and independence.
• Provide the same evidence-based outpatient care traditionally offered in a clinic while eliminating barriers to access and transportation.
• Develop individualized treatment plans and collaborate with physicians, caregivers, and interdisciplinary team members to achieve patient goals.
• Utilize technology and flexible scheduling to manage a caseload across a defined geographic area while maintaining strong patient outcomes and satisfaction.
• Join an innovative care model that combines the clinical excellence of outpatient rehabilitation with the convenience and comfort of care delivered where patients live.

Ideal for clinicians who value autonomy, relationship-based care, innovation, and expanding access to rehabilitation services in the community.

Essential Functions

• Evaluates patients, selects and administers assessment techniques, synthesizes information to establish appropriate patient care plan to include necessary modalities, procedures, exercise programs, therapeutic groups and patient education as warranted by a holistic view of the patient‘s diagnosis, condition, age, and discharge needs.
• Gathers and interprets appropriate data from the medical record, physician reports, patient, and/or family as evidenced by documentation.
• Establishes functional goals in conjunction with the patient and provides evidenced based intervention to work towards meeting these goals with ongoing assessment to adjust the plan of care as needed .
• Documents evaluations, tests, progress notes, daily treatment notes, attendance records, patient/family education, outcomes, discharge notes, and charges as needed.
• Communicates patient‘s evaluation and subsequent progress to physician, referral sources, and other clinical staff, coordinates patient‘s schedule and treatment programs, and discharge planning.
• Provides supervision of PTA‘s and Rehab Tech/Aide as required for licensure.

Physical Requirements

Hearing (corrected) adequate for oral/aural communication. Vision (corrected) adequate for reading. Intelligible speech and adequate language/cognitive skills to perform job duties. Sitting, standing, and walking required throughout the day. Job duties sometimes require climbing stairs, kneeling, twisting, bending; on occasion, crouching, crawling and reaching overhead. Lifting of patients, equipment or supplies will be required up to 20 pounds frequently and 50 pounds occasionally. Able to laterally