Skilled Nursing Facility PT, OT, SLP, PTA, OTA

Recover-Care Healthcare; Dayton (OH); On-site; USD 55,000 - 76,000; Part time

Job summary

Recover-Care Healthcare is seeking PRN therapists (PT, OT, SLP, PTA, OTA) to provide treatments in skilled nursing facilities. Therapists may develop treatment plans under state laws and document progress.

You will perform routine treatments, monitor patient responses, and adjust plans with the supervising therapist, while collaborating with staff and families. Requires degree from accredited program and current state license; travel to facilities as needed; strong communication and

Qualifications

• Degree from an accredited therapy program.
• Current license from the state board.
• Proficiency with all applicable state, federal, and professional standards.

Responsibilities

• Instructs, motivates, safeguards, and assists patients as they practice exercises or functional activities.
• Confers with therapy staff and others to discuss and evaluate patient information for planning, modifying, and coordinating treatment.
• Transports patients to and from treatment areas, lifting and transferring them according to positioning requirements.
• Administers active and passive manual therapeutic exercises, therapeutic massage, and heat, light, sound, and electrical modality treatments such as ultrasound.
• Measures patients’ range-of-joint motion, body parts, and vital signs to determine effects of treatments or for patient evaluations.
• Monitors operation of equipment and records use of equipment and administration of treatment timely.
• Fits patients for orthopedic braces, prostheses, and supportive devices such as assistive devices.

Skills

SNF patient care

Problem solving

Verbal & written communication

Organizational skills

Customer service orientation

Interpersonal with patients/family

Travel capability

Education

Degree from accredited therapy program

Current state license

Proficiency with applicable standards

Job description

PRN PT, OT, SLP, PTA, OTA

Job Summary

The therapists provide treatments and procedures. The therapist may, in accordance with state laws, assist in the development of treatment plans, carry out routine functions, document the progress of treatment, and modify specific treatments in accordance with patient status and within the scope of treatment plans established by a therapist.

Duties/Responsibilities

• Instructs, motivates, safeguards, and assists patients as they practice exercises or functional activities. Observes patients during treatments to compile and evaluate data on their responses and progress and provides results to the therapist in person or through progress notes.


• Confers with therapy staff and others to discuss and evaluate patient information for planning, modifying, and coordinating treatment. Communicates with and instructs caregivers and family members on patient therapeutic activities and treatment plans.


• Transports patients to and from treatment areas, lifting and transferring them according to positioning requirements. Secures patients into or onto therapy equipment.


• Administers active and passive manual therapeutic exercises, therapeutic massage, and heat, light, sound, and electrical modality treatments such as ultrasound.


• Measures patients’ range-of-joint motion, body parts, and vital signs to determine effects of treatments or for patient evaluations.


• Monitors operation of equipment and records use of equipment and administration of treatment timely


• Fits patients for orthopedic braces, prostheses, and supportive devices such as assistive devices.

Required Skills/Abilities

• Knowledge and skills to care for patient needs of the SNF population


• Must possess problem solving skills to successfully perform job


• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.


• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.


• Strong customer service orientation.


• Must be able to communicate effectively and professionally with other employees, patients, and family members


• Ability to travel as needed to perform job

Education and Experience

• Degree from an accredited therapy program


• Current license from the state board.


• Proficiency with all applicable state, federal, and professional standards

Physical Requirements

• Prolonged periods of standing and walking.


• Requires lifting, positioning, pushing, and/or transferring patients.


• Frequent reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling, and crouching.