Physical Therapist
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 Physical Therapists to provide their services to veterans in our Rockville, MD headquarters.
The Physical Therapist is expected to perform the following: Complete comprehensive examinations addressing strength, range of motion, balance, gait, pain, endurance, transfers and functional mobility. Establish measurable, patient-centered plans of care. Provide therapeutic exercise, neuromuscular re-education, gait training, balance treatment, manual interventions and functional-mobility training.
Assess fall risk and implement fall-prevention interventions. Recommend walkers, wheelchairs, mobility devices and home-safety modifications. Participate in prosthetic and orthotic evaluation, fitting, training and follow-up. Provide pre-prosthetic conditioning and post-prosthetic gait training. Educate patients and caregivers on home programs, safe transfers and injury prevention.
Coordinate treatment with OT, SLP, kinesiotherapy, recreation therapy, ABA and behavioral-health personnel. Supervise physical therapist assistants and students where authorized. Document medical necessity, progress and discharge outcomes. Respond appropriately to changes in medical status during treatment.
Requirements
Minimum qualifications Graduate of a CAPTE-accredited physical-therapy program. Doctor of Physical Therapy or other degree meeting current licensure standards. Active, unrestricted Maryland physical-therapist license. Current BLS certification. Ability to perform physical assistance, transfers and equipment setup safely.
Maryland licenses and regulates physical therapists through the Maryland Board of Physical Therapy Examiners .
Preferred qualifications
Two years of outpatient rehabilitation experience. Experience with stroke, TBI, limb loss, chronic pain, geriatrics, pediatrics or adaptive sports. Vestibular, neurological, pelvic-health or orthopedic specialty training. Experience treating Veterans or patients with complex psychosocial needs. Performance indicators Functional-goal attainment.
Improvement in standardized outcome scores. Falls and safety-event rate. Visit utilization and plan-of-care completion. Documentation timeliness and authorization compliance. Patient experience and successful community transition.
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