Physical Therapist PRN FLT Main Campus

Job description

Organizes and conducts medically prescribed physical therapy programs to restore function, prevents disability following disease, injury or loss of a body part, and helps patients reach maximum performance levels. The Physical Therapist evaluates patient needs, plans therapy, and evaluates, records, and reports on patient progress. - Patient Care - Treats patients from a holistic perspective by assessing patient needs, designing effective treatment programs, and intervening to promote increased independence in daily living skills. Provides compassionate and caring therapy directed toward improving cognitive, psychological, sensorimotor, developmental, and perceptual functioning. - Directs and aides patients in active and passive exercises, muscle re-education, gait, and functional training using exercises, weights, steps, and inclined surfaces. - Instructs patients on therapeutic procedures to be continued following release from physician's supervision in an effort to prevent regression of patient's physical condition. - Adapts conventional physical therapy techniques to meet the needs of patients unable to comprehend verbal commands or voluntarily carry out a regime of therapeutic...