Physical Therapist

Job description

Job Description Organizes and conducts medically prescribed physical therapy programs in the hospital to restore function and prevent disability following disease, injury, or loss of a body part; helps patient reach his maximum performance and assume a place in society while learning to live within the limits of his/her capabilities. Job Responsibility: 2. Applies diagnostic and prognostic muscle, nerve, joint and functional ability tests. 3. Directs and aids patient in active and passive exercises, muscle reeducation, and gait and functional training, utilizing pulleys and weights, steps and inclined surfaces. 4. Gives whirlpool and contrast baths and applies moist packs. 5. Directs patient in care and use of wheelchairs, braces, canes, crutches, and prosthetic and orthotic devices. 6. Gives instruction in posture control and therapeutic procedures to be continued by the patient. 7. Adapts conventional physical therapy techniques to meet the need of patients unable to comprehend verbal commands or voluntarily carry out a regime of therapeutic exercises. 8. Evaluates, records, and reports on patient’s progress for review by other members of the rehabilitative team. 9. Requisitions...