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Hours Full-time, Part-time
Location lancaster, California

About this job

Responsible for the physical therapy management of patients under the direction and supervision of the Rehabilitation Services Director.

Essential Functions:

* Evaluates patients and interprets evaluation findings to determine the nature and extent of dysfunction.

* Establishes treatment goals and plans treatment to achieve established goals. Initiates discharge planning from physical therapy.

* Implements the treatment program through direct treatment of the patient, may delegate a portion of the treatment plan to appropriate supportive personnel, and coordination of the treatment plan with other health care personnel as appropriate.

* Provides advice and education to patient and family.

* Regularly assesses clinical signs and symptoms to determine effectiveness of treatment, progress of patient towards goals, and the need for modifying goals and treatment.

* Discharges patient from physical therapy when the patient has received maximum benefit from physical therapy.

* Provides accurate, timely documentation of physical therapy patient management.

* Demonstrates progress toward meeting the criteria for professional practice.

Basic Qualifications:

Experience

* N/A.

Education

* Graduate of an accredited physical therapy curriculum with a bachelor's or master's or doctoral degree with certification in physical therapy or foreign-trained equivalent.

License, Certification, Registration

* Licensure to practice physical therapy by the State of California.

* BLS.

* National Provider Identifier (NPI) required as of May 23, 2007.

Additional Requirements:

* Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

* Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred.

* Strong manual therapy background preferred

* Specialist Certification a plus

Notes:

* Department Location = 615 W Ave L, Lancaster, CA 93534