Employees must abide by all Joint Commission Requirements including but not limited to sensitivity to cultural diversity, patient care, patient rights and ethical treatment, safety and security of physical environments, emergency management, teamwork, respect for others, participation in ongoing education and training, communication and adherence to safety and quality programs, sustaining compliance with National Patient Safety Goals, and licensure and health screenings.
* Completes all documentation and billing accurately and in a timely fashion, including Medicare forms, monthly progress notes and discharge summaries. Insures that prescriptions are up to date and comprehensive for the treatments given.
* Consistently follows-up on outstanding issues, including contacting physician for changes in or additions to orders, new prescriptions, and discharge planning.
* Coordinates care of patient with other health professionals; including MD’s and case managers.
* Delegates appropriate treatments to assistants and aides and provide appropriate supervision, follow-up and co-signatures.
* Discharges patient from treatment when appropriate with adequate discharge planning including equipment procurement and family training, and communicates this appropriately to patient, family and health care team.
* Examines, assesses and documents skeletal, muscular, nervous, vascular, lymphatic, skin and connective tissue status; Assesses and documents psychosocial, functional, and ergonomic factors and status; Identifies impairments, functional limitations and disabilities based on the results of assessment; reassesses and documents patient status at appropriate intervals.
* Performs all necessary patient care documentation, including assessment, plan of care, progress notes, discharge summaries, and charges for evaluation and treatment. Documentation reflects patient status, progress or change, participation by patient and family in goal setting and delivery of care.
* Performs complex patient care tasks with advanced skills in clinical reasoning, problem-solving and treatment interventions. Assesses and treats patients within professional organization’s scope of practice including but not limited to the application of modalities, therapeutic exercise and splint fabrication.
* Provides direct patient care that meets department and professional standards of practice, including patient assessment, development of therapy care plan, patient treatment, family/caregiver training and discharge planning. Serves as consultant in an area of clinical specialty to staff therapists and outpatient clinics or participate on clinic teams to evaluate or recommend treatment.
* Selects and administers appropriate assessment and treatment techniques. Performs age appropriate competency skills in area of practice and with respect to individual patient’s problems.
* Supervises students when assigned; provides mentoring and orientation to others when appropriate.