JOB-20744 Physical Therapist - 26-27 SY

Physical Therapist to follow current treatment plans to provide treatment for students with disabilities. Expectation of 25 hours per week in-person. Schedule to be determined based on student needs. 

Must possess a license to practice as a Physical Therapist and one year of post-licensure physical therapy experience Preferred qualifications include working with multiply disabled children and/or children with visual impairments and experience in a school setting. Demonstration of preferred qualifications must be clear on the candidate's resume (years of experience, employer and description of services provided).

Job expectations include: Sign session notes and quarterlies. Perform re-evaluations and write reports. Add information into IEP direct. Classroom consultation. Monitor scripts. Justifications and recommendations for purchasing specialized equipment for classrooms. Caseload management. Provide hands-on treatment to students.

Full position scope:

Reviews medical records and past treatment and confers with other service providers and Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) members.

• Physical Therapist works as a member of the MDT. The purpose of MDT is to ensure an integrated multidisciplinary approach to student care, including treatment planning and implementation. Members of the MDT may be called upon to coordinate the care and care planning of any of the individuals served by the school. This may include completing treatment planning documents, review of student medical records, and discussions with other members of the team.
• Interviews individuals, family, and caregivers to evaluate current functional level and to determine rehabilitation plan for treatment.
• Selects, administers and scores written and performance evaluations and assessments to determine present level of functioning in such areas as performing the activities of daily living, strength and dexterity, gross and fine motor skills, interpersonal relations, communications, memory, coordination, and perceptual and problem solving skills and interprets test results.

Develops treatment plans describing the treatment strategy, purpose, and anticipated outcomes.

• Determines need for adaptive equipment and other aids to improve functional skills and abilities and may design, adapt, and fabricate such aids.
• Selects individual and group treatment interventions that assist students to attain their therapeutic goals.
• Makes follow up treatment intervention recommendations to be implemented by the individual family, caregivers, and/or direct care staff.

Conducts physical therapy activities.

• Plans individual treatment interventions, and determines equipment, supplies, space, and staff needed to implement them.
• Instructs students and direct care staff on use of adaptive techniques and equipment.
• Motivates and assists individuals in participating in therapy treatment interventions.

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