Physical Therapist at Nuvance Health in Danbury, Connecticut

Job Description:

Health Quest and Western Connecticut Health Network have combined to form a new nonprofit health system. The name for the new health system will be Nuvance Health. The new health system was created to provide communities across New York’s Hudson Valley and western Connecticut with more convenient, accessible and affordable care.

Nuvance Health has a network of convenient hospital and outpatient locations — Danbury Hospital, New Milford Hospital, Norwalk Hospital and Sharon Hospital in Connecticut, and Northern Dutchess Hospital, Putnam Hospital Center and Vassar Brothers Medical Center in New York

Summary:

• Provides services that identify, prevent, remediate and rehabilitate acute or prolonged physical dysfunction or pain. Evaluates and analyzes patients and therapeutic application, physical and chemical agents, exercise, instruction to patient/family and other procedures. Assumes responsibility for the ongoing interdisciplinary assessment and development of the individualized plan of care in partnership with the patient, representative (if any) and caregiver. Communicates with the physician who is responsible for the health plan of care and other health care practitioners as appropriate related to the current home health plan of care.

Responsibilities

• Performs physical therapy assessment including functional limitations, rooms, capabilities, mobility status, endurance status, ADL status


• Identifies patient and family needs for other home health services and refers for same when needed.


• Provides services that are ordered by the physician as indicated in the plan of care. Communicates with the physician(s) involved in the plan of care and other health care providers as appropriate.


• Provides appropriate treatment. Treats patients to relieve pain, develop and restore function and regain optimum level of independence using appropriate equipment and modalities.


• Records on a visit basis, all evaluation data, treatments and client's response to therapy, provides client's discharge planning.


• Participates in case management conferences with team members to coordinate physical therapy and total plan of care.


• Provides counseling and education to patients, family and other health care personnel in the patient’s treatment regimen, and documents to whom this instruction has been given.


• Provides or arranges for equipment required to increase the client's function and independence.


• Participates in the agency quality assurance and performance improvement program and the agency-sponsored inservice training.


• Supervises care provided by the PTA(s) and home healt aides as appropriate.


• Fulfills all compliance responsibilities related to the position.


• Performs other duties as assigned.

Other information:

Required:

Minimum Experience: one year 

Work Type: Full-Time  

Work Shift: Monday-Friday, 8:30AM-5:00PM   

Salary Range:

32.654 - 65.01

$25,000 Sign-on Bonus

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