The ideal candidate is a skilled professional that is passionate about delivering quality care and making a real difference.

Responsibilities

• Plan, prepare, and carry out individually designed programs of physical treatment to maintain, improve, or restore physical functioning, alleviate pain, or prevent physical dysfunction in patients;
• Review physician’s referral and patient’s medical records and confer with patient and appropriate medical practitioners to plan, implement, and assess the intervention program;
• Identify and document goals, anticipated progress, and plans for reevaluation;
• Test, measure and record in patient’s electronic medical record the patient’s strength, motor development, functional capacity, sensory perception, and respiratory and/or circulatory efficiency;
• Analyze patient progress and data, record in electronic medical record and modify interventions to achieve anticipated goals and expected outcomes, including referring to other practitioners as needed;
• Educate patients about injury prevention, ergonomics, and ways to promote health;
• Instruct patient in use of assistive devices such as wheelchairs, walkers, crutches, and canes as well as in treatment procedures to be continued at home;
• Discharge patient from physical therapy when goals or projected outcomes have been attained; provide for appropriate follow-up care or referrals.

Minimum Qualifications

Certifications/Education

• Active Nevada Physical Therapy license from Nevada State Board within 60 days of employment.
• Degree from an accredited physical therapy program

Preferred Qualifications

• Orthopedic Certified Specialist (OCS) certification;
• Two years of experience in an orthopedic rehabilitation setting.

Travel : May require travel to other clinic locations based on manager discretion.