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Under the direction and supervision of a licensed Physical Therapist, responsible for the physical therapy management of patients.
Essential Functions:
- Under the direction and supervision of a licensed Physical Therapist, 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
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