Physical Therapist PRN/FT/PT – Chesapeake

Note about this role: We are hiring for PRN, Parttime, or Fulltime Positions in the Chesapeake, Suffolk, and Portsmouth area. 

The mission of Commonwealth Home Care is to provide compassionate, high quality, evidence-based care to clients in their homes in order to assist them in achieving the highest level of function, safety, and independence possible.

We aim to provide evidence-based high quality in home care from caring and compassionate clinicians. Our patients benefit from innovative programs designed by clinicians with decades of real life experience. Our team is focused on assisting our patients to manage their condition while they recover in the comfort of wherever they call home.

One key item that makes us different is we are owned and operated by clinicians who have over 50 years experience in healthcare. This unique perspective guides our operations and enables us to constantly strive toward our primary goal of providing “The Standard of Care from People Who Care”.

Benefits
Here at Commonwealth Home Care we offer a package that helps support our staff’s emotional, medical needs, and retirement planning needs as well. This package includes:

Full Time and Part Time Benefits-

• Comprehensive medical coverage including prescription drug and emotional health coverage as well as teladoc services
• Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, supplemental health protection plans (accident, disability, voluntary life insurance, and critical illness insurance)
• Paid time
• We offer a Bring Your Own Device Program for qualified staff members
• Monthly internet/MIFI allowance
• Monthly cell phone allowance

All Staff Benefits-

• A generous retirement plan
• A competitive employee referral program
• Toll reimbursement
• Mileage reimbursement at .50 a mile
• Employee recognition program
• Unlimited potential for growth
• An extensive and tailored employee orientation led by clinicians

Job Summary

As a Physical Therapist (PT), you are key to helping us provide superior patient care. You will work to provide skilled Physical Therapy services in accordance with the client’s plan of care to include helping clients to relieve pain, develop or restore functional and maintain maximum performance, using physical means.

We are looking for a team player who is eager to learn, passionate about providing quality care, and has a proven track record of compassionate care.

What you will do in this role:

• Provide initial and ongoing comprehensive assessments of the client’s needs, including Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) assessments
• Establish a treatment plan in consultation with the physician and revise it with the approval of the physician as necessary
• Assist in development and implementation of the interdisciplinary client care plan as it pertains to Physical Therapy
• Assist the physician in evaluating clients by applying diagnostic and prognostic muscle, nerve, joint and functional ability tests
• Treat clients to relieve pain, develop or restore functional and maintain maximum performance, using physical means, such as exercise
• Consult and familiarize staff regarding the established plan
• Teach, supervise, and counsel the family and client in the physical therapy program
• Instruct client in care and use of wheelchairs, braces, crutches, canes and prosthetic and orthotic devices
• Provide the equipment required to carry out the plan. Arrange for out‐client service for procedures which cannot be given at home
• Record on a timely basis all evaluation data, treatments, and client’s response to therapy intervention; Also records quality assurance data
• Prepare an assessment of the client’s condition and periodic evaluations and summaries. Supervise Physical Therapy Assistants and paraprofessionals as per agency policy
• Record and report to the physician the client’s reaction to treatment and /or any changes in the client’s condition
• Communicate with the physician at least every 30 days or whenever changes occur regarding the client’s status and obtain additional orders, if necessary.
• Communicate with other team members (including Home attendants) and, when appropriate, instructs them in certain phases of physical therapy that they may use while working with the client
• Write clinical/progress notes on the date of the visit and incorporate the same in the client’s record within 72 hours.
• Participate in case conferences, physical therapy staff meetings, agency activities and in‐service programs as necessary

Qualifications

• Must be a graduate of a Physical Therapy school approved by the Council of Medical Education of the A.M.A. in collaboration with the American Physical Therapy Association
• Must be licensed or registered in Virginia
• Must have at least one year of institutional/home health experience
• Must have current CPR certification
• Working knowledge of Medicare regulations and guidelines is a plus
• You must have a minimum of one year experience as an PT, home health experience is strongly preferred
• Must be proficient using PT equipment
• You must be able to provide two references
• You must be able to pass OIG checks, Virginia State Police background check, and national background checks, and able to verify employment eligibility with necessary documentation
• Reliable transportation, proof of valid car insurance, and a valid driver’s license

Commonwealth Home Care

“The Standard of Care from People Who Care”

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Flexible schedule

Medical specialties:

• Home Health

Schedule:

• Choose your own hours
• Monday to Friday
• Weekends as needed

Education:

• Bachelor’s (Preferred)

Experience:

• Home health: 1 year (Required)

License/Certification:

• Physical Therapy License (Required)
• CPR Certification (Preferred)

Work Location: On the road