17 Mar
2023
Full-Time Pelvic Physical Therapist – Lafia
Job Description
We’re looking for an experienced Physical Therapist that can operate in a fast-paced workplace right now. The ideal applicant cares about his or her patients and goes above and beyond. As a Physical Therapist, you will work with people to establish treatment plans that will improve their capacity to move, reduce discomfort, restore function, and prevent disability. We’d want to meet you if you’re a responsible and reliable person who genuinely cares about the well-being of others.
Job Title : Pelvic Physical Therapist
Location : Lafia, Nasarawa, Nigeria
Salary : $ 43.86 per hour.
Company : Physician Affiliate Group of New York, P.C. (PAGNY)
Job Type : Full-Time
Qualifications:
- Create a Care Plan, hold patients accountable for following it, and adjust the schedule and plan as needed based on the patient’s progress.
- As appropriate, provide guidance and consultation to the client’s family and/or other caregivers in order to encourage the client’s progress toward mutually agreed-upon goals and a discharge plan.
- Understands different payer payments and distributes therapy resources efficiently depending on resident goals and outcomes in connection to discharge destination.
- Instructs, motivates, and assists the patient in completing a variety of physical tasks, such as non-manual exercises, ambulatory functional activities, daily-living activities, and the use of assistive and supportive devices such as crutches, canes, and prostheses.
- Perform initial and continuous physical therapy evaluations in accordance with APTA and state recommendations.
- Prevent the onset, symptoms, and progression of impairments, functional restrictions, and disabilities that can occur as a result of diseases, disorders, conditions, or injuries.
- Patients should be given information and training to assist them reduce their reliance on medications and avoid surgery.
- When it comes to mobility and health, restore, maintain, and encourage not only optimal physical function but also ideal wellness, fitness, and quality of life.
- Consults with physicians and other practitioners to gather additional patient information, modify treatment plans, and incorporate physical therapy into the patient’s overall health care.
- Tests and examines a patient’s strength, motor development, sensory perception, functional capacity, respiratory and circulatory efficiency, and keeps track of the results in order to build or change treatment plans.
Skills:
- An APTA-accredited physical therapy degree is required.
- It is necessary to have one year of experience in a skilled nursing facility, a hospital, or an inpatient/outpatient setting.
- Empathy, compassion, and the capacity to urge patients to push themselves to their boundaries in a responsible, safe, and productive way are all valuable traits.
- The candidate should possess a strong sense of leadership as well as a strong desire to learn and enhance his skills.
- Knowledge and experience in rehabilitation, Orthopedics, and medical/surgical settings that demonstrate achievement of the necessary job knowledge, skills, and abilities are preferred.