Full-Time Physical Therapist – Balurghat
Job Description
We’re searching for a physical therapist who treats patients and coworkers with compassion, understanding, and devotion, offers excellent care, and contributes to team efforts. A candidate who enjoys working with a diverse group of patients, from youth to the elderly, and who is willing to go above and beyond for their patients when necessary will be an excellent fit. You’d be in charge of coordinating care with other healthcare experts as needed to return patients to their previous level of function or to a level of function that allows them to achieve greater independence and a higher quality of life.
Job Title : Physical Therapist
Location : Balurghat, West Bengal, India
Salary : $ 44.48 per hour.
Company : Advanced Physical Therapy
Job Type : Full-Time
Qualifications:
- Consults with physicians and other practitioners to get additional patient information, modify treatment plans, and incorporate physical therapy into the patient’s overall health care.
- Instructs, motivates, and assists the patient with 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.
- Tests a patient’s strength, motor development, sensory perception, functional capabilities, and respiratory and circulatory efficiency, and records the results in order to build or amend treatment programs.
- Understands various payment methods and efficiently distributes therapy resources based on resident goals and outcomes as they pertain to discharge destination.
- Implement a Care Plan, hold patients responsible for adhering to it, and alter the timetable and plan as needed based on the patient’s progress.
- By preventing the beginning, symptoms, and progression of impairments, functional limits, and disabilities caused by diseases, disorders, maladies, or injuries, you can avoid their development, symptoms, and progression.
- Perform initial and continuous physical therapy evaluations in accordance with the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) standards of practice and state regulations.
- Encourage the client’s progress toward mutually agreed-upon goals and a discharge plan, if necessary, by counselling and conferring with the client’s family and/or other caregivers.
- Patients should be given information and training to help them reduce their medication use 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.
Skills:
- A physical therapy degree from an APTA-approved program is required.
- Knowledge and experience in rehabilitation, Orthopedics, and medical/surgical settings that demonstrate achievement of the required job knowledge, skills, and abilities are preferred.
- A minimum of one year of experience working in a skilled nursing facility, hospital, or inpatient/outpatient setting is necessary.
- Empathy, compassion, and the ability to inspire patients to test their limits in a responsible, safe, and successful manner are all important qualities.
- The ideal applicant will have a strong sense of leadership and a strong willingness to learn and improve.