Home Health Physical Therapist
Saint Joseph, MO
HonorVet Technologies
5x8 hrs
Referral Bonus

Title: Physical Therapist – Home Health
Location: Saint Joseph, MO
Duration: 13 Weeks
Shift: Day Shift – 5x8-Hour (8:00 AM – 4:30 PM); Call required 1 Sunday every 5 weeks; Every 5th week work Saturday & Sunday for admits (2 weekdays off that week)

Job Responsibilities:

• Provide Home Health Physical Therapy services to adult and geriatric patients

• Perform Start of Care (SOC), admissions, evaluations, reassessments, and discharges (PTs complete their own SOC)

• Manage approximately 6 patient visits per day (adjusted when travel distance is high)

• Provide care across a 13-county coverage area; rotation to furthest counties weekly

• Develop and implement individualized treatment plans and home exercise programs

• Complete OASIS documentation and maintain accurate records in Epic (required)

• Perform assessments including strength testing, pain assessment, sensory response, vital sign monitoring, skin integrity, environmental barriers, body mechanics, ROM (AROM/AAROM/PROM), adaptive/assistive device assessment

• Establish short- and long-term goals, plan of care, RUG levels, and discharge planning

• Provide patient and family education including safety, injury prevention, medications, and abuse recognition

• Collaborate with interdisciplinary team including PTs, social services, interpretation services, and unit secretary

• PTA staff perform routine visits; PT oversees plan of care

Required Qualifications:

• DPT (Doctor of Physical Therapy)

• BLS Certification

• Active State License (pending license accepted at submission; must be in hand prior to start)

• Minimum 1 year PT experience

• Must have Home Health experience

• Epic charting experience (required)

• Travel experience preferred

• Ability to participate in weekend and call rotation

• RTO required at submission (1 request allowed)

• Must meet 50-mile local radius rule

• Modules required (non-billable, completed during orientation)

Required Clinical Experience & Skills:

• Orthopedics (total knee replacement, hip fractures/injuries, low back pain, osteoarthritis, DDD, DJD, sciatica)

• Gait training and extremity mobilization

• Post-stroke rehabilitation

• Dementia/Alzheimer's and cognitive disorders

• Use of assistive devices (rolling walker, standard walker, crutches, gait belt, sliding boards, sit-to-stand lift, hospital beds, lower extremity prosthetics, supplemental oxygen)

• OASIS documentation

• Home Health documentation standards

Preferred Skills & Experience:

• Geriatrics, Neurology, Oncology, Sports Medicine, Wound Care

• Cardiopulmonary conditions: COPD, CHF, CABG, Emphysema, PVD

• Neurologic conditions: Parkinson's disease, spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, nerve palsy, concussion, NDT

• Orthopedic specialties: pelvic floor training, post-op cervical/shoulder/spinal surgery, prosthetic training, spinal mobilization, taping

• Equipment: Hoyer lift, wheelchair assessment, specialty beds, shoulder slings, soft/hard collars

• Modalities: TENS, E-stim, ultrasound, moist heat

• Understanding of payor requirements